Following news earlier this month that the Shuman Law Firm is investigating the proposed buyout of American Greetings by members of the company’s founding family, several minority shareholders have announced their intention to sue the greetings card giant for what they consider to be an unfair bid. The plaintiffs allege that members of the Weiss
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Give boxes the luxurious touch by pleating brown paper (available from East of India) and using double sided tape for a professional touch (available at Jane Means). To pleat the paper you make small folds in the paper (ensuring they are straight) and add some sticky tape to the reverse to avoid the paper stretching
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The Great British Teddy Bear company has just signed up to exhibit at Spring Fair International 2013, within the Children’s Gifts, Toys & Gadgets sector in Hall 3. This lovely company was founded in 2007 when The Metropolitan Police Service invited its creative director Paul Jessup to design the first Official Metropolitan Police Teddy Bear in
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A Distressed Retail Property Taskforce has been set up to help rejuvenate the UK’s struggling town centres as online shopping threatens to make high streets ‘little more than showrooms’ according the Economist Intelligence Unit*. Its first priority will be to tackle the issue of retail property debt and the spectre of empty, run-down shops in
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The two best known publicists in the home and gift industry have joined forces to create Britain’s most potent public relations team. Charlotte Cowell and Alan Monahan will provide businesses with a competitive and cost-effective PR package designed to raise company profiles, increase brand awareness and publicise products to both trade and consumers. Charlotte and
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Budget greetings card retailer Card Factory has reported that pre-tax profits were up just 1% in the year to January 31 after a 56 per cent increase the year before. The company put this down to its absorption of the VAT rise from 17.5% – 20% in January 2011, rather than passing on the extra
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