Greetings Today magazine, giving you the bigger picture

July 2011

Worries over Clintons ability to sustain stores

26th July 2011

Shop landlords fear that the troubled greetings card retailer Clinton Cards is about to restructure its 800 stores, citing them as unsustainable following a decline in the company’s profitability, according to a report in the Financial Times. Read more

Moonpig merger with PhotoBox announced

26th July 2011

The digital photo service, PhotoBox.com has bought the personalised greetings cards retailer Moonpig.com for £120 million. Read more

Celebrate 50 years of business and pleasure

15th July 2011

To celebrate half a century of retail buying at Home and Gift show, organisers Clarion Events have pulled out all the stops for this iconic gift, greeting cards and homewares buying bonanza, held in the beautiful spa town of Harrogate. Read more

UK Greetings royal cake auction

15th July 2011

Those still glowing in the memory of Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day have the chance to win a Royal Wedding cake made to the exact secret recipe and baked by the same master baker in a charity auction. Read more

Card Factory acquisition strengthens its web offer

14th July 2011

The leading high street retailer for budget greeting cards, Card Factory, has bought the online gift site www.gettingpersonal.co.uk for an undisclosed amount. Read more

Countdown to Harrogate: Ones to watch

14th July 2011

The greetings and stationery category at Home and Gift will host plenty of great names including Artebene, Caroline Gardner, Penny Shaw, Emma Ball, Cavania, Shruti, Belly Button Designs, Tom Dickens, Inkdrops, Takkoda and Hammond Gower and Little Black Dog. Read more

Popularity boost for Harold’s Planet card range

13th July 2011

A loveable greetings card character, Harold from the "Harold's Planet" range has found TV stardom which is set to give his publisher Clare Maddicott a popularity boost to its greeting and stationery collections.  Read more

Independent ambition for Temptations

13th July 2011

From humble beginnings in 1983, a small family-run gift shop opened in a market town in Hertfordshire. Read more

Countdown to Home and Gift: Seminars & Surgeries

13th July 2011

A range of free retail seminars and one to one surgeries will run over the four days with business advice to help retailers to refocus their efforts on boosting sales in the run up to the busy Christmas sales season. Read more

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