Giles Andreae an advertising campaign for the soft drink Vimto. Purple Ronnie was sold in April 2007 to Coolabi, the small UK company which manages the Hammer House of Horror brand, for £3.3m. Since then the company have tried to break the US market by adapting the designs and language to suit. Giles Andreae Giles Andreae (born 16 March 1966) is a British artist, poet and greeting card writer, creator of the "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton" series. As a child Andreae went to Eton College where he was best friends with David Cameron. He then went on to Oxford University (Worcester
Rust Craft Greeting Card Company by Ziff Davis the year before for $89 million, who also owned Norcross Greeting Card Company. Effectively however, the printing assets were secondary to Ziff Davis, which mainly wanted Rust Craft for its six small-market television stations. Rust Craft’s manufacturing was moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania where Norcross already have a facility. Windsor Communications soon purchased Rust Craft and Norcross when Ziff Davis spun them off, while retaining Rust Craft Broadcasting. Windsor spent $10 million in 1981 to close the Dedham plant, incentivize employees to stay on, and to move operations. They struggled with heavy competition, however, and with only