Mantons Cards in Port Erin have just been named as a finalist in the RETAS Awards for the best Greeting Card Shop in the UK.

A previous RETAS winner, Mantons are also a 2015 Greats Awards finalist and a British Independent Retailer of the Year finalist.

The Retas Awards, now in its 11th year, were launched by Progressive Greetings magazine to recognise and reward the UK’s very best greeting card retailers from right across the retail spectrum. Greeting cards are sold in one in six shops in the UK so reaching the finals of The Retas is a notable achievement.

“The sending of greeting cards is an engrained part of UK culture, with the British public spending ?1.6 billion on greeting cards in the last year alone,” commented Jakki Brown, editor and co-owner of Progressive Greetings magazine, which organises The Retas Awards. “The nation leads the world in greeting card design and sends more cards per capita (30 cards per person) – and The Retas Awards celebrate the very finest greeting card retail stockists in the UK.”

"As a previous winner of a Retas award as the UK's best greeting card shop, everyone at Mantons is delighted to be named as a 2015 Finalist, especially as this is the sixth time we have achieve this honour," commented owner Chris Beards. "This is well deserved recognition for all the hard work, effort and commitment to excellence and of course to helping our customers, which is something all of our team at Mantons takes great pride in".

"Having previously won separate awards for our customer service, product selection, marketing and window displays, it is fantastic to be recognised by the UK's only greeting card awards that consider every aspect of our shop" continued Chris "Coming less than seven days after also been named as a British Independent Retailer of the Year finalist this is a fantastic achievement for the Mantons team".

All Retas finalists were decided as a result of an industrywide poll of greeting card suppliers, reps and agents and validated by a panel of experts.

The winners of this year’s prestigious greeting card retailing awards - The Retas 2015 – will be revealed at an Awards lunch at the glamorous Dorchester Hotel on London on Wednesday July 8.

The Awards recognise and celebrate not only the top independents but also multiple greeting card retailers both regionally and nationally.

These dedicated awards for retailers have risen in status over the last decade and are now acknowledged as being true accolades of excellence.