Business
Appointment of Corporate Broker
Appointment of Corporate Broker.
About this update from Card Factory Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4290O Card Factory PLC 07 August 2014 \n \n\n \n7 August 2014\n \n \n \n \nCard Factory plc (\"Card Factory\" or the \"Group\")\n \nAppointment of Corporate Broker\n \nCard Factory, the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, is pleased to announce that it has appointed UBS Limited as its corporate broker.\n \n \n \n \nEnds\n \nEnquiries\n \n\n\n\n\nCard Factory plc\n\n\n+44 (0) 203 128 8100\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Hayes, Chief Executive Officer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarren Bryant, Chief Financial Officer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMHP Communications\n\n\n+44 (0) 203 128 8100\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Olsen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimon Hockridge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nNotes\n \nCard Factory is the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards. It focuses on the value and mid-market segments of the UK's large, resilient and growing greeting cards market, and also offers a wide range of other quality products, including small gifts and gift dressings, at affordable prices. Card Factory principally operates through its nationwide chain of over 700 Card Factory stores, as well as through its online offerings: www.gettingpersonal.co.uk (which sells personalised cards and gifts) and www.cardfactory.eu.com (which sells a selection of the products available in Card Factory stores).\n \nCard Factory commenced operations in 1997 with just one store and has expanded its store estate primarily through organic growth into a market-leading value retailer with a nationwide presence. The Group's stores are in a wide range of locations including on high streets in small towns through to major cities, shopping centre developments, out-of-town retail parks and factory outlet centres.\n \nOver the last 10 years, Card Factory has developed a vertically integrated business model with an in-house design team, an in-house printing facility and central warehousing capacity of over 360,000 sq. ft. This model differentiates the Group from its competitors by significantly reducing external costs and adding value to customers in terms of both price and quality, underpinning the Group's motto: \"compare the quality, compare the price\".\n \nCard Factory sold over 285 million single cards in the financial year ended 31 January ...