Card Connection
from £50,000Recruiting
76out of 100
Independent
Independent
The UK Franchise Growth Index
Gift Shop franchises in the UK.
The Gift Shop sub-industry in Twine Growth’s UK Franchise Growth Index sits within the Specialist Retail Franchise category of the Retail industry. It brings together businesses that sell gifts directly to shoppers and networks that supply products to other retailers. The listings include greeting card distributors, specialist chocolatiers, confectionery brands and record shops.
6
Networks in this sector
56
Average overall score
5
Currently recruiting
1
BFA members
4 / 2
UK / international
£30,000
Average investment from
About this sector
More about Gift Shop.
Use the listings to check which networks are recruiting franchisees, where each brand originated and whether it belongs to the British Franchise Association. Individual profiles show published investment figures and reported location counts where available.
Twine Growth assesses each network against the Five Fibre Framework™ using publicly available evidence. The scores show how the networks listed here compare with the wider UK franchise market on franchise readiness, operating systems, launch, network expansion and local marketing.
The Five Fibre view
Where this sector is strongest. And where it isn’t.
01 Assess
12.8/20
02 Build
12.2/20
03 Launch
13.6/20
04 Grow
5.1/20
05 Amplify
12.1/20
How networks are assessed Explore this sector in the UK Franchise Data Explorer
Averaged across 6 assessed networks. Sector comparisons use the sector field only and are never mixed with another level of the taxonomy.
Networks
Every network in this sector.
6 networks, A to Z
CardGroup
from £25,000Recruiting
55out of 100
Independent
Independent
Leonidas
15 locationsfrom £75,000Recruiting
62out of 100
Independent
Independent
Plan-it Cards
from £25,000Recruiting
71out of 100
Independent
Independent
Revolution Records
4 locationsfrom £30,000Recruiting
56out of 100
Independent
Independent
15out of 100
Independent
Independent
The Five Fibre Franchise Growth Scorecard
See how your network compares.
Twenty five questions across the five fibres, and a report showing where your growth foundations are strong and where they are exposed.