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Up With Paper Acquires Popshots Studios
Up With Paper, the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of pop-up greeting cards, has acquired Popshots Studios, a European distributor of greeting cards and related products.Up With Paper has enjoyed dramatic growth since its acquisition by The C.M. Paula Company in January 2005. The addition ... READ MORE »
GCA’s Annual Convention to Run Sept. 14-17
The 70th Annual Convention of the Greeting Card Association (GCA) will take place Wednesday, Sept. 14, through Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. All members of the industry - both GCA members and nonmembers - are welcome to attend.Horseshoe Bay Resort ... READ MORE »
‘Up on the Roof’ Party in Las Vegas to Benefit Gift For Life
Gift For Life, the gift, stationery and home décor industries' sole charitable organization, has announced it will serve as the beneficiary of the "Up on the Roof" party being held during Summer 2011 GIFT +HOME at Las Vegas Market, Aug. 1-5.
The event will be held on Tuesday... READ MORE »
AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com Teams with Recycled Paper Greetings
Recycled Paper Greetings and Awkward Family Photos have announced a collaboration to introduce a line of greeting cards featuring the amusingly uncomfortable portraits that have become an online sensation. The new card line, launching this fall, will include 24 designs for birthday and other every d... READ MORE »
Envelopes.com Continues Expansion with New Larger Facility
Building on its strategy of delivering high-quality printing and paper products nationwide, Envelopes.com announced its recent move to its first company-owned facility located at in Amityville, N.Y.At 35,000 sq feet, the new facility is almost double the size of the former location. The new building... READ MORE »
New Energy, Focused Buyers Prevailing Themes of 2011 NSS
Some 900 exhibiting companies and more than 11,000 buyers capitalized on the opportunity to forge new relationships at the National Stationery Show (NSS) May 15-18, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.Show officials said serious, focused buyers combined with new products lead ... READ MORE »
‘Paper Runway’ Winner Named at NSS
The National Stationery Show (NSS) and Kate's Paperie have named LIM College students Alexis Michaelides and Margaret Carroll as winners in ‘The Paper Runway' competition, for "Feather Fantasy". The paper fashion contest and exhibit was a feature of NSS 2011, offering some 11,000 attendees a u... READ MORE »
NSS Names 2011 Best New Product Award Winners
Eight National Stationery Show (NSS) exhibitors were honored with Best New Product Awards on Opening Day, Sunday, May 15, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The awards were presented in eight categories and are considered a distinguished honor within the social stationery industr... READ MORE »
GCA announces LOUIE winners
Winners of the 23rd Annual International Greeting Card Awards- the LOUIEs - were announced during the National Stationery Show in New York Monday evening. The industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards, the LOUIEs were presented at ESpace in New York. American Greetings was named Card of the Year i... READ MORE »
CHA Board of Directors Announces Departure of CEO
The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) Board of Directors announced the departure of Steve Berger as president and CEO of CHA. The Board of Directors will immediately begin a search for a new chief executive. No timetable has been set for securing a replacement. In the interim, Tony Lee, vice pres... READ MORE »
