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\"Jo<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

If you are a retailer who wants to learn more about our products or to open a trade account please\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Based in Sussex, Blue Eyed Sun offers friendly and efficient service to retailers large and small. They are the exclusive UK and Ireland distributors of BambooCup by chic.mic and Bioloco giftware brands which recently won five\u00a0Gift of the Year Awards<\/a>. They are also previous recipients of the Queen’s Award<\/a> for International Trade and a Henries Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Managing Director, Jeremy, is a\u00a0Sage Business Expert<\/a>, a monthly columnist for Progressive Greetings<\/a>\u00a0and a Keynote Speaker at\u00a0The Ladder Club<\/a> seminars supporting new card publishers. Actively involved in his community, he has served as Chairman of the Giftware Association<\/a> and Treasurer of the\u00a0Greeting Card Association<\/a>. He regularly speaks at industry events and in the media<\/a>. He has made over 50 short films for The Greeting Card Project<\/a>\u00a0and writes our popular blog<\/a>. Jeremy is also an Export Champion<\/a> for the Department for International Trade.<\/p>\n

To stock Blue Eyed Sun cards in your shop click here<\/a>. If you’d like to see them in your local shop please tell them and point them in the direction of www.blueeyedsun.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to shop for one of our eco-friendly gifts online please visit our B2C site at\u00a0www.greenmagpie.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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