Money Hallmark? - Page 2

**Bwana** · 11-05-2015, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by stumppy

That place is going downhill. I applied there awhile back, sent them my resume and a few samples of my work. They didn't like any of it. What greeting card company would pass on quality shit like this :

MONEY'S SCARCE
TIMES ARE HARD
HERE'S YOUR ****ING CHRISTMAS CARD

P.S. I was going to put $50 dollars in here for you but I've already sealed the envelope.

I still have a bunch I had made up a year ago on regular Business cards that was very close to that.

Money's short, times are hard
Here's your ****ing Christmas card.

On the card it also has a picture of a Charlie brown looking tree with one Christmas ornament hanging on it.

**Rausch** · 11-05-2015, 02:30 PM

I'm shocked Hallmark survived longer that Blockbuster...

NewChief · 11-05-2015, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

I'm shocked Hallmark survived longer that Blockbuster...

Paper/invite/stationery industry is actually booming in the digital age, but it's more of a boutique/independent market, which I think is hurting Hallmark.

**Rausch** · 11-05-2015, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

Paper/invite/stationery industry is actually booming in the digital age, but it's more of a boutique/independent market, which I think is hurting Hallmark.

I was horrible at proofs in HS but I'm thinking if the first statement is true the 2nd half should be making bank...

NewChief · 11-05-2015, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

I was horrible at proofs in HS but I'm thinking if the first statement is true the 2nd half should be making bank...

People who spend a lot of money on paper/stationery/invites want to spend money in personalized ways withi their local paper boutique, not at national chains like Hallmark.

But that's why, from what I understand, Hallmark is updating their image and storefronts. Moving from this:

To this:

**Rausch** · 11-05-2015, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

People who spend a lot of money on paper/stationery/invites want to spend money in personalized ways withi their local paper boutique, not at national chains like Hallmark.

While that layout clearly looks sad I don't see any future in anything about Hallmark.

Good or bad, Hallmark is only important to grandmothers today.

Who sends a card when you tan text/tweet/im/facebook that person with any pic you want to send?...

Psyko Tek · 11-06-2015, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

I'm shocked Hallmark survived longer that Blockbuster...

as long as they got the christmas ornament business they are fine as a seasonal

ClevelandBronco · 11-05-2015, 02:51 PM

I know a couple guys that worked there several years ago. They thought that it was a pretty good place for the suits, and nothing but an entry level meat grinder for the creatives. The trick was stifling every creative urge long enough to become a suit.

mr. tegu · 11-05-2015, 03:16 PM

The store on the plaza looks like that one now. I remember when my wife and I went in there it was an interesting place but we had no idea what store we were in until we realized all the products were Hallmark products.

NewChief · 11-05-2015, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu

The store on the plaza looks like that one now. I remember when my wife and I went in there it was an interesting place but we had no idea what store we were in until we realized all the products were Hallmark products.

Yeah. I think that picture is from the plaza store, actually.

SLAG · 11-05-2015, 03:42 PM

I have had a friend that has worked for them in their Point of Sale Support / training or something - He is very proud of his company and seems to love what he does.

**Buehler445** · 11-05-2015, 03:50 PM

Are they wanting her to run a store or something corporate?

If it's just a store I have a hard time seeing it be better than what she has.

NewChief · 11-05-2015, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Are they wanting her to run a store or something corporate?

If it's just a store I have a hard time seeing it be better than what she has.

Oh no. It would be corporate if she were to do it. She's just looking at options. Time for some kind of stretch and she can either do it with someone else or stretch her existing business. The grind of that is wearing us all down though. And scaling it will take even more that we aren't sure we can give right now.

**Rausch** · 11-05-2015, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

Oh no. It would be corporate if she were to do it.

I can think of nothing worse.

Just me.

You can consider the opinion of a college drop out with an illegitimate kid who's worked for 2 different corporate entities right before they went tits up, or not.

I watched two businesses basically burn under my watch doing what I was told. The 2nd time I didn't stick around to tell everyone they were fired, I quit when I saw it coming and moved on...

**Buehler445** · 11-05-2015, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

Oh no. It would be corporate if she were to do it. She's just looking at options. Time for some kind of stretch and she can either do it with someone else or stretch her existing business. The grind of that is wearing us all down though. And scaling it will take even more that we aren't sure we can give right now.

After being on my own for a good while, my ship is going to have to sink before I can go back to anything corporate. That's just me, and our industries are vastly different but that's where I am.

You should probably ask her some pretty serious questions about how she's going to handle it when a good idea gets bound up in bureaucracy, or how she's going to handle it when some worthless POS keeps their job despite their gross ineffectiveness because corporate.

EDIT: I really do miss the reduced stress and increased stability of a normal job but there is no way I could do it unless I had no other choice

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