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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Zlata Rodionova

How Papersmiths switched focus to online during lockdown

Photograph: Papersmiths
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t’s obviously been the most difficult six months of anyone’s business life,” Sidonie Warren, co-founder and CEO of Papersmiths admits.

Like many other businesses across the country, the small stationery chain saw a dramatic decline in footfall in March followed by an enforced shutdown of their stores as the UK went into lockdown.

To keep the business alive the entrepreneur also had to furlough all of her 33 employees.

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