Carlton Cards
at Kingsway Mall • Edmonton, Alberta
Category
Specialty Retail
About
Carlton Cards employs approximately 3,000 people across Canada. Corportate headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario. Carlton Cards Canada is a subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Carlton has three English-speaking brands in Canada: Carlton, Gibson and Tender Thoughts. Carlton Cards Retail operates more than 250 stores across Canada. Carlton Cards also markets to all of Canada's leading retailers. It is the leading supplier to most of the major industry distribution channels, including drug stores, mass retailers and grocery chains. Women between the ages of 25 to 64 purchase approximately 93 of all greeting cards. More than 600 million greetings cards are exchanged in Canada annually. The most popular card sending holidays are, in order, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Easter and Father's Day.