All Greeting cards and stationery articles – Page 13
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OFT to examine American Greetings' Clintons deal
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate US card giant American Greetings’ acquisition of nearly 400 Clinton Cards stores.
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A further 76 Clinton Cards stores to close
A further 76 Clinton Cards stores are to close by July 31 after administrator Zolfo Cooper failed to find any buyers for the shops.
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Store closure list: 17 more Clinton Cards closures
Clinton Cards’ administrator Zolfo Cooper is closing another 17 stores by Friday bringing the total number of closures to about 270.
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Clinton Cards to be back in the black within two years
Clinton Cards’ new owner American Greetings expects the retailer to return to profit by 2015.
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Another 47 Clinton Cards stores to close by end of next week
Administrator to Clinton Cards Zolfo Cooper will shut another 47 stores by the end of next week in the next phase of its store closure programme.
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122 Clinton Cards stores to shut this week
Administrator to Clinton Cards Zolfo Cooper will close 122 stores by next Thursday, June 21, in the next stage of a 350-store closure programme.
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Backing the mould-breaking retailers of tomorrow
The issues facing the retail industry are well known. Consumers are spending less, demanding greater convenience, shopping online and are increasingly value savvy.
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Analysis: Deal wrapped up at Clinton Cards but tough work lies ahead
Clinton Cards’ new owner American Greetings will have to make radical changes to return the retailer to profitability.
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Clinton Cards to abandon orange branding
Clinton Cards is to get the makeover treatment as new chief executive Dominique Schurman revealed plans to scrap the brand’s distinctive orange colour.
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Clinton Cards deal to be struck within days
Clinton Cards looks likely to be bought out of administration by the end of next week if not earlier as would-be suitors jostle to take control.
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Surviving the company turnaround
As headhunters we often unsurprisingly nowadays get to work alongside turnaround companies parachuting in either interim or permanent executives to help effect a turnaround.
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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
More work will be needed if Clinton Cards is to have any realistic future.
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Boots’ 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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Analysis
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
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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Clinton 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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Opinion
Designs 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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Sainsbury’s prepared for challenges ahead
Another solid performance from Justin King and his team at Sainsbury’s has added some much needed cheer to the turbulent UK grocery sector.
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Store closures loom at Clinton Cards
Buyers circle as Clinton Cards follows Game and Peacocks into administration.