The average Greeting Card Company has seen sales increase by 19.6 percent, from 26.6 million in 2000/01 to 31.7 million in 2002/03

Research and Markets have announced the addition of the 'Greeting Card Industry report to their offering.

(PRWEB) January 29, 2004 --This summary brings you a sample of key details from this invaluable report. The report itself includes many further analyses of the performance of individual companies and the industry as a whole.

This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 81 companies operating in the greeting card industry.

The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7th January 2003. During this period,
the average Report company has seen sales increase by 19.6 percent, from 26.6 million in 2000/01 to 31.7 million in 2002/03. Profits increased at the slightly higher rate of 37.6 percent, from 2 million in the first year of analysis to 2.8 million in the final year. All ratios, with the exception of efficiency, realised an improvement over the financial period. Where deterioration was realised ratios remain positive.

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