Six more Clinton Cards shops to close

ANOTHER six Clinton Cards stores in the West Midlands will close on Saturday.

Administrator Zolfo Cooper said the shops – in Leek, Lichfield, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Worcester – will shut as part of a batch of 47 store closures. The Solihull and Wolverhampton stores operate under the Pure Party brand while the Leek, Walsall and Worcester shops are all Birthdays-branded outlets.

Zolfo Cooper said the 47 shops are amongst those that were not included in the sale of Clinton Cards to Lakeshore Lending.

Peter Saville, Simon Freakley and Anne O’Keefe at Zolfo Cooper were appointed joint administrators over Clinton Cards and its subsidiaries on May 9.

On June 7 it was announced that the brands and assets of Clinton Cards, including 397 stores, had been purchased by Lakeshore Lending, a subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation.

Some 330 stores were not included in the sale to Lakeshore and remained under the control of the joint administrators. Of these, 43 were closed on June 8 and a further 122 stores were closed on June 21.

The latest announcement of 47 closures means that 118 Clinton Cards shops remain under the control of the administrators.