Cards Galore is a British chain of
greeting card
A greeting card is a piece of card stock, usually with an illustration or photo, made of high quality paper featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthday ...
stores, founded in the 1990s by Rajesh Shah. It operated over 50 stores in the UK. Most of the stores are in
central London
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, with only six outside the capital.
Metro
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* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high ...
included them in their March 2016 list of "22 things you’ll only know if you work in central London"
The chain went into
administration
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* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...
in April 2021, with Shah blaming
COVID-19 lockdown
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for loss of trade, although some stores continued to operate.
References
External links
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BBC News report
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Retail companies of the United Kingdom