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Continue reading →: Widdop Bingham launch Blue Eyed Sun licensed giftware
Blue Eyed Sun is pleased to announce the launch of two ranges of licensed giftware products developed with Widdop Bingham from our best selling Vintage and Jingles ranges. “We are excited about the ranges we have developed with Blue Eyed Sun. The designs are stunning and the products look great. We think our…
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Continue reading →: Have you sent your Christmas Cards Yet?
Christmas is nearly upon us and it’s time to think about sending your Christmas cards if you haven’t already done so. The Greeting Card Association have been running a campaign to encourage card publishers and retailers to send their Christmas cards early this year so as to remind people not…
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Continue reading →: What I learned from the Sage Business Index
Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to the top of 30 St Mary Axe (aka The Gherkin) to meet the Chief Executive of Sage, Guy Berruyer, and members of the press at a special sneak preview of Sage’s fourth Sage Business Index. The report measures the confidence of nearly 11,000…
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Continue reading →: Vintage range is on fire in Progressive Greetings What’s Hot
Blue Eyed Sun’s handmade Vintage greeting card range was recommended three out of four retailers in this month’s Progressive Greetings; equalling a record for the specialist trade publication. Thanks so much to all of our lovely customers for their kind words. Here’s what they had to say: “The Vintage designs…
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Continue reading →: Card Publisher announced as Sage Business Expert
Blue Eyed Sun owner Jeremy Corner has just been announced as a Business Expert by accounts software specialists Sage. Jeremy’s greeting card business, Blue Eyed Sun, and its beautiful wedding stationery brand Ivy Ellen, which he owns with his wife Jo, have been thriving this year despite the recession. “We…
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Continue reading →: Raising & Investing Money with Doug Richard from Dragon’s Den
I had the privilege of meeting Doug Richard at his Web Fuelled Business seminar in Brighton earlier this year where I picked up some great tips on how to boost our web presence and optimise our Blue Eyed Sun and Ivy Ellen sites for the search engines. He’s funny, smart, engaging…
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Continue reading →: 7 habits of highly effective retailers
I’m a big fan of Stephen Covey’s best selling 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. As a tribute to his inspirational work, here are my thoughts on the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Retailers: 1. Be Proactive Highly effective retailers always take responsibility for their own lives. They recognise that how…
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Continue reading →: What I learned from the Dutch Greeting Card Association
Last week I was invited to fly to Holland to speak to the Dutch Greeting Card Association about our GCA and the state of play with the UK card market. It was a fascinating trip, so I thought that I’d briefly share some of it with you. First of all,…
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Continue reading →: The Ladder Club 2012 for New Card Publishers
This year’s annual Ladder Club seminar for new greeting card publishers (and those considering the industry) will be held on the Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September 2012. It will be my seventh year as keynote speaker and I am looking forward continuing to help as many people as I can…
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Continue reading →: Blue Eyed Sun in Sage Solutions Magazine – Summer 2012
We have been using Sage software for over a decade now and regularly receive their business magazine, Solutions, each edition of which is mailed out to over 180,000 companies using SageCover across the UK. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be interviewed in it and this month…
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I’m Jeremy
Blue Eyed Sun is an award winning card and gift company specialising in gorgeous greetings cards and eco-friendly gifts. Founded by business partners Jo Kirby and Jeremy Corner in 2000, the firm now sells to the best gift and card shops around the world. Customers include leading multiples and a host of top independent retailers.
