All Clintons articles – Page 5
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OpinionFamily businesses must keep up with the pace
Retailing is often a family affair. Many independents are family businesses and a large number of start-ups are family-run.
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OpinionDoing a Kwiksave on Clinton Cards
More work will be needed if Clinton Cards is to have any realistic future.
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OpinionBoots’ success lies in keeping up with change
Alliance Boots’ double-digit growth in sales and trading profit is an achievement chairman and co-owner Stefano Pessina and his team will be proud of.
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AnalysisSuppliers and retailers: The difference between partnership and confrontation
Suppliers are exerting an increasing influence over retailers. Alex Lawson explores what makes the difference between partnership and confrontation.
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AnalysisProfile: Zev Weiss, chief executive, American Greetings
The collapse of Clinton Cards has put the boss of Ohio-based supplier American Greetings at the centre of the controversy.
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OpinionAs Clinton Cards collapses, what are the PR lessons from retail failures?
In old black and white Westerns, the shopkeeper who runs the general store is at the heart of storytelling in the community.
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NewsClinton Cards to close 350 stores as Birthdays leaves the high street
The administrators of Clinton Cards are to shut 350 stores, including the entire Birthdays chain, starting next week after concluding the retailer is “burdened with an untenable retail estate”.
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OpinionDesigns on Clinton Cards
The debacle at Clinton Cards is, in part, the outcome of a retailer that did not take its stores seriously.
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NewsClinton Cards boss exits as WHSmith considers bid
The administrators of Clinton Cards have ousted chief executive Darcy Willson-Rymer, it is understood, and WHSmith may enter the fray for control of the retailer.
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NewsStore closures loom at Clinton Cards
Buyers circle as Clinton Cards follows Game and Peacocks into administration.
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NewsClinton Cards folds into administration, 8,000 jobs at risk
Struggling greetings card retailer Clinton Cards has collapsed into administration, putting around 8,000 jobs at risk as store closures look imminent.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: The demise of Clinton cards
High street retailers that are losing money and have a lot of debt need the support of their banks, their suppliers and their landlords to keep going.
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AnalysisClinton Cards: Who is American Greetings?
Clinton Cards this morning suspended its shares on the Stock Exchange and is on the verge of collapse after its largest supplier American Greetings acquired the retailer’s debt from its banks last night. But who is American Greetings?
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NewsClinton Cards to collapse into administration
Clinton Cards has suspended its shares on the Stock Exchange and is on the point of collapse after its largest supplier American Greetings acquired the retailer’s debt from its banks last night.
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AnalysisRetailers and landlords: Lease conflict time bomb
Retailers and landlords remain in disputes over pre-packs, downscaling, and now monthly rents. Meanwhile, a lease time bomb is ticking, warns Mark Faithfull. However, it could spell good news for retailers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What will Willson-Rymer do with Clintons?
With the news that ailing greetings card retailer Clinton Cards has delayed publication of its strategic review until next month, Retail Week has put together its own thoughts on what boss Darcy Willson-Rymer will be looking at.
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NewsStruggling Clinton Cards delays publication of strategic review
The unveiling of Clinton Cards’ strategic review, expected today, has been delayed.
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NewsClinton Cards expected to appoint KPMG to advise on restructure
Clinton Cards is set to bolster its stable of advisors with the appointment of KPMG after being forced to shelve the sell-off of its Birthdays chain.
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NewsClintons founder Don Lewin to step down as profits slump
Greetings card retailer Clintons has revealed its founder and non-executive chairman Don Lewis is to step down from the company in July.
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NewsClintons mulls Birthdays restructure
Clintons could kickstart a major restructure of its Birthdays business if a buyer is not found for the discount card specialist.