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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Marks And Spencer Group Plc | LSE:MKS | London | Ordinary Share | GB0031274896 | ORD 1P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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-0.90 | -0.34% | 265.00 | 264.90 | 265.10 | 267.40 | 264.00 | 266.40 | 1,046,550 | 11:03:47 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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Misc General Mdse Stores | 11.93B | 363.4M | 0.1842 | 14.37 | 5.22B |
Date | Subject | Author | Discuss |
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05/7/2016 08:07 | Woolworths, BHS and next up MKS. | dodge city | |
05/7/2016 08:02 | Is it take over time?Too good a brand to lose but management were too concerned about the refeendum- these experienced bosses should have known better- quality and customer care the key not in it out- any thoughts? | miikke | |
04/7/2016 23:05 | Top summary Chairman , can`t argue with any of that. Ditch the clothing / homeware and become a food retailer where it has a top reputation. | philanderer | |
04/7/2016 22:24 | M&S clothing problems are internal traditionally M&S sold quality - especially quality fabrics. In order to compete it abandoned that part of its DNA. It could still get it back if it could learn honest merchandising of classic wool and cotton items that delivered on those old promises. It would justify the quality label. traditionally M&S let its buyers dictate what would be made by long standing suppliers. The process was long - colours would be chosen two years in advance, designs 8 months ahead of the season. Manufacturing and delivery (to fewer than 300 stores) was set in stone and inflexible. As a model it could not and cannot cope in a world where Primark can get a Catwalk knockoff onto the shelves in just 6 weeks. Much has changed - it had to -but the buyers should be sacked and their power abolished. M&S has let items proliferate and it cannot manage the mulitiplicity of fit and size options from its single central warehouse. Running the internet offer from the same central warehouse system has been a success but the rate of returns far exceeds competitors in the internet space. This is a sure sign that M&S has been very poor at capturing customer data - they just don't know who their customers are and what they want. This is especially true in basic product areas like Bras and underwear, nightwear, workwear, that used to be M&S core strength. M&S lets far too many potential customers walk out of its stores without buying and without finding out what they came in to buy. Finally the stores have been overloaded and undermanaged - this started with diversions like household goods, and has got worse. Store managers are essentially only in charge of personnel and have insufficient power and zero incentives to find out and supply the goods their demographic want to buy - its all central control, one-size fits all - or sod em. I still believe a sufficiently powerful retailer like George Davis given total carte blanche could turn the whole culture round - but it would be a huge effort. when it comes down to it management is the total key to keeping M&S out of the Woolworths trap. | chairman20 | |
04/7/2016 21:36 | Further fall in share price & MKS could attract a bid.. | diku | |
04/7/2016 21:04 | care to elaborate diku? | smokybenchod | |
04/7/2016 20:46 | If the insiders can't sort out the company then the outsiders will.... | diku | |
04/7/2016 19:42 | Market report: Retailer Marks and Spencer also fell victim to a ratings revision. Investec slashed its rating to “hold” from “buy” ahead of its first quarter trading update on Thursday. The broker forecasts two-years of profit decline as a result of uncertainty over medium-term demand. The FTSE 100 stock slipped 16.3p, or 5.1pc, to 303.8p. | philanderer | |
04/7/2016 15:27 | 'Slightly older' do shop online these days and that`s half the problem. Dividend cut being priced into the shareprice now. edit: that Deutsche downgrade this morning: "..Marks & Spencer was under the cosh as Deutsche Bank downgraded it to ‘hold’ from ‘buy’. It noted M&S trades on the same price-to-earnings valuation as Next but is more operationally and financially leveraged, dollar pressures may impact its gross margin recovery plans, and in the last downturn its food gross margins were reset. “We think the business has good medium term recovery potential but in a Brexit environment prefer Next’s solid track record.” | philanderer | |
04/7/2016 15:17 | I'm expecting a decline - think that BHS closing down sales will have attracted customers looking for a bargain and affected MKS clothes sales this quarter. I'm expecting it to pick up for MKS next quarter though as BHS start closing stores - so continue to hold. GLA DYOR | smokybenchod | |
04/7/2016 14:48 | Marks clothes clearly for the slightly older age group.The type who do not shop online. With BHS going down, could boost clothes sales, I expect them to hold their own or even a slight improvement this time. hope!!!! | omega1525 | |
04/7/2016 14:38 | It`s an excllent food retailer with an out of date clothing division. Online fashion has killed it and I can`t see that part of the business ever recovering. Shareprice will have to reflect that and we`re nowhere near it yet. Thursday`s numbers will be awful I reckon. | philanderer | |
04/7/2016 13:45 | all shares are a gamble but big and boring tends to be a simple gamble - in this case its the management story plus Marks unlikely to be tempted by value destroying M&A | chairman20 | |
04/7/2016 10:08 | Investec downgrades from 'buy' to 'hold'.... target cut from 450p to 315p "... Though M&S is better-positioned than prior to the 2008 financial crisis, Investec said it is difficult to see any profit growth within a weaker trading environment " | philanderer | |
04/7/2016 08:44 | And a big downgrade from Deutsche Bank today. Cuts MKS from 'buy' to 'hold' and cuts target from 440p to 350p | philanderer | |
04/7/2016 08:24 | I wouldn't rely on what the Mail writes, look at what happened earlier this year, they said LMI was going to go BUST! Look what happened to the share price went from just under 40p to £2.23!! today. | freedom97 | |
04/7/2016 08:14 | Four and a half year low for this pile of cr@p and you just know it`s going sub 300p. What a disaster of a company this is turning into. | philanderer | |
03/7/2016 16:17 | Marks & Spencer poised for sales slump as clothing business struggles to become fashionable despite big Ad campaigns Read more: | philanderer | |
01/7/2016 12:45 | Quarterly trading update next thursday | philanderer | |
01/7/2016 09:10 | Peel Hunt buy tp 500p reiterates | philanderer | |
30/6/2016 17:03 | Regret not up again tomorrow Dow is already up 190 points... | qantas | |
30/6/2016 16:45 | End of month.. back down tomorrow | smartypants | |
30/6/2016 15:47 | It was a good day up 2.3 p from a low of 306.5 to 318.20 up and away now shorters closing reason for share price rise. This is not one to short it bites you on the bum... | qantas |
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