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New Calendar and Stationery Licensees for Elmer

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Metrostar has welcomed new licensing partners to its portolio for Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. Calendar and stationery specialist, Danilo, will publishing Elmer-licensed calendars, greeting cards, gift wrap and bags and Robert Frederick will create gifts, arts and crafts and stationery. Other Elmer licensees, including Amscan, Rainbow Designs and Paul Dennicci are extending their collections. Amscan

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Danilo and Gemma find new routes to market

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A year after Carte Blanche Group acquired the Is It Art distribution business, two Is It Art brands, Danilo and Gemma International, have announced they will be taking alternative routes to market. Licensed calendar specialist, Danilo, will come under the care of Words ‘N’ Wishes, while Gemma will pursue its own distribution with the assistance

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Major greetings card industry updates

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The UK Greeting Card Association (GCA) has revealed its latest market report, covering British greeting card sales for 2016 compared with 2015. The GCA found from its confidential survey of members that industry sales have reached their highest value ever, bringing the UK greeting card market value to £1.75 billion at retail. The period

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Hot licenses from Pokémon to My Little Pony

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The Licensing Award winners for 2017 were unveiled during a ceremony held at Grosvenor House Hotel, London, on September 12. The well-attended event incorporated a large raft of both retailer and product awards, with the Honorary Achievement accolade being given to Rainbow Designs and DRi Licensing managing director, Anthony Temple. The Prestigious, Best Classic Licensed

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Carte Blanche acquires Is It Art?

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Carte Blanche Group has announced the acquisition of British greeting card, stationery and calendar distributor, Is it Art? from Martin Nevin. Conversations developed between Is It Art? and Carte Blanche earlier this year concerning the potential of a combined business opportunity. As part of its strategic growth plans Carte Blanche moved quickly to acquire

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New S/S17 Greetings Card Launches

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The fantastic British greeting card industry where the UK leads the rest of the world, has grown over the past year or so to achieve an overall worth of around £1.7bn. This figure includes around £200mn spent on 900 million Christmas cards, while over three quarters of the overall market value came via everyday

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