Key facts

Leading specialist retailer in the large and robust UK greetings card market: with the value of the singles card market growing and card sending “ingrained” in the UK culture (c. 30 cards sent per adult per annum in the UK)

Approximately one third of our sales are from gift dressings, small gifts and party products, a market estimated to be worth £1-2bn

Operate from over 700 stores across the UK: c50+ stores a year opened over the past 10 years

16 years of unbroken revenue growth: sales of £327m in year to 31 January 2014

Value retailer, with high quality products at affordable prices: majority of cards sold for less than £1

c.6,500 employees in the UK (plus up to 6,000 additional seasonal staff)

Over £2.8m raised for Macmillan Cancer Support

Headquartered in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Company Website

Financial Calendar

Recent Broker notes

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Recent Market news

Card factory's Fundamentals (CARD)

Woodford over 5% http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5705067

Looking positive Stan - Q3 Trading Statement sometime mid November.

Are you sure Skinny about that, the last TS was in August.

Only going by the last 2 years - see - "Financial Calendar" link in the header.

xd is 9 November

Indeed 2R2 paying over 5% as well.

Added more on the dip.

what looks cheap today could easily be cheaper tomorrow
i confess i have never been a fan of this stock for all sorts of reasons (see #7), though i know goldfinger (3i or whatever) certainly used to be

I don't deal in "could" Alf...just get ya money on.

not likely - per above

Your loss sun beam 😂

Trading update. http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5743907

Doing nicely!

Yes back on the up after the usual ex-divi dip.

Bad news in the retail sector yesterday from greetings card firm Card Factory (CARD). The company reduced its earnings expectations from between £93m and £95m, down from £97.8m. Card Factory also warned of an extra £7m to £8m in costs, causing the shares to plummet 20% to 225.8p.

Ed: At the same time the CEO spends about 50K in topping up her holding.

http://http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5812254

oh dear oh dear stan ...... you haven't been losing your money have you?
what have i told you several times about this company, though you chose to scoff

the chart tells no lies .......

Another Director 50K share purchase http://http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5817863

follow at your peril

Save your asinine comments for somewhere.

oh dear oh dear .... do i hear the bleating of someone who, not so long ago, was crowing that failing to buy at that point was a missed opportunity?
i wonder if said person now has the aroma about him of distinctly overcooked meat
that would be just so sad