After months of anticipation, the official finalists of The Greats gift retailer awards 2025 have been announced today (13 March).
The Greats Awards, now in their 23rd year, were launched by Progressive Gifts & Home to recognise and reward the UK’s very best gift retailers from across the retail spectrum, with winning a Greats award universally acknowledged as being a true accolade of retail excellence.
“Once again, the bar was set exceptionally high this year, with every one of our finalists excelling in their respective category,” stated Sue Marks, editor of Progressive Gifts & Home/GiftsandHome.net. “This year The Greats saw an unprecedented level of engagement from retailers and suppliers alike, evidenced by the wealth of nominations from the gift industry at large, as well as a huge number of gift retailers entering and putting themselves forward. The nominations and entries, from relative newbies through to more established names in gift retail, are testament to the passion and marketing mettle that will ensure UK gift retailers will not only survive but thrive in a challenging retail environment.”
The Greats Awards Finalists 2025
(All finalists are listed in alphabetical order)
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – London, South, South East & East Anglia
> Amore and Dzodzo, Woodbridge
> Ed, The Dulwich Trader and Tomlinsons, Dulwich
> Little Red and Red Card, Petworth
> Mercado, Hampton Court
> Objectables, Folkestone
> The Voewood, Blackheath Standard
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – Midlands & Wales
> Cornucopia, Worcester
> Country Clutter, Chepstow
> Ebb & Flow, Tenby
> Indigo and Wardrobe at Southwell, Nottingham and Southwell
> KooKoo Madame, Caerphilly, Pontypridd and Talbot Green
> Papermoon, Syston; Present Days, Warwick
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – North & Northern Ireland
> Fine & Sandy, Tynemouth
> Ideas Horsforth, Leeds
> Lemon Tree, Beverley
> Osborne & Co, Enniskillen
> Squirrel, Ulverston
> Strickland & Holt, Yarm
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – West & South West
> The Bay Tree Home & Gift, Devizes and Marlborough
> Blossom Barn, Fairford and Shrivenham
> Highworth Emporium, Highworth
> Hyde & Seek, Exeter
> Kit and Caboodle Gift Shop, Romsey and Salisbury
> Kondi Gifts, Bristol
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – Scotland
> Bijou, Elgin
> Contempo, Stirling
> Juniper, Aberdeen
> The Nancy Smillie Shop, Glasgow
> The Owl At Number 2, Aberdeen
> Pippin Gifts, Edinburgh
Best Newcomer Gift Retailer
> 33 Market Place, Mildenhall
> Barley Mow, Faversham
> Cards & Moor, Yelverton
> Fig & Fox, Romsey
> Joli Gifts, Aberdeen
> Orange Blossom Home & Gift, Pollokshields
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer Of Gifts (4 stores or more)
> Cello from Collectables, North East (8 stores)
> House of Cards, Home Counties (7 stores)
> Lark, London and the South (20 stores)
> Maybugs, Sussex and Kent (4 stores)
> Oliver Bonas, nationwide (80+ stores)
> Paper Tiger, Edinburgh (4 stores)
Best Department Store Retailer Of Gifts
> Austins, Newton Abbot
> Barkers, Northallerton
> Elphicks, Farnham
> John Lewis and Partners
> Morleys Stores
> Selfridges
Best Non-Specialist Retailer Of Gifts
> Blenheim Palace Gift Shop
> Jeyes of Earls Barton, Earls Barton
> Loch Leven’s Larder, Kinross
> Natural History Museum Gift Shop, London
> Pearce’s Farm Shop & Café, Buntingford
> The Savill Garden Visitor Centre Gift Shop, Egham
Best Garden Centre Retailer Of Gifts (with up to 4 centres)
> Barton Grange Garden Centre, Brock
> Bents Garden & Home, Glazebury
> Garsons, Esher and Titchfield
> The Mains Of Drum Garden Centre, Banchory
> Old Railway Line Garden Centre, Three Cocks
> Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Sidcup
Best Garden Centre Retailer Of Gifts (with 5 centres or more)
>Blue Diamond Garden Centres (45 centres)
> British Garden Centres (70 centres)
> Caulders (10 centres)
> Hillier Nurseries & Garden Centres (22 centres)
> Longacres (6 centres)
> Squires Garden Centre (16 centres)
Best In-store Or Window Display
> Attico, Westbourne for its Christmas windows
>Bill & Bert’s, Colchester for its Jellycat windows
> Freckleface, Lincoln, Stamford and York for its Laura Ashley windows
> Highworth Emporium, Highworth for its Christmas windows and in store displays
> Hugs & Kisses, Tettenhall for its Christmas window
> Mooch, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn for its Gingerbread windows
Best Retailer Initiative
> Bill & Bert’s, Colchester for its Jellycat Jack promotion
> Brocante, Devon and Cornwall (10 stores) for its charity Christmas Extravaganza
> The Celtic Company, Welshpool for its national Urdd Eisteddfod school competition
> KooKoo Madame, Caerphilly, Pontypridd and Talbot Green for its pop-up shop and golden ticket promotion at the Eisteddfod festival
> Little Boats Gifts, Brightlingsea for its Easter Trail Crab Crawl
> Maybugs, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hailsham and Tunbridge Wells for its push text message geo notifications activity
Outstanding Achievement Award 2025
No finalists are revealed for this special award.
All winners, including the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Achievement award, will be revealed at The Gift Awards on Thursday 15 May at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. This incredible event will, once again, bring together The Giftware Association’s Gift of the Year Awards and The Greats gift retailer awards, organised and owned by Max Publishing, publishers of Progressive Gifts & Home/GiftsandHome.net.
At the glittering event, both gift product excellence and retail prowess will be recognised and rewarded in a true celebration of both sides of the UK gift industry.
The Gift of the Year 2025 finalists have already been announced and can be viewed here.
Hyve Group, organiser of Spring Fair, Autumn Fair, GLEE and Source Home & Gift (among others) is the headline sponsor of The Gift Awards. Other leading names in the impressive line-up of sponsors include: Allsorted, Autumn Fair, BATF, Candlelight, Cardgains, Carte Blanche Greetings, Cereria Molla, DKB Toys & Distribution, FYG, Gift Republic, Gisela Graham, Good Results, Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair, Letterbox Love, Life Charms, London Stationery Show, Messe Frankfurt, N Smith and Co, Progressive Greetings Live, Scotland’s Trade Fair/Springboard Events, Source Home & Gift, Spring Fair, Talking Tables and Trade Counter Distribution.
Tickets and tables for the awards can be booked via the Max Publishing digital box office event at Max-Tickets.net, or by contacting event organiser Createvents: clare@createvents.co.uk or 0118 334 0085.
To find out more about The Gift Awards and book tickets, visit www.thegiftawards.com; www.thegreatsawards.co.uk
