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New-style greetings: Cards and other items featuring the Ziggy doll helped Carlton Cards gross $10 million in three years, says marketing vice-president Howard McGirr
New-style greetings: Cards and other items featuring the Ziggy doll helped Carlton Cards gross $10 million in three years, says marketing vice-president Howard McGirr

New-style greetings: Cards and other items featuring the Ziggy doll helped Carlton Cards gross $10 million in three years, says marketing vice-president Howard McGirr

Date12/21/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129913F
Card tricks: John Miller, the owner of SWAK, wants to take greeting cards into a new wave style
Card tricks: John Miller, the owner of SWAK, wants to take greeting cards into a new wave style
10/12/1979
By Jim Byers Toronto Star, People who get upset over a greeting card that pokes fun at Scarborough are too thin-skinned, the card's co-author says
By Jim Byers Toronto Star, People who get upset over a greeting card that pokes fun at Scarborough are too thin-skinned, the card's co-author says
2/26/1985
One of Santa's helpers, Rich Cairns, president of Coutts Hallmark Cards Ltd. shows off some of the more expensive cards that are selling well this year - sor far. He is standing in front of Coutts Hallmark store on Yonge St., opposite Eaton Centre. The $250 million a year industry is watching postal workers, fearfull of anther walkout similar to 1975, which also spolied 1976.
One of Santa's helpers, Rich Cairns, president of Coutts Hallmark Cards Ltd. shows off some of the more expensive cards that are selling well this year - sor far. He is standing in front of Coutts Hallmark store on Yonge St., opposite Eaton Centre. The $250 million a year industry is watching postal workers, fearfull of anther walkout similar to 1975, which also spolied 1976.
12/7/1977
Married 70 years, Greeting cards and telegrams surround Luigi and Rose Del Brocco in their Bedford Park Ave
Married 70 years, Greeting cards and telegrams surround Luigi and Rose Del Brocco in their Bedford Park Ave
8/4/1977
Cleever the beaver is the hero of the new series of greeting cards designed by Mike Chortyk, art director of the Canadian subsidiary of Coutts-Hallmar(...)
Cleever the beaver is the hero of the new series of greeting cards designed by Mike Chortyk, art director of the Canadian subsidiary of Coutts-Hallmar(...)
12/23/1975
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
8/27/1978
Dr. Card: Bernie Federman started collecting cards himself when he was 6 years old. Now he's got his own store, The Card-Y-Ologist on Avenue Rd.
Dr. Card: Bernie Federman started collecting cards himself when he was 6 years old. Now he's got his own store, The Card-Y-Ologist on Avenue Rd.
7/16/1991
Captain Mark Phillips, left, gets an enthusiastic greeting from Brent Bertrant, vice-president of the Windsor Arms Hotel. Phillips helped raise support for CARD
Captain Mark Phillips, left, gets an enthusiastic greeting from Brent Bertrant, vice-president of the Windsor Arms Hotel. Phillips helped raise support for CARD
6/16/1987
Christmas cards that count. Charity Yule cards, clockwise from top left: Metro mentally retarded association, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Hospital for Sick Children's foundation card
Christmas cards that count. Charity Yule cards, clockwise from top left: Metro mentally retarded association, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Hospital for Sick Children's foundation card
11/18/1986
Travelling salesman: Credit cards haven't hurt the prospects for travellers' cheques, says Sir John Cuckney, chairman of the Thomas Cook group. He told Canadian bankers yesterday the company has major plans for Canada, the second-biggest market in the world.
Travelling salesman: Credit cards haven't hurt the prospects for travellers' cheques, says Sir John Cuckney, chairman of the Thomas Cook group. He told Canadian bankers yesterday the company has major plans for Canada, the second-biggest market in the world.
10/19/1981
A relaxing evening. playing cards is enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Daglish with their children Laurie, 7, and David, 10. Laurie suffers from severe alle(...)
A relaxing evening. playing cards is enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Daglish with their children Laurie, 7, and David, 10. Laurie suffers from severe alle(...)
6/17/1971
Tough competition: Alan Russell, manager of sales recruiting and training for Hallmark Cards, sifts through 800 applications a year to find likely candidates for 10 posts
Tough competition: Alan Russell, manager of sales recruiting and training for Hallmark Cards, sifts through 800 applications a year to find likely candidates for 10 posts
12/20/1983