All Greeting cards and stationery articles – Page 12
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Card Factory plots 1,200 stores as it eyes float, sale or refinancing
Card Factory is aiming to nearly double its stores count as its owner eyes a potential float, sale or refinancing of the budget greetings card retailer.
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Analysis: How would investors greet a Card Factory float?
It’s been almost three years since the last retail IPO – Ocado back in July 2010 – but Card Factory is one of the firms vying to take advantage of the City’s rekindled love of the sector.
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Card Factory considers IPO as owner hires Goldman Sachs
Budget greetings cards retailer Card Factory is planning a £700m stock market flotation.
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The ‘D’ is not supposed to be silent
There is something strange about the diversification that some retailers feel compelled to indulge in at present, and the shop pictured is one of the more unusual.
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Clintons owner mulls new UK fascia after issues with Papyrus trademark
Clintons parent company American Greetings may launch a new premium fascia in the UK after facing trademark difficulties here for its Papyrus brand.
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Greetings card retailer CardZone acquires Special Occasion
Greetings card retailer CardZone has bought rival Special Occasion, which is expected to boost turnover to £9m.
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Clintons opens first distribution centre
Greetings card retailer Clintons has opened its first distribution centre in a bid to “significantly” improve margins.
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Moonpig drags owner PhotoBox into loss
Moonpig’s owner PhotoBox was pushed into the red last year after acquiring the online greetings card retailer.
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Card Factory posts flat profit after absorbing VAT increase
Card Factory delivered flat pre-tax profit in the year to January 31 after absorbing the rise in VAT, following a 56% hike in profits the previous year.
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Clintons to launch loyalty card next year
Clinton Cards is developing a loyalty card for launch next year as ramps up its multichannel plans with a website rebrand next week.
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Paperchase opens first airport store as it drives international growth
Paperchase has opened its first airport store as it eyes further channels to expand internationally.
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Overseas investors: What do retailers need to know?
Sainsbury’s is believed to be the latest retailer attracting overseas investment attention in what has been a busy year for international deals.
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American Greetings boss bids to take company private
American Greetings, owner of Clinton Cards, has received a $580m (£358.2m) bid from a group led by its chief executive to take the company private.
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Store total falls for first time in over a decade
The number of shops operated by multiple retailers fell for the first time in 14 years during the first half of 2012.
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Analysis
Analysis: What Kate Swann brought to WHSmith
Kate Swann is to leave the WHSmith nest in 2013 after a successful nine years at the helm. She has led the retailer through the tough economic times with a familiar story of rising profits despite falling sales. Retail Week highlights some of the key elements of Swann’s strategy.
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Store gallery: Clinton Cards back from the brink
Clinton Cards looked as if it was on the verge of joining retail’s brands of yesteryear, but its new-look store on London’s Cheapside may show the way forward.
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Opinion
Comment: Airports can provide a great retail experience
There is something about airport terminals that makes people behave completely out of character.
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In pictures: Clintons unveils its rebrand as it pushes button on £16m store overhaul
Clintons has unveiled its rebrand, including its new red logo, at its first revamped store which it plans to roll out to 100 more stores by the end of October.