All Greeting cards and stationery articles – Page 18
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NewsIn Focus: Clinton Cards vs Card Factory
Clinton Cards is one of the retailers blaming the snow for a disappointing Christmas, accompanied by a profit warning.
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NewsClinton to highlight value following slow Christmas
Clinton Cards is to emphasise its value credentials following a profit warning last week.
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NewsClinton Cards warns on profits
Clinton Cards has warned its pre-tax profits will be “significantly lower” than market expectations after the snow hit its December sales.
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NewsRetail bears up as FTSE slides on Irish bailout
Stores of all types were down over the week but a little less than the market as a whole, which took fright at the emergency bailout of Ireland.
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NewsClinton Cards ramps up offers for festive period
Greetings card giant Clinton Cards has ramped up its number of festive promotions this year as competition for Christmas spend heats up.
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NewsClinton Cards "well prepared" for Christmas despite sales fall
Greetings cards retailer Clinton Cards group like-for-likes fell 3% in the 16 weeks to November 21.
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NewsContactless payment trial in 50 Clinton Cards stores
Clinton Cards is to trial contactless payment in 50 of its stores in London and Liverpool from this month.
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NewsClinton profits jump despite tough trading
Greetings cards retailer Clinton Cards generated a 3% increase in profits last year but has found trading tough in recent weeks, particularly in Ireland.
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NewsCard Factory appoints development director
Discount greetings cards retailer Card Factory has poached PricewaterhouseCoopers retail and leisure director Andy Garbutt to spearhead future development.
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Card retailer Thoughts in pre-pack deal
Greetings cards retailer Thoughts has been bought in a pre-pack administration deal after it collapsed due to an absence of banking facilities.
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AnalysisLearning to play their cards right
With Clinton Cards issuing a profit warning and Paperchase being sold, the UK’s £1.5bn card market is a hive of activity.
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NewsClinton Cards considers closing its Ireland stores
Clinton Cards is mulling closing its underperforming Irish stores as the greetings card retailer issued a profit warning this week.
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NewsCard Factory co-founder to be chair after sale
Greeting cards retailer Card Factory’s co-founder Dean Hoyle has been appointed chairman of the retailer following its sale to private equity firm Charterhouse last week.
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News99p Stores takes on greeting cards market
Single price-point retailer 99p Stores is expanding its greeting cards range as it seeks to take share from value players such as Card Factory.
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AnalysisDean and Janet Hoyle: the husband-and-wife team behind Card Factory
The unassuming husband-and-wife team behind Card Factory has turned it into a winning business with a £350m price tag.
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NewsClinton Cards profits soar after buying back Birthdays
Clinton Cards has reported a 28.8% increase in interim profits, on the back of group sales up 20.8%, driven by the re-acquisition of the Birthdays business.
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NewsCard Factory founders set to rake in £400m
Card Factory has received bids for the business from several private equity groups that could result in the founders taking home a £400m windfall.
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Card Factory appoints KPMG to advise on sale
Greetings card retailer Card Factory has appointed KPMG to advise on a sale of the business, which could fetch up to £400m.
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NewsAsda ploughs into online greetings card market
Asda has waded into the online personalised greetings card arena in a tie-up with manufacturer Hallmark.
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AnalysisMoonpig: Success on the cards
It has pioneered the online greetings card market and now its competitors are playing catch-up. Lisa Berwin talks to Moonpig founder Nick Jenkins about the secret of the etailer’s rapid growth