Jakki Brown

London

Editorial Director at Progressive Preschool Magazine

Editorial Director at Progressive Greetings Worldwide

Editorial Director at Licensing Source Book Europe

Editorial Director at Housewares News

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Articles

Picking positivity at PG Live

4 days ago | pgbuzz.net | Tracey Bearton |Jakki Brown

Jayne and Kevin Brooking are making the most of their Retas finalist status for their store Occasional Cards & Gifts with a customer initiative to spread the love. “Throughout June we’re running a competition to celebrate being Retas finalists in the south-west category and to give something back to our customers,” explained Jayne.
In, maybe and out - Jellycat letters ignite response

4 days ago | pgbuzz.net | Tracey Bearton |Jakki Brown

As more royal support for Jellycat’s cute plush products has been revealed, the company behind the craze caused consternation this week by giving some independent retailers official stockist status, telling others they’re still in the club but need to up their game – and delisted 8% of indies.
Retailers reveal PG Live top picks

1 week ago | pgbuzz.net | Jakki Brown

Less than a fortnight after PG Live 2025 ended, the show’s fairy godmother and sales manager Tracey Arnaud told PG Buzz: “The re-bookings for PG Live are off the scale, unprecedented in the show’s 17-year history!“I’m so happy that it worked so well for so many of our lovely exhibitors, who really pulled out the stops with their products and approach for the show this year.
Home move pays dividends

2 weeks ago | pgbuzz.net | Tracey Bearton |Jakki Brown

Three years and a £10million investment have seen UK Greetings reshore 75% of its everyday greeting card production, and the hard work has paid off with industry recognition for distribution and manufacturing director Steven Nagy. Steven has just been named the Inspiring Leader in the prestigious Manufacturer Top 100 Awards, part of Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week held at Birmingham’s NEC last week.
M&G unveils The Fold

3 weeks ago | pgbuzz.net | Tracey Bearton |Jakki Brown

Museums & Galleries hit PG Live 2025 with a bang unveiling what group creative director Ben Dorney described as a “three-course meal” of significant launches across both M&G and M!nt Publishing. The publisher’s team of agents had an early start at the show on Tuesday, 3 June, as the family-run company had kept the new developments under wraps during set-up, before revealing the complete set just before the show officially opened.
PG June 2025 issue out now

1 month ago | pgbuzz.net | Jakki Brown

The bumper Progressive Greetings’ June 2025 edition has landed with a great thud, and the digital version has now been uploaded too! Being the all-important pre-PG Live edition, PG June is bursting with product newness galore, industry news and views, retailer perspectives and insightful articles galore – it makes for a right good read! From Cardfactory’s encouraging results, with its sales up 6%, to Santoro, Rosie Made A Thing and Nicole Elders clinching a Gift Of The Year award apeice, the...
UKG’s extra Smiley predictions

1 month ago | pgbuzz.net | Jakki Brown

As a major supplier to the card market, UK Greetings has to know its stuff – and its latest data plus a mass of commissioned research makes its predictions crystal clear rather than just crystal ball reading.
Tariffs are a bad dream

1 month ago | pgbuzz.net | Jakki Brown

While the business world would love to have a Bobby Ewing moment and wake up in the shower to discover the previous few months have all been a bad dream, it’s not going to happen with Donald Trump’s tariffs. And, with the only consistency being the US president’s constant uncertainty, changes and backtracking, the import duties on goods, including greeting cards, arriving into the US are turning into a waking nightmare.
Tariffs pressures continue

1 month ago | pgbuzz.net | Jakki Brown

As the tariffs impact is seeping through, greeting card publishers, stationery companies and distributors are still trying to find ways to mitigate the effects on business with the US.
‘Tariffs don’t help US small businesses grow’

1 month ago | pgbuzz.net | Jakki Brown

Donald Trump may have been playing around with the tariffs that he’s introduced on goods imported into America, but it hasn’t helped the greeting card publishers and distributors. The 10% levy on cards made in the UK and current 30% on product shipped from China – down for 90 days from an eye-watering 145% – is still affecting the industry and the constant uncertainty, changes and backtracking make it difficult for businesses to know what’s happening.