![]() The Clinton/Birthdays store network was placed in the hands of administrator Zolfo Cooper, who undertook attempts to sell the store network however, there were indications that many stores, including the entire Birthdays estate, would be closed as part of the process. This followed unsuccessful attempts to sell the Birthdays chain. In 2012 Clinton Cards as a group, including Birthdays, was placed into administration. In Scotland, only 15 stores remained open. ![]() Just under two months later, Clinton Cards bought back 180 of the Birthdays stores, closing some. It was announced on that the company had gone into administration, though parent company Clinton Cards said all of the stores would remain open for the time being. In November 2004, it was announced Birthdays had again been sold, this time to Clinton Cards who had originally approached the company 2 years prior, for a total of just £50 million, to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Clinton Cards plc. Hunter and Gorman soon discovered that Birthdays required a larger injection of capital investment than either was willing or able to provide. In September 2003, investors instead sold the company to Scottish entrepreneur Tom Hunter in partnership with Chris Gorman, owner of the Gadget Shop chain of retail novelty stores, for an estimated £60 million, and began making plans to cross-market Birthdays' and Gadget Shops' product ranges in each other's stores. The two sides, however, were unable to reach an agreement. In 2002, Clinton Cards approached Birthdays with a buyout offer reportedly worth roughly £100 million. The chain's head office was incorporated with that of Clinton Cards in Loughton, Essex. ![]() Birthdays operated for over 40 years under various names. In 1986 the Birthdays concept was launched, and the product range gradually diversified to include novelties, soft toys and ornaments. In the mid-1970s three card shops were opened and soon the number had increased to thirty. From its beginning in 1966, Ron Wood Greeting Cards operated as a wholesaler of greeting cards and gift wrap in Bury, Greater Manchester. Just hover over the section title and click More options > Force unlock.Birthdays was a British High Street greeting cards retailer. If someone is taking too long to edit a section, you have the option of booting them out. If someone else is editing your page, their picture appears next to the page title. However, different people can edit different sections of a page at the same time. Once you start editing a section, it's locked so that no one else can make changes. Next to the page or section title, click More options > Move up or Move down. To move a page or section in your Wiki tab, go to the table of contents. To delete a section, hover over the section name and click More options > Delete. To delete an entire page, go to page title in the table of contents and click More options > Delete. Your new section appears beneath the section you selected. To add a new section to a page, hover over a section title and click Add a new section here. You can drag and drop your new page anywhere you like. ![]() To add a new page to your Wiki tab, just open your table of contents and click Create a new page. Your Wiki tab autosaves your changes as soon as you're done editing, so once you click out of a section, your work is safe and sound. You have all the usual formatting options, such as bold, italic, and underlined text, highlighting, headers, and lists. To make changes to a page or section of a Wiki tab, just click into it and start typing. ![]() Draft documents, track notes, share ideas, edit, and chat all in one place. Add a Wiki tab to your team channel to collaborate with others quickly and easily. ![]()
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