Cards Direct targeting over 20 new stores in 2025
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Cards Direct is looking to open more than 20 new stores in 2025.
The retailer – which operates over 80 stores – is seeking units with between 1,200 sq ft and 2,000 sq ft of sales space.
Ideal units will have a minimum width of 18 ft and will be located in prime or good secondary areas including shopping centres and high streets.
Cards Direct opened 21 stores last year and has branches in major locations including The Centre in Milton Keynes, Queensgate in Peterborough, and Cabot Circus in Bristol.
The retailer’s target locations include, but are not limited to:
- Barnsley
- Bolton
- Bournemouth
- Bracknell
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bromley
- Burnley
- Bury
- Camberley
- Cardiff
- Epsom
- Huddersfield
- Kingston
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Maidstone
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oldham
- Oxford
- Preston
- Reading
- Sheffield
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Swansea
- Uxbridge
- Warrington
- Watford
- Wood Green
- Worcester
AS Retail has been appointed to find suitable units.