Card Factory plc (CARD) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to the Card Factory FY26 Preliminary Results Presentation. Please welcome to the stage, CEO, Darcy Wilson-Reimer. Good morning, and welcome to our full year results presentation for FY26. Thank you for joining us today, whether you're here in the room at UBS or whether you're joining us online. I'm Darcy Wilson-Reimer, CEO of Card Factory, and joining me today is Matthias Sieger, our CFO. Following an introductory overview of the past year, Matthias will provide the financial performance update for FY26, and Matthias and I will then provide an update on the celebration occasions market and the progress we have made on our opening our new future strategy. Matthias and I will look forward to answering any questions that you may have at the end. Despite a challenging consumer backdrop in FY26, we continue to execute our strategy to transform Card Factory into a global celebrations group. While maintaining our position as the UK's leading card specialists, we continue to expand across occasions and categories. And this is reflected in the continued development of our gift in Celebration Essentials offer as we continue to increase our share of the celebration occasions market. At the same time, our focus on value and quality remains central to our customer proposition, ensuring we remain relevant and in this more challenging environment. On behalf of the board, I'd like to recognize the continued commitments of our colleagues across the group. I know we have a large number of colleagues on the call today, and I'd like to personally thank each and every one of you for your contribution throughout the year and over the course of our strategy today. So thank you, colleagues. FY26 reinforced that celebrations remain an essential part of everyday life with our customer...