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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Card retailer Clintons ‘looking to close a fifth of stores’ to avoid going bust

Rows of birthday cards in a Clintons shop
Clintons has struggled amid tough competition from cheaper high street retailers, supermarkets and internet rivals. Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy

The greetings card chain Clintons is reportedly looking to close about a fifth of its stores, as it tries to avoid going bust again.

The retailer is understood to have appointed restructuring advisers from business advisory firm FRP to help it draw up plans to prevent insolvency.

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