Things Engraved announced earlier this month that it plans to shut all of its stores. This week alone, fair-trade retailer Ten Thousand Villages announced plans to shutter many of its stores and the owner of apparel store Bench's Canadian operations confirmed to BNN that all 24 locations will be closed.
#bargaindiaries #designer #designerfindsforless #designerdeals #dealsandsteals #deals #idontpayretail #shopaholic #thrifty #discount #sale #sales #clearance #bargainshopping #salespy #salespotter #torontoshopper #shopsmart #idontpayretailoronto #idontpayretail #walletfriendly #papyrus #stationary #closingdeals #markham #richmondhill #scarborough #torontoclosureĪ post shared by bargaindiaries on at 12:18pm PSTĬarlton Cards and Papyrus are the latest in a seemingly never-ending series of Canadian retail closures. Papyrus is closing ALL their doors! 20% everything hit it up ? . There are 59 Carlton Cards locations and 17 Papyrus outlets in Canada, encompassing all provinces except New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.Īnyone wishing to continue purchasing Carlton Cards can use the chain's online store locator to find other retailers that sell them. Going-out-of-business sales are underway at physical stores in both Canada and the U.S. The Carlton Cards and Papyrus online stores also remain open, although the Papyrus website has been modified to state that all sales are final.
Those aspects of the business are handled by a separate company. 'The closures will not affect the publishing of Carlton Cards or their sale in other stores. Schurman said the closures were a "difficult decision" necessitated by the company being unable to "realign our … stores to fit today's shopping environment." Most of the closures will take place over the next four to six weeks, Schurman Retail Group CEO Dominique Schurman told CTVNews.ca in a statement.Īnother 178 locations will close in the U.S., bringing the total to 254 stores employing approximately 1,400 people. The owner of greeting card retailers including Carlton Cards and Papyrus is closing all of its stores in North America, including 76 Canadian locations.