Hallmark Store Owner Saw 'the End Coming' Before Closing
The card and gift store is set to close at the end of the month.
After more than 25 years, the Bay Hills Card and Gift Hallmark store in Arnold will close its doors at the end of February. It's the end of an era for store owner Brad McCormack, who has been working at the business since the 1980s, inheriting it from his father, Fred, who had worked for Hallmark since after Vietnam. The Arnold store officially opened in November 1987, doing much of its business selling holiday and birthday cards, with a thriving gift and candy market on the side. But times have changed. McCormack said he was closing the Arnold store because it was no longer financially viable. Part of that is due to an online shift in the retail market that several businesses are experiencing, but another factor is the local market, he …
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Chris Bruce
11:49 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Thanks, Brad, for being a part of our community for all these years. From providing access to gift cards, gifts, balloons for parties and lacrosse games, and so much more through the years, your store has been so wonderful, and will be so missed. Experience the best of new adventures! more ›