Westlake-based American Greetings, which sold off its retail stores to Schurman and bought the company's wholesale division in 2009, will continue to sell Papyrus-branded cards in stores such as Target, Whole Foods and Rite Aid.
PAPYRUS : Cards, Stationary & Invitations : Target.
New York (CNN Business) Papyrus, a mall staple that's best known for selling stationery and upscale greeting cards, is going out of business. Schurman Fine Paper, which owns the brand, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday in a Delaware court. The company is closing all 254 of its US and Canada stores.
It was one of the largest greeting card retailers in the United States. The Papyrus products rights are owned by American Greetings.
Schurman Retail Group is an American stationery, greeting card, gifts, and paper products company based in Fairfield, California. The company operates brands and retail stores under the names Papyrus, NIQUEA.
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New York (CNN Business) Papyrus, a mall staple that's best known for selling stationery and upscale greeting cards, is going out of business. CVS (CVS) and Walmart (WMT) have reduced space for greeting cards in recent years.
Papyrus, from which we get the modern word paper, is a writing material made from the papyrus plant, a reed which grows in the marshy areas around the Nile river. Papyrus was used as a writing material as early as 3,000 BC in ancient Egypt, and continued to be used to some extent until around 1100 AD.
Papyrus still exists in Egypt today but in greatly reduced number. The papyrus of Egypt is most closely associated with writing - in fact, the English word 'paper' comes from the word 'papyrus' - but the Egyptians found many uses for the plant other than a writing surface for documents and texts.
But greeting card industry sales are declining at an annualized rate of 3 percent through 2023, according to market-research firm IBISWorld. And retail space occupied by greeting card stores declined by more than 27 percent from 2013 to 2018, according to real estate data firm CoStar Group.
Trader Joe's. You can buy the best inexpensive greeting cards at Trader Joe's for 99 cents each. You'll find cards with tranquil nature scenes, funny birthday greetings or sympathy, thank you and congratulations messages. These cards look as good as any you'd buy for $3 to $5 for at a grocery store or card shop.
Dive Brief: Gift retailer The Paper Store exited Chapter 11 Tuesday, after filing for bankruptcy less than 50 days ago. Backing the retailer in its reorganization is a group of investors led by real estate firm WS Development, the company said in a press release emailed to Retail Dive.
If you take a look at the successful handmade card sellers on websites such as Etsy, you will see that very often they sell into a tightly defined niche. Keep in mind that there are already many handmade greetings cards available. To be really successful, you need to offer something a little different.
A spokesperson told Reuters via email that “the majority of greeting cards and gift wrap are manufactured in the US” but that some products are sourced from China and other Southeast Asian countries.
American Greetings Corp., the No. 2 card maker and owner of the Papyrus brand, will continue to sell Papyrus cards in thousands of other locations without interruption, a spokeswoman said. Based in Kansas City, Mo., Hallmark is still owned by the Hall family, which founded the company in 1910.
