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1 month ago | 
stationerymatters.news | Sue Marks
According to the a recent survey, UK consumer spending for Mother’s Day 2025 (Sunday 30 March) is set to reach £2.4bn, reflecting a 5% increase from the previous year.
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stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
Greeting card publishers and stationers have made their presence felt in the Brand & Licensing Lifestyle Awards (B&LLAs) finalists taking 11 places in the 2025 awards. The B&LLAs reward excellence in product innovation, brand licensing management as well as retail execution within the ever-evolving brand and lifestyle licensing arena.
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stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart27th March 2025 Every year Pelikan releases a limited edition ink of the year, which for 2025 is Apricot Achat, inspired by the beauty of apricot agate. The German word ‘Edelstein’ translates as gemstone, and each colour in the collection corresponds to the beautiful colouring of a gem from around the world.
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stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart27th March 2025 Tom’s Studio, the stationery brand challenging throwaway culture, has launched The Wren Write Off, a pen crafted with lids made from upcycled plastic waste; primarily discarded pens. Every year, an estimated nine billion disposable pens are discarded globally, contributing to plastic pollution and landfill. For over 70 years, billions of plastic pens have been tossed aside, leaving a toxic legacy of microplastics.
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stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart27th March 2025 Retro51’s limited edition Mermaid Tornado Popper is crafted to mimic the mesmerising texture of mermaids. This pen is shimmering with rainbow ion plating and adorned with acid-etched scales. Matching accents, a shell-inspired top disc, and a pearlescent tube, make these writing instruments a true siren’s call. Like the elusive mermaid, these Tornado Poppers are rare with only 683 rollerballs and 300 fountain available.
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stationerymatters.news | Tracey Bearton
By Tracey Bearton25th March 2025 Indie retailers have the chance to show what they get up to every day as the eighth annual #MyShopLife Instagram Challenge is all set up and ready to roll. Organised by Sarah Holmes from her Pencil Me In greeting card and stationery store in Elgin, she has already instigated this year’s daily prompts for the week of fun starting on Monday, 21 April – and a downloadable planner so retailers can get to grips with what they want to say.
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1 month ago | 
stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart25th March 2025 Vogue magazine’s latest video features Gigi Hadid performing to “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from the musical Hairspray overlaid with titles drawn by hand with a Crayola crayon by New York designer Andrey Azizov. In a reel on Instagram Andrey shows how he took a Crayola crayon to write the titles for Vogue magazine’s April feature on Gigi Hadid. “Sometimes you just gotta bust out the crayons,” Andrey wrote on Instagram.
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1 month ago | 
stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart25th March 2025 The retailer has successfully secured a £200m issue of US Private Placement (USPP) notes and a bank term loan of £120m. Group chief financial officer Max Izzard said: “This refinancing strengthens our balance sheet, extends our debt maturity profile, and diversifies our capital structure.
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stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart25th March 2025 Created for children who struggle to stay focused in school or while doing homework, Kidy Learn Concentration is a sensory stationery range designed to engage, stimulate and boost concentration. Designed from the ground up for children who have issues focusing or concentrating during class, the Maped Kidy Learn Concentration range is packed with features to help.
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1 month ago | 
stationerymatters.news | Michelle Urquhart
By Michelle Urquhart25th March 2025 The countdown to National Stationery Week officially kicked off on Sunday night with Mitsubishi Pencil Co launching its competition on social media to win a case of 40 Posca pens. It’s now just seven weeks until National Stationery Week (12 – 18 May) and the countdown has begun with Mitsubishi Pencil Co sponsoring this week with the chance to win a case of 40 Posca pens.