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Card Factory

January 2025

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Card Factory has acquired Minnesota-based Garven Design and Cadence Packaging, which designs and wholesales gifts and celebration essentials. This marks its physical presence in the US gifts and celebration essentials market, which represents the biggest market globally at circa £70 billion in total and will allow Card to introduce its own ranges into the US wholesale market. It is paying US$25m - 5x EV/EBITDA - and with the deal funded from existing cash and debt, it will be eps enhancing. Card also said H2 trading since the start of the Christmas season has been encouraging. A detailed update is due on 14 January. ...

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