Card Factory is a cards and gifts retailer that operates more than 1,000 stores, boasting a presence in most major high streets and shopping centres across the UK. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Card Factory and the cards and stationery sector.
Card Factory has issued a trading update, revising its profit guidance as low footfall continues.
The recruitment platform revealed that jobseeker searches for Christmas roles in the UK were up 28% year on year, the highest level it had seen since comparable data began in 2018.
Card Factory is anticipating strong trading through the coming peak festive season, after profits slumped in the first half of its financial year.
WHSmith, which sold off its UK high street arm earlier this year to focus on its travel operations, has revealed a financial review found an overstatement of £30m in headline profit in its North American division.
Card Factory has today announced it has completed its £24m acquisition of online personalised card retailer Funky Pigeon from WHSmith.
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