Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[casholaa] 03/1/2014 14:04

The problem with m&s clothing is that it never fits or hangs properly. I remember when m&s clothing was quality shmutter but it started taking a dive about 20 years ago -cheap eastern tat.

[miata] 03/1/2014 13:56

M&S has more in common with Next than Debs or JL, but is it succeeding?

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I viewed the Next sale in Oxford Street, London on Boxing Day. It was rammed.
People had to queue hundreds of yards down a side street to enter even in the late afternoon and there were still queues 20 deep at the tills for merchandise which though reduced 50% appeared to me to be motley last season leftovers in the main. This was in stark contrast to M&S which was relatively empty.

[mozy123] 03/1/2014 13:54

Clothes are MKS's biggest weakness! Poor range.

Food is up there with the best.

MKS are always the large "anchor" stores on the high street.

The only anchor is the large rents! high inventories to stock them and large floor areas.

MKS need to revamp thier store strategy, with smaller boutique's for clothes.

Like what they have done with the local food express shops.

[casholaa] 03/1/2014 13:43

Well, it can go either way. Although m&s has more in common with Next than Debs or JL.

[asagi] 03/1/2014 13:35

Well, as a burning short I'm asking myself if I have got this one wrong.

House of Fraser, NEXT and John Lewis have all reported strong trading.

Weak trading at Debenhams.

Which camp will Marks be in? The P/E is on shorter's side here. MKS needs to convince the market that it can get back to earnings growth. It has been a falling behind NEXT and John Lewis for some time.... will it really have had as good a Christmas as those two?

Asagi (short MKS)

[miata] 03/1/2014 11:22

Next weeks post trading statement may well be a possible page turner, but the footfall in the stores paints a very different picture to Next.

[leadersoffice] 03/1/2014 11:15

Yes... a welcome retrace.
However, lets me honest, we should be well north of £5.
Next weeks post trading statement will be a possible page turner.

[lennonsalive] 03/1/2014 08:47

They had a bit of a success with Per Una, that seemed to work and the clothes were at the front of the store. Price marked up this morning with the Next news.

[bookbroker] 03/1/2014 08:26

Too many stores, compare with NXT, Mks 700+ against NXT 200 or so, overheads too high, too much stock required, not enough online evidently, profits now less than NXT and twice the size in terms of sq. footage, probably more! Need to streamline and fast, concentrate on more profitable stores and vacant weak ones.

[lennonsalive] 03/1/2014 08:16

MKS had 30% back in November on certain items, jumpers, etc... They always seem to do well on food, but I'm not so sure on the clothes.

[casholaa] 02/1/2014 19:28

They had that first mover advantage (quite mercenary for mks) with the 30% off a few days before xmas but the bad weather hit them. They did the 30% off again the following day again but limited to either online or instore only. The m&s foodhalls have done exceedingly nice. Not sure of what the market will make of it.

[kristini2] 02/1/2014 16:49

encouraging price action for the short sellers today

[kristini2] 02/1/2014 15:07

I took a short yesterday, looking weak at present but still a few days to go before update

[lennonsalive] 02/1/2014 14:34

MKS keeps falling, will it hit 400p on the profit warning?

[yewtrees] 24/12/2013 10:28

I counter that, buy on any downside. Marks are Sparkling with a great tv advertising campaign.

[shayadfn] 24/12/2013 08:45

sell on any up side

[yewtrees] 24/12/2013 08:28

I collected my clothing goods from my local M&S food store. A number of others were doing the same. There was a separate desk for ordered food. I looked at some of their speciality Christmas foods and I bought some as they were quite unusual. Certainly a talking point will be the sparkly edible baubles, chocolate with mousse inside, hope they are good as they look. Very busy, staff restocking for Christmas Eve.

[apache_dropout] 23/12/2013 20:09

Maybe that guy should get his head chopped off then I'm sure he would change his mind.

[uknighted] 23/12/2013 19:13

Saw a guy on the tv today saying it is only right that people's culture should be respected and M&S were right. Well, for that person's information, it is my "culture" to buy alcohol in M&S. Where is the respect for my culture?

[apache_dropout] 23/12/2013 18:44

Surely a more suitable role would be cleaning the toilets.

[miata] 23/12/2013 15:24

09 January 2014 Q3 Interim Management Statement

[portside1] 23/12/2013 14:23

yewtree the clothes at marks are no better than at PRIMARK ONLY THE PRICES

sell sell sell the CEO IS A COMPLETE DIMWIT ACLOWN AT BEST get out quick its run by simpletons just back from shopping did not go in MARKS WILL AVOID

[shayadfn] 23/12/2013 14:08

SP looking dire- as a non- holder its looking interesting, I'll review after its well below £4- probably by end of Jan