Grace Licensing to Represent Laura & Company

July 20th, 2007 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced that it has entered into an exclusive representation agreement with Grace Licensing. For information on licensing the artwork of Laura & Company, please contact Grace Licensing, West Coast Office at (888) 603-8851 or Janie Seltzer, Licensing Director, jseltzer@gracelicensing.com.

Ninety-plus new styles for Godiva et al

April 4th, 2007 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced the expansion of its licensing agreement with ITB Solutions, the innovator in the application of advanced digital printing technology, with ninety-two new Everyday and Holiday styles. Cardinthebox.com partner sites Godiva.com, Cigar.com, Hickoryfarms.com, and AKAgourmet.com offer real, stylish gift cards with product purchases. This jump in Cardinthebox.com’s selection of designs doubles their Laura & Company card offering to 200 styles.

Holiday Treats

September 12th, 2006 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced the expansion of its licensing agreement with Edibles, Inc., the maker of greeting card Cookies. The Company selected seven new Love and Holiday designs to offer on decorative icing of their 5 x 7 cookies. Edibles, Inc. cookies are 100% edible sugar cookies with butter cream icing. The cookies are gift wrapped and specially packaged tied with ribbon and die cut paper accents. this type of gift item gives consumers an opportunity to celebrate meaningful occasions with delicious treats enhanced by top selling and award winning Laura & Company designs.

Trendy Treats

April 25th, 2006 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced the expansion of its licensing agreement with Edibles, Inc., the maker of greeting card Cookies. The Company selected twenty new Spring and Everyday designs to offer on decorative icing of their 5 x 7 cookies. Edibles, Inc. cookies are 100% edible sugar cookies with butter cream icing. The cookies are gift wrapped and specially packaged tied with ribbon and die cut paper accents. this type of gift item gives consumers an opportunity to celebrate meaningful occasions with delicious treats enhanced by top selling and award winning Laura & Company designs.

Fall Flags

March 22nd, 2006 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with Toland Enterprises for flags to be introduced in the Fall to Lowes stores nationwide. The Toland product line offers the best selection of flags for every home.

Greeting Cards Go Worldwide

August 25th, 2005 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with UNICEF for its global greeting card collection. The new style is part of a prestigious mix of four color cards embellished with gold foil stamping. UNICEF, whose card and gift products make a real difference to the lives of children around the globe, has added to their Laura & Company, Inc.greeting card offering which is sold in 165 countries.

New Romantic Garden Flag

August 5th, 2005 ­ Laura & Company, Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with New Creative Enterprises for garden flags to be introduced in Target stores for Spring 2006. New Creative is a leading designer, importer, manufacturer and distributor of decorative accessories for outdoor living.

Online Greetings

August 2nd, 2005 ­ Laura & Company, Inc. announced that it has completed a new Licensing agreement with Americangreetings.com for their Create & Print program in which consumers personalize and print their own greeting cards. In addition, AG.com has renewed one hundred Laura & Company images to their electronic greetings offering of Holiday and Everyday designs.

Spring for Flags

May 4th, 2005 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with Toland Enterprises for flags to be introduced worldwide in November 2005. The Toland product line offers the best selection of flags for every home.

New Images added to Successful Licenses

April 28th, 2005 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced that it has expanded two current Licensing agreements with new artwork this Spring.

Paramount Cards, the national strategic value greeting card marketer, has refreshed twenty-six greeting card designs with all new Laura & Company Everyday styles ranging from Baby to Birthday to Wedding and more in an exclusive line by Premier Greetings, the value-oriented division of Paramount Cards. Paramount Cards, America's oldest and third largest greeting card company, serves retailers with complete value-oriented greeting cards and paper products designed to build consumer loyalty with top quality cards at reasonable prices.

ITB Solutions, the innovator in the application of advanced digital printing technology, has added six new Everyday styles and four Holiday styles to their ninety-plus licensed designs to Cardinthebox.com, whose partner sites such as Godiva.com, Cigar.com, Hickoryfarms.com, and AKAgourmet.com offer real, stylish gift cards with coordinating gift product purchases.

Merry New Digital Greetings

September 27th, 2004 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced that it has completed two new Licensing agreements with Americangreetings.com, adding to their Laura & Company, Inc. electronic greetings offering with two Holiday designs and twelve new Spring designs, further acquainting consumers with the intelligent and original designs that have given Laura & Company its universal appeal.

Stylish Gift Card Solutions

July 12th, 2004 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced that it has completed two new licensing agreements this quarter with ITB Solutions AKA Cardinthebox.com. ITB Solutions has been an innovator in the application of advanced digital printing technology, enabling online and catalog merchants to incorporate personalized, premium greeting cards in gift programs. Adding a dozen Spring selections and ten Everyday designs to Laura & Company¹s eighty-plus licensed designs to ITB Solutions enables Cardinthebox.com partner sites such as Godiva.com, Cigar.com, Hickoryfarms.com, and AKAgourmet.com to offer real, stylish gift cards their consumers have grown to expect with coordinating gift product purchases.

Chic New Cookies

May 24th, 2004 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced several new licensing agreements with Edibles, Inc., the maker of greeting card Cookies. The Company selected seven new Spring designs and eight new Everyday designs to offer on decorative icing of their 5 x 7 cookies. Edibles, Inc. cookies are 100% edible sugar cookies with butter cream icing. The cookies are gift wrapped and specially packaged tied with ribbon and die cut paper accents. This type of gift item gives consumers an opportunity to celebrate meaningful occasions with delicious treats enhanced by top selling and award winning Laura & Company designs.

All New Series For UNICEF

March 29th, 2004 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced this morning that its premier artist, Laura Schuman Craig, has designed a new series of birthday and love illustrations commissioned by UNICEF for its global greeting card collection. The new styles included "Gilded Hearts", "Rose Bouquet", "Birthday Monkey", "Birthday Cake", and "Gilded Gifts" and are part of a prestigious mix of four color cards embellished with gold foil stamping.

UNICEF, whose card and gift products make a real difference to the lives of children around the globe, has added to their Laura & Company, Inc. greeting card offering by adding five everyday designs to their 2005-2006 Greeting Card Collections, which are sold in 165 countries.

Laura & Company Celebrity Papéterie

November 17th, 2003 ­ Laura & Company, the award-winning design firm of fine greeting cards and a host of papéterie products, announced that Hollywood Connection selected its luxurious suede journals, stationery notes, greeting cards, and holiday enclosures for inclusion in celebrity gift bags given to the 120 presenters and performers at Sunday's 31st Annual American Music Awards show. They included Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Ricky Martin, LeAnn Rimes, Paula Abdul, Kiefer Sutherland, and Kelly Preston. Popular designs selected for the affair were the elegant Silver Starfish, whimsical Aladin's Lamp, and lyrical Noel Mice.

Tasteful New Greetings on Cookie Cards

November 11th, 2003 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with Edibles, Inc., the maker of greeting card Cookies. The Company selected 43 Everyday designs and 16 Seasonal designs to offer on decorative icing of their 5 x 7 cookies. Edibles, Inc. cookies are 100% edible sugar cookies with butter cream icing. The cookies are gift wrapped and specially packaged tied with ribbon and die cut paper accents. This type of gift item gives consumers an opportunity to celebrate meaningful occasions with delicious treats enhanced by top selling and award winning Laura & Company designs.

Laura & Company Launches All New Design Book

November 1st, 2003 - Laura & Company, the firm that captured two Louie Awards in 2000 for Best Anniversary and Romantic Love greeting cards above $2.25, has released a new Design Book. Targeted to licensed product lines, the 20-category booklet of illustrations presents licensable designs that are wide-ranging incorporating apparel, domestics, giftware, stationery, tabletop items, housewares, and other coordinating ranges of merchandise. Designs include decorative patterns, upscale sleek, fun country, signature provence, fairytale, and fashion forward simply chic. Illustrations range from the whimsical to the romantic, from nature to the humorous, the bookish, and the urbane. A score of themes spans the spectrum of American holidays and all festive and family occasions, and includes a stable of evocative motifs that will enliven trend setting unforgettable lines.

Popular Images added to Global Deals

October 30th, 2003 - Laura & Company, Inc. announced this morning that it has completed several new Licensing agreements so far this Fall.

Americangreetings.com has added to their Laura & Company, Inc. electronic greetings offering by adding 21 new everyday designs and 16 new seasonal designs, further acquainting consumers with the intelligent and original designs that have given Laura & Company its universal appeal.

UNICEF, whose card and gift products make a real difference to the lives of children around the globe, has added to their Laura & Company, Inc. card offering by adding two everyday designs to their Spring 2004 collection.

PREMIER GREETINGS SETS MAY LAUNCH OF
"LAURA & COMPANY" GREETING CARD LINE
AS PARAMOUNT CARDS VALUE DIVISION EXPANDS

New Line Combines Elegance & Value Pricing, Supported By National Campaign

March 13th, 2003 - Premier Greetings announced the May 2003 launch of its "Laura & Company" line of greeting cards, featuring the artistic style of Laura Schuman Craig, adding to the full array of lines under Premier Greetings, the national strategic value greeting card marketer.

Premier Greetings, the value-oriented division of Paramount Cards, America's oldest and third largest greeting card company, serves retailers with complete value-oriented greeting cards and paper products designed to build consumer loyalty with top quality cards at reasonable prices.

Mark Deuschle, Executive Vice President of Premier Greetings, said, "The Laura & Company line is a wonderful addition to our line-up of cards for every occasion. The initial 52-card selection, based on Laura Schuman Craig's artistic work, is a welcome addition to the Premier family of greeting cards."

Joseph Solis, Vice President of Marketing, added, "Laura & Company offers an important niche brand which will attract consumers based on its elegant and timeless look, combined with pricing sensitive to budgets as cards retail at $2.25 and $2.50. Premier Greetings will support the launch with a national campaign to attract consumer attention to the distinctive Laura & Company look, designed to touch hearts and create lasting impressions as it helps people build and maintain important relationships."

Laura Schuman Craig, Founder, President, and Creative Director of Laura & Company, is renown for her award winning designs and has twice received the prestigious Louie Award of the Greeting Card Association for creative excellence.

Cynthia L. Marois, Senior Product Manager, said, "The beautiful cards, which have a charmingly distinctive look and universal appeal, will feature a wide variety of titles, including Special Friend Birthday, Wedding Congratulations and Love. Retailers will be provided with complementary signage, caption strips and title identifiers designed to inform their customers about the new Laura & Company cards."

Premier Greetings said information about the Laura & Company line is available through its customer service department, which can be telephoned at 800-343-2239, or reached through the company's website, www.premiergreetings.com.

Premier Greetings nationally markets greeting card lines with specific focus. For example, Premier Greetings offers a small seasons line through the Seasons from the Heart brand; Winter Elegance Christmas boxed cards; Jewish seasons through the Simchah brand; "Harmony" for African American seasons and Spanish seasons available through the Cariños line. Other Premier Greetings lines include Blessings Of The Heart; Love Notes; Mad Hatter; Laugh Therapy; Happily Ever After; Garden Tapestry; Mild Enchiladas; Photo Visions, Through The Ages; Color Cafe; Paper Kisses; Pine Hill Designs; Momento, Pick of the Litter; Top Drawer; Friends Like Us; Paper Rainbow Press; Pinwheels and Extra-Large Laughs.

A Budding New Alliance

Greeting card publisher spearheads replanting of Washington forest

Seattle, WA ­ May 20, 2001 ­ Laura & Company, a Louie Award winning greeting card publisher, today announced an alliance with The National Arbor Day Foundation to replant The Mt. Baker ­ Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State.
The Mount Baker ­ Snoqualmie National Forest lies in the northeastern portion of Washington State, bordered on the north by Canada and extending 140 miles along the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains. Laura & Company will help replant several species of trees including cedar, Douglas-fir, true fir, Western Hemlock, Mountain Hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, Engelmann spruce, Lodgepole pine, larch, Alaska cedar and red cedar.

"We joined The National Arbor Day Foundation because of its emphasis on tree conservation and education," said Laura Schuman, Founder, President, and Creative Director of Laura & Company. "The seed of awareness is essential for the vital life of our national forests, and if a little paper card can lift a person's spirit, a whole forest can impact countless more for hundreds of years to come."

The National Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit education organization of one million members dedicated to tree planting and environmental stewardship. Last year, The Foundation planted approximately 450,000 trees in America's national forests, helping reforest areas damaged by fire, insects, disease, and other natural causes.

Additional Laura & Company conservation efforts include the use of 100% recycled paper for the company's greeting cards and journal writing pages.

"Our work is made possible by the generous contributions of organizations like Laura & Company," said Kevin Sander, Marketing Manager for The National Arbor Day Foundation. "Laura & Company's donation will help replant thousands of Washington's trees and educate the public on the importance of proper management and preservation of our national forests."