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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Shanti Das

Paperchase has been rescued but greetings card artists are losing thousands

Paperchase store
Although many Paperchase stores were saved, its Instagram account has been flooded with comments urging it to pay its suppliers. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

When the artist Angela Chick began supplying greetings cards to Paperchase, she thought she’d made it. “As a small business owner, that’s kind of a dream,” the 36-year-old said.

The stationery retailer ordered thousands of cards adorned with her “colourful, cheerful”, hand-drawn designs, to be sold at its 125 UK stores and concessions in Selfridges, Next and House of Fraser.

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