Birthdays card shop to close in Bow Street
LISBURN was dealt another blow this week when it was announced that Birthdays card shop in Bow Street is among 16 stores across Northern Ireland set to close.
Clinton Cards, which owns the Birthdays chain, lost £3.7m in the six months to the end of January.
More than half of stores operated by Clinton Cards in Northern Ireland are to close.
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Hide AdThe company runs 30 stores in Northern Ireland, including the 16 in the Birthdays chain.
The company, which is the biggest card retailer in the UK, went into administration last week.
Adminstrators Zolfo Cooper said that it has “regrettably” decided to close about 350 stores of its total of 784 across the UK.
Among the closures are all stores branded as Birthdays as well as about 200 Clinton Cards shops.
It is not clear what will happen to the staff nor if any Clintons outlets in Northern Ireland will affected by the closures.