Jan 20, 2017

Greetings cards for children show 'damaging stereotypes'

What followed was a vitriolic debate over the question of exactly what greetings cards should show. Ms Little says retailers decide what cards they stock, based simply on what they think their customers will buy. So why don't retailers offer cards showing girls driving diggers and boys dancing? The UK boasts a huge greeting cards industry, worth £1.7bn a year. According to the GCA Brits buy an average of of 31 cards per person per year, and the vast majority, it is thought, by women.

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