The greetings-card giant who loves Mother ’ s Day more than any mother
Kansas City , Missouri
International Mother ’ s Day is on the second Sunday of May ( with the exception of the UK ). Naturally , it ’ s one of the biggest days for the greetings card industry – and for one company in particular : Hallmark . The world ’ s largest manufacturer of greetings cards , Hallmark has two Kansas-based manufacturing plants to produce them . With 10,000 cards in its line at any given time , it has a thousands-strong worldwide network of suppliers , including paper mills ( pictured ), ink distributors and glitter manufacturers . Its upstream supply chain involves thousands of independent retailers and Hallmarkbranded stores . supplychaindigital . com 13