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

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Card factory's Fundamentals (CARD)

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

What goes on in Freda's mind?

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Fred1New

"DOING NICELY"

The hypocrisy of Freda knows no bounds.

Plastic Marxists buy government backed shares. LOL!!!!!

hey CC; wrong thread old chap :-)

hey CC; wrong thread old chap :-)

P off Muppets.

if you can't take it, then don't dish it
as you will have noted, i have no sympathy for you and nor do you deserve it

No right thread cyners, irony and sarcasm can't beat it :0)

Is around two quid a fair price now?

P46 pot and kettle as usual.

If you have nothing intelligent to say then say it somewhere else.

et toi meme mon petit choux

trust not 3rd degree burns

Zzzzzzz now go and stork somewhere else or maybe a website for the under 5s.

This is website is for shares and not for personal snipes at people.

unlike you then ....... now own up to having dropped a complete bollock and a load of splosh on this one

cynic - Don't be a twat :0)

.

why not :-)

stan deserves it, as has sniped at me for many a moon, so i took this excellent opportunity to bite his ankles ...... which clearly he does not like - shame!

gloat

verb

gerund or present participle: gloating

dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

synonyms: delight in, relish, take great pleasure in, enjoy greatly, revel in, rejoice in, glory in, exult in, triumph over, crow over; More

absolutely .... all of the above :-)

Artemis add http://http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5824878

Card factory said Tuesday profit before tax fell 12.3% to £72.6m in the year ending 31 January, despite reporting a 2.9% increase in like-for-like sales.

Pre-tax profit was weighed by cost headwinds totalling £14.6m for the year, driven by the combined impact of foreign exchange and national living wage.

The firm reported that revenue rose 6% to £422.1m from £398.2m despite a 'tough consumer environment' as High Street footfall declined.

The final dividend per share increased by 1.6% to 6.4p, from 6.3p the previous year. While, a special dividend is expected to be declared with the release of half year results in the range of 5p to 10p per ordinary share.

Card factory continued to expand its store portfolio, opening 50 new stores in the period, bringing its total UK estate to 915. While, six trial stores were opened in the Republic of Ireland.

The firm warned, however, that EBITDA growth in 2019 will be limited amid continuing headwinds.

Karen Hubbard, Chief Executive Officer, said: 'We delivered strong like-for-like sales growth in a tough trading environment. We sold more cards than the prior year, and delivered a higher average card selling price and total basket size.'

'We also saw a record breaking number of customers shopping with Card Factory for both card and complementary non-card products, demonstrating our resilience against a backdrop of High Street footfall decline. Our store roll-out programme continues, with 50 new UK sites opened in the year, and our Card Factory online business has seen further growth, with increased visitors and sales, and represents a clear opportunity for future growth.'

Some hefty rises since results, large gap to fill. On watch list could go either way close to a breakout.