Hallmark uses cards to encourage literacy
October 5, 2016
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Hallmark UK is helping to demonstrate how well children respond when everyday methods are used to make learning fun in the classroom. Year two and
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October sales growth forecast
September 27, 2016
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Retail sales volumes fell in the year to September but look set to grow slightly in the year to October according to the latest CBI
Typo moves into UK retail
September 23, 2016
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Australian stationery and home accessories retailer, Typo, is to open its first UK store in Westfield, Stratford, in December 2016. Typo has almost 150 stores
Watch out for The Films of Marilyn
September 22, 2016
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As a lifelong fan of Marilyn Monroe, we were delighted to hear that Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products (FCP) has expanded its brand portfolio with
License This! finalists revealed
September 22, 2016
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The four finalists have been announced for Brand Licensing Europe’s annual License This! competition. Now in its seventh year, the challenge offers those with
New RHS range from Frances Lincoln
September 21, 2016
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The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced that long-term licensee Frances Lincoln, a publisher of quality illustrated books, has produced three new ranges of illustrated
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