Card Factory PLC reported trading results for the eleven months ended December 31, 2016. Year-to-date like-for-like store sales growth improved to 0.4% (11 months ended 31 December 2015: +2.8%).  Against a strong prior year comparative, Card Factory stores delivered a good Christmas trading performance with cumulative like-for-likes for the fourth quarter of the financial year returning to the historic range of 1% to 3%. Total year-to-date sales growth was +4.3% (11 months ended 31 December 2015: +8.1%).