Danielle Young joins Card Factory IT leadership team

Card Factory has appointed Danielle Young as Head of IT Service.

“Looking forward to my new role at Card Factory and joining the IT leadership team. Lots of exciting times ahead as we grow our IT department,” Young said in a LinkedIn post.

She previously worked at the retailer as a business change consultant on a contract basis.

Prior to that, Young was IT Director at Fenwick.

E-commerce investment

Card Factory sells online and through more than 1,000 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Last month, it said it would use a £225 million refinancing in part to invest in its e-commerce business.

Darcy Willson-Rymer, Chief Executive at Card Factory, said: “I am pleased we have secured increased banking facilities, which afford the group the headroom required to focus on realising the growth strategy.

“In particular, enhancing our card led proposition through all sales channels and accelerating the increase in our capability and capacity to fulfil sales demand via our online channel, and so capitalise upon the move to online adopted by more customers over the last year.”

The retailer reported that trading had been ahead of its expectations and better than when it reopened after previous coronavirus lockdowns since it started to welcome customers back to its stores.

“We welcome our colleagues and customers back into our stores, providing the quality ranges at competitive prices which our customers have missed whilst stores were closed,” Willson-Rymer commented.

“As national coronavirus restrictions are eased, we continue to prioritise providing a safe working and shopping environment in all our stores.”

“The strong trading performance in our stores over the last few weeks reflects the extensive preparations to maximise meeting our customers’ needs completed by the wider Card Factory team.”