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Hilco hired to shut Birthdays and Clintons stores
Restructuring specialist Hilco has been drafted in to close Birthdays and Clintons stores
Clinton Cards: List of 44 store closures revealed
More than 40 Clintons and Birthdays stores will shut by the end of May, affecting 300 full and part-time staff. Full closure list below.
Another 60 Clinton Cards staff made redundant
An extra 60 jobs have been lost across Clinton Cards’ head office and retail operations, Retail Week has learned.
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Clinton Cards to close 350 stores as Birthdays leaves the high street
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Store closures loom at Clinton Cards
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Clinton Cards to collapse into administration
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Clinton Cards expected to appoint KPMG to advise on restructure
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GA Europe in the frame to buy Birthdays chain
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Clintons puts Birthdays chain up for sale
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Clintons 'sings it with love' for Valentine's Day
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Hallmark plays international card
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Retailers take longer to pay suppliers
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Clinton Cards boss exits as WHSmith considers bid
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Clinton Cards folds into administration, 8,000 jobs at risk
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Struggling Clinton Cards delays publication of strategic review
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Clintons founder Don Lewin to step down as profits slump
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Clintons mulls Birthdays restructure
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Thorntons plans to test products via website
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House of Fraser to extend collaboration with Mary Portas
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Clintons Christmas like-for-likes edge up
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January shopper numbers fall
Greeting Cards In Depth
Suppliers 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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Profile: Zev Weiss, chief executive, American Greetings
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Retailers and landlords: Lease conflict time bomb
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Retail resolutions for 2012
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Next sows new seeds of growth
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Pushing the envelope
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Clinton Lewin
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Christmas Trading: The good, the bad, and the ugly
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More or less?
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Learning to play their cards right
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Guerrilla marketing gets results for retailers
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Life after retail redundancy
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Craftwork: HobbyCraft chief executive Chris Crombie
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In-store promotions: Let me entertain you
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Saving the pound
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Clinton Cards: Who is American Greetings?
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Analysis: What will Willson-Rymer do with Clintons?
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Profile: Darcy Willson-Rymer
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Timothy Melgund
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Running up the down escalator
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Time for retail to come in from the cold
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How many stores does a retailer need?
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A big day for retailers and royalists alike
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Dean and Janet Hoyle: the husband-and-wife team behind Card Factory
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Moonpig: Success on the cards
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Service charges: Lip service to retailers or a plan of action?
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Currency shifts: Less bang for your buck
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Netto effects: discounters boom in credit crunch
Greeting Cards Store Galleries
Christmas future
Break out and hang up the decorations, Christmas windows are once more upon us. But is it a case of same old, same old, or are retailers offering something new? John Ryan reports.
Family 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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Doing a Kwiksave on Clinton Cards
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As Clinton Cards collapses, what are the PR lessons from retail failures?
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Sainsbury’s prepared for challenges ahead
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Vertical expansion increases margins
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WHSmith pushes the envelope
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Once more unto the shops dear friends
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The advantage of doing it yourself
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Clinton has its cards marked
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The Retail Week
