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{{COI|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Hallmark Business Connections
| logo = Hallmark Business Connections logo.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| parent = [[Hallmark Cards]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1996}}
| location_city = 2501 McGee Street <br> [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]  64141
| products = Personalized business greeting cards <br> Business [[stationery]]
| homepage = {{url|https://shop.hallmarkbusinessconnections.com/}}
}}
'''Hallmark Business Connections''', formerly '''Hallmark Business Expressions''' is a subsidiary of [[Hallmark Cards]], headquartered in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Hallmark Business Connections targets businesses who use greeting cards. The company specializes in creating custom business greeting cards.
==Company history==
Hallmark Business Connections was launched in August 2005 and offers  personalized business greeting cards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dmnews.com/Hallmark-Greets-BTB-Sales-With-New-Web-Site-Catalog/article/88135/ |title=Hallmark Greets BTB Sales With New Web Site, Catalog - DMNews<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-17 |archive-date=2009-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516201242/http://www.dmnews.com/Hallmark-Greets-BTB-Sales-With-New-Web-Site-Catalog/article/88135/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Environmentally friendly greeting cards===
Connections launched a collection of environmentally friendly holiday business greeting cards on July 18, 2008. The Green collection features nine card designs.  Each card in the collection is printed on stock consisting of 50 percent sugar cane pulp and 50 percent recycled paper.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080718%2FFREE%2F602173642%2F1078%2Frss01&rssfeed=rss01 |title="Hallmark Business Expressions debuts 'green' holiday cards" B2B Magazine |access-date=2020-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517040258/http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080718%2FFREE%2F602173642%2F1078%2Frss01&rssfeed=rss01 |archive-date=2009-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Charity cards===
On October 9, 2008, Hallmark Business Connections launched a line of business holiday cards that benefit four national charities – [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]], [[Feeding America]], [[March of Dimes]], [[The Salvation Army]] and [[Americares]].  The new line features eight new card designs, with 20 percent of the net proceeds from each sale going to the charity selected by the customer.<ref>[http://finance.boston.com/boston?ChannelID=3191&GUID=6807248&Page=MediaViewer "Charity Begins at the Office" The Boston Globe]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.uplej.com/hallmark-introduces-charity-greeting-cards/ |title="Hallmark introduces charity greeting cards" uPlej Blog |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143141/http://blog.uplej.com/hallmark-introduces-charity-greeting-cards/ |archive-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://hallmark.businessgreetings.com/ Connections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218003855/http://hallmark.businessgreetings.com/ |date=2008-12-18 }}
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[[Category:Companies established in 1996]]
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