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Card Factory plc is a retailer of greeting cards and gifts in the United Kingdom founded in Wakefield by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet. The first store opened in 1997, and by 2020 the company had over 1,000 stores. [ 3 ]
On 28 November 2008 [7] it was announced that Card Factory had purchased 76 of the group's 288 stores as part of a rescue package, securing around 500 of the 1800 jobs. [6] In 2007, Card Factory, a greeting card retailer based in Wakefield, began a rapid expansion of its stores throughout the UK.
Hoyle and his wife, Janet, founded Card Factory, a chain of greetings cards and gift stores, in 1997. By 2009, the company had 500+ shops, employing over 50,000 people. [5] Hoyle confirmed on 9 April 2010 that the sale of the Card Factory to Venture Capitalist Charterhouse was completed the previous day.
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There was now heavy investment in the production and storage capacity. In 2005 the factory site at Altenburg was greatly expanded with a new building on a plot given up by the old district hospital. Several German playing cards dating to 1509 and made by Altenburger cardmaker, Merten (Martin) Hockendorf, have survived.
Cards for Hospitalized Kids has been featured in publications including International Gymnast Magazine, the Sun Times, the TribLocal, Teen Voices Magazine, and MTV Act. Founder Jen Rubino has blogged about Cards for Hospitalized Kids and her own experience in the hospital for the Huffington Post. [11] The group also maintains a website. [12]
Its card designers included: Franciszek Bunsch, Krystyna Bunsch-Gruchalska, Anna Gaber, Maria Orłowska-Gabryś and Professors of the Academy of Fine Arts, Jan Szaucenbach and Andrzej Mleczko. The company is the oldest Polish publisher and producer of adult and children's playing cards and board games.
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