Ho, ho, ho -- wait, another greeting card? Those who know me well know I have a disdain for greeting cards. The preordained notion that we must send greeting cards to everyone during every holiday ...

How to Start a Custom Greeting Card Home-Based Business. The greeting card industry brings in more than $7.5 billion each year, according to "U.S. Greeting Cards and Postcards." ...

Hallmark Cards Inc. reported sales of $4.2 billion for 2005, down from $4.4 billion the previous year. American Greetings Corp., with $1.9 billion in sales, was also slightly down.

Other greeting cards in the turnstile were selling for closer to $5. It made me wonder: If so many greeting cards are just cheesy photos and easy quips on tradable pulp, why do they cost so much?

Annual retail sales of greeting cards in the U.S. are more than $7.5 billion with individuals purchasing seven billion greeting cards per year, according to the Greeting Card Association. A ...

The focus on women’s empowerment is evident in its marketing as well as its business model. If you don’t consider the greeting card industry female-centric, consider that, according to Venturi, 95% of ...

Cindy, 51, of Oak Forest, is a 30-year client at Elim Christian Services in Orland Park who just started a greeting card business, selling hand-painted cards.

Based on his background, Illyn doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who’d start a greeting card business. In 2004, he enlisted in the Coast Guard after finishing high school.

Local startup Sweeter Cards is having a banner year selling greeting cards with gourmet chocolate inside, and founder Stacy Stahl’s company is poised to expand within the promotional products industry ...