Leading greeting card publisher and franchisor, Card Connection, has today announced that its Farnham franchisee–Latif Twigeri has also acquired Card Connection’s Chertsey territory. This has resulted in Mr Twigeri taking over the distribution of Card Connection’s extensive range of quality greeting cards and gifts to more than 100 more stores within his new region.
“I anticipate that there is still significant potential for further development of the Chertsey area,” confirms Twigeri. “I have already hired an additional store merchandiser to help with the extra work load and am looking at taking on further staff in the future however, it is important to balance expenses and income in the initial stages of expanding a business.”
Card Connection itself is one of the UK’s largest card publishers and is the market leader in the franchised distribution of greeting cards. Using a proven system, franchisees place greeting card ranges in retail outlets on a ‘consignment’ basis. The award winning merchandising service provided to retailers by local franchisees is second to none and has established the company’s excellent reputation especially within the convenience sector. Card Connection franchisees also supply the company’s national account network which includes the likes of Netto, Budgens, Londis, Spar and Shell. More.