WiseBuys Opens Cardsmart Card & Gift Shop In Its Canton, New York, Store; Plans More In Northern, NY; Cardsmart Offers Half-Off Prices On All Cards
Petter Etholm, CEO of Cardsmart, and Tom Scozzafava, co-founder and CFO of WiseBuys Stores, said their companies teamed to bring card and gift values to Northern, NY shoppers as Cardsmart opens in Canton, NY WiseBuys store.
Gouverneur, NY (PRWEB) May 4, 2005 -- WiseBuys Stores Inc. and Cardsmart
Retail Corp. today announced they teamed together to bring unsurpassed values in
card and gift choices to Northern, New York shoppers with the opening of the
first Cardsmart store within the Canton WiseBuys store.
Thomas
Scozzafava, a founder and Chief Financial Officer of WiseBuys, said, “Our Canton
WiseBuys will be the first of our five stores to present the Cardsmart shopping
experience to our consumers. We are excited to team with Cardsmart, one of
America’s fastest growing franchise stores, and also plan to open Cardsmart
outlets in our WiseBuys department stores in Hamilton, Tupper Lake, Pulaski and
Gouverneur.”
The Cardsmart store within WiseBuys is expected to open in
Canton in time for Mother’s Day in early-May, and a more formal Grand Opening
ceremony and activities are planned for June. WiseBuys stores are open daily
from 9 a, to 8:30 pm.
Petter Etholm, President of Cardsmart, said,
“WiseBuys and Cardsmart are a great match, since we are both dedicated to
bringing shoppers the best quality products at value pricing.”
WiseBuys
customers will have Cardsmart’s line of 20,000 beautiful greeting cards, at
everyday half prices, to help make every occasion memorable for families and
friends. Cardsmart stores offer consumers 50% off every card, every day.
Entrepreneur Magazine listed Cardsmart among its prestigious “Franchise 500” and
9th in the “Top 20 New Franchisees” in America.
WiseBuys, a “mall without
walls,” offers a distinctive open shopping environment where leading retailers,
including KB Toys, Payless Shoe, Radio Shack and others offer top values to
consumers. WiseBuys’ selection of top quality merchandise at excellent values
includes Carhartt, Columbia and Dickies workwear, outdoor sporting goods, shoes,
electronics, domestics, clothing, hardware, toys and now, Cardsmart cards and
gifts.
Frank Feely, Cardsmart Vice President of Franchise Development,
said, “Cardsmart and WiseBuys have similar market strategies and we are excited
about our long-term alliance.” Barry Grody, Director of Franchise Development,
added, “We expect Cardsmart to become an active part of the communities in
northern New York.” WiseBuys is proud that Cardsmart has a reputation of
connecting to its neighbors through the ‘Cardsmart Cares’ Program through to
help worthy local charitable and civic groups from time to
time.”
WiseBuys Stores, Inc., based in Gouverneur, NY, was founded in
2003 to bring top quality shopping to underserved markets in rural northern New
York. The five full line WiseBuys department stores range in size from 35,000 to
60,000 square feet and are currently located in Canton, Hamilton, Tupper Lake,
Pulaski and Gouverneur. Each WiseBuys store contains a Payless ShoeSource
inside, a “KB Toys at WiseBuys,” and selected WiseBuys have RadioShack stores,
and each will soon have a Cardsmart card and gift store. WiseBuys offers
shoppers a full line of workwear such as Carhartt and Dickies, expanded outdoor
sporting goods for camping, hunting and fishing, hardware, domestics, toys,
electronics, greeting cards and brand name clothing at value
pricing.
Cardsmart Retail Corporation, headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, is a national chain of franchised and company-owned stores that offer
consumers 50% off every card, every day. Featuring a full-line of 20,000
beautifully designed greeting cards, Cardsmart’s value-oriented strategy has
developed an expanding base of loyal and appreciative consumers. More
information about Cardsmart is available at Cardsmart’s website, www.cardsmart.com.
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