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- Card_Factory abstract "Sportswift Ltd t/a Card Factory is a chain of greeting card and gift stores in United Kingdom founded by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet; the first store opened in 1997. The company currently employs around 6,500 people, mostly in front line positions in its stores. Their advertising claims they have not increased prices for ten years. Year-on-year sales rose 27% from 2008 to 2009 resulting in a £29.4 million pre-tax profit and a turnover of nearly £168 million.Card Factory has donated £1 million to Macmillan Cancer Support, the company's chosen charity.The company has been successfully prosecuted for Health and Safety infringements on a number of occasions. Incidents have included poor stock management,overstocking of stores,damaged equipment, inadequate risk assessments and staff training.On 28 November 2008 it was announced that Card Factory had purchased about 80 of the 288 stores from failed greetings card company Celebrations Group (which trades as Card Warehouse and Cardfair) as part of a rescue package securing around 500 of the 1,800 jobs currently at Celebrations.On 8 April 2010 the sale of Card Factory to London based equity firm Charterhouse was completed for £350 million.On 14 July 2011, Card Factory purchased gettingpersonal.co.uk for an undisclosed sum.".
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- Card_Factory numberOfEmployees "5700".
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- Card_Factory revenue "2.28E8".
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- Card_Factory wikiPageExternalLink www.cardfactory.eu.com.
- Card_Factory wikiPageExternalLink www.gettingpersonal.co.uk.
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- Card_Factory foundation "1997".
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- Card_Factory keyPeople Dean_Hoyle.
- Card_Factory keyPeople "Founder, Richard Hayes, CEO".
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- Card_Factory revenue "2.28E8".
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- Card_Factory comment "Sportswift Ltd t/a Card Factory is a chain of greeting card and gift stores in United Kingdom founded by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet; the first store opened in 1997. The company currently employs around 6,500 people, mostly in front line positions in its stores. Their advertising claims they have not increased prices for ten years.".
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