Two Kent card shop owners talk about their Christmas card sales.

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00:00 This year's been really good and I've seen a rise.

00:02 Everyone seems to be sending cards this year

00:06 and it's been really busy. It's been a great year.

00:09 I think people in Gray's End like sending cards.

00:12 The last few years have been reasonably quiet since lockdown

00:17 but it's been building and building and this year

00:20 I've definitely seen an increase in sales.

00:22 We get our usual amount of singular cards

00:26 but we've had to reorder because some have sold through

00:31 and the same with the box cards. We did our usual amount but we had to go back

00:35 and get some more and those have gone. People are coming in today

00:40 and I've had to... Certain designs, popular designs are all sold out

00:44 unfortunately. So both really good. It's been a good

00:48 year. Everyone's out. The shop's been full. Everyone's been in

00:52 good moods and it's been a lovely Christmas so far.

00:57 People are still buying them but I don't necessarily think they're putting them

01:00 through the post. I think they're giving them to people when they see

01:05 them rather than relying on the postal service.

01:07 They are still buying lots of cards. It's not, you know,

01:11 doom and gloom completely. It's just that it's diminished over the years

01:15 but we're still here. We're still really enjoying it. My husband and I own the

01:19 business. So yeah, onwards and upwards and we've

01:23 tweaked a few things in the shop with regard to

01:26 stocking different products, more gift range,

01:31 probably under about £25 price bracket just to increase sales really.