Greeting and gift card retailer set for further expansion following international success

After experience a strong start to 2018, a West Yorkshire greeting and gift card retailer has its sights set on further international expansion.

Love Layla was started by entrepreneur Stacey Dennis from her kitchen table in 2015 and has now become a £1m turnover business.

The company is also exporting with its first franchise established in Australia.

Love Layla’s 500-strong design range attracts an international customer base as well as interest from some of the UK’s largest card retailers.

Along with over 680,000 followers on Facebook, the company also sells directly to the consumer through its website and eBay.

The business, which employs seven people, has moved to larger scale premises in Pontefract in order to meet growing demand for its products.

Stacey Dennis, founder and owner, said: “It’s been a whirlwind couple of years and everything has happened so quickly. It feels great to be bucking market trends and to be doing so well around seasonal times such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

“It would seem that our tongue in cheek designs have established quite a following carving out a new market for the traditional greeting cards and appealing to younger buyers in particular.

“It’s very exciting to have such healthy sales and to have our first franchised business in Australia too. Hopefully, we can build on this in the future.”

Hentons, the chartered accountant firm, provided financial advice for the investment and expansion.

Pav Bagri, a partner at Hentons, added: “Love Layla is a very exciting, progressive business which is flying in a sector that has struggled of late. With the continued talent and ambition of Stacey as the driving force behind this impressive performance and excitingly, lots of interest from customers all over the world, I have no doubts that a very bright future is on the cards for Love Layla.”

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