Darcy Willson-Rymer told The Yorkshire Post that the Wakefield-headquartered company sees the opening of more shops as central to its strategy to grow sales to £650m by the 2027 financial year. He said: “I believe we have thriving high streets today. I don’t support a ‘death of the high street’ narrative at all and our results talk to that. 'High streets are part of the community and people want to go there to do shopping and meet other people. They are very important.
Card Factory has announced the resumption of dividend payments to shareholders after reducing debts by almost 40 per cent. Mr Willson-Rymer said that is combined with efforts to “invest for growth”, with money recently spent on new equipment at its print factory in Baildon and refurbishing its design studio in Wakefield. The company’s average card selling price has risen from £1.09 to £1.
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