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Article: Cleo Inc. Plant in Memphis, Tenn., Plans Ahead to Next Year's Gift Wrap.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- December 18, 2002
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By David Flaum, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 18--While 60 percent of what they made this year will be bought in the next seven days, the folks at Cleo Inc. have long since started thinking about next year, boosted by a new showroom at the company's Memphis plant.
The presses started rolling to print gift wrap for next year as designers worked on new patterns and salesmen talked with representatives of the retailers who sell the paper, gift bags and other holiday products made at the plant at 4025 Viscount, near Lamar and Winchester.
About 400 to 500 workers have year-round jobs, but ...