Blur Group Share Discussion Threads

[j777j] 29/7/2014 17:34

Late trades someone seems happy to scoop up at the end of the day again.

[hazl] 29/7/2014 17:29

I note that some dragons den 'experts' have tasted bankruptcy....or at least debt, over the years....



imo

[pyglet] 29/7/2014 17:24

YumpExactly. Blur does not pass the dragon's test IMHO

[yump] 29/7/2014 17:11

Dragon's Den actually allows you to hear the mindset of people who are being asked to part with their own money, just like pi's. Except they've actually built and run quite a few businesses.

Which is so very different from listening to brokers and analysts, who are not using their own money.

So I can see the benefit of pretending that an investment you are looking at, is being presented in the Den and imagining what the response would be.

"Your valuation is ridiculous" would get rid of 90% of AIM companies for a start.

"You keep telling us about the pipeline of opportunites, but you're showing a whopping loss - I can't see any reason to invest in you"

"I'm now very annoyed. You've tried one business model, which didn't work and you've got the cheek to come here and try to tap us for our money".

etc. etc.

[pyglet] 29/7/2014 16:23

I now ask myself a question every time a new opportunity comes along whether a Dragon would invest in this. They always want to see profit and profit projections that are meaningful and realistic. Still can't see them here but surely the share price must be close to the bottom by now. When will Mr Letts dip his hand into his pocket??

[j777j] 29/7/2014 15:49

Ex cash the entire business valued at just £14 million.Will get trade sale at this rate.Total number of projects jumped almost 15% since may to 5,734 with value of $278,998,452

[targatarga] 29/7/2014 15:37

could just be a buyers strike.... long wait to September imho

[pyglet] 29/7/2014 14:31

Timber!!!!!!

[j777j] 23/7/2014 12:36

Interestingly, last year they talked about 20% repeat business,now 40%.

[supersturrock] 23/7/2014 10:43

J7, a friend of mine has just bid for a £30k project - first timer. Will be interested to hear how things fare from a supplier's point of view.

[j777j] 23/7/2014 09:37

You clearly underestimate the man and what drives him.

I note J O Hambro is the largest ii with 10% .




Never standing still.

Blur currently has 24 vacancies,which for a company that has 80 staff,shows the tremendous growth occurring.As they scale the platform,continue the land grab and extend market share.
Meanwhile they have initiated a global partner programme with AMS and printing.com the first to sign up.



That in addition to the referral partner programme which has 1,000 companies including Alibaba.

Furthermore, look at who is signing up as customers and starting projects..

"Continuing the trend seen in the latter half of 2013, s-commerce is being increasingly adopted by
enterprise customers, with Amazon, Solvay, UTI, Menard, Incisive Media, Sabre, and CBRE starting projects
in Europe, North and South America and the Middle East during the first half of 2014."


Philip Letts, blur Group CEO. "We were particularly pleased to see
additional projects from companies including Amazon, Sabre and Canadian Cancer in this period,
reinforcing our focus on customer experience and retention."

[milesoffshore] 23/7/2014 09:31

Why on earth would Letts buy-back, he's pumped and he's dumped, thanks for coming!

[haydock] 23/7/2014 09:28

C'mon fella.
You gota accentuate the negative, eliminate the positive.

You must have been the one who had trouble with the Kings new clothes.

When all this settles down & the time has come to reflect the growth in the s.p.
Letts with his USA experience needs only to take this to the Nasdaq.

Then it will be platform, not profits.

First though we will have to go through the negatives, again & again, the same certainties from the doom & gloomers, & the share price will provide endless opportunities for the brave, & patient.

The king really was naked after all, don't forget !

[j777j] 23/7/2014 09:08

April 2013 total value of projects submitted $24.14 million

July 2014 total value of projects submitted $278.2 million




Of course they have been screaming the same thing about Amazon for years,always controversial,yet it has been a rather splendid investment.


Amazon market cap $166 billion, p/e 565


Will Letts,with 30%, allow Blur to become part of a much larger group and at what price?

[lw425] 23/7/2014 08:39

or maybe he looked at the market cap, the revenues, the cash burn, the large EBITDA losses and decided to apply commonsense.

[j777j] 23/7/2014 08:38

Right now Letts can buy back almost 14% of the co with the proceeds from his sale of 900,000 shares at 400p.Interesting times.

[targatarga] 23/7/2014 08:32

whoever sold the 30k for 62p yesterday started the rot. Wonder if the seller had a little inside info?

[milesoffshore] 23/7/2014 08:31

Nice offices too ;) hxxp://www.blurgroup.com/careers/blur-offices/

Always thought it weird that you can buy clothes on their website (hxxp://store.blurgroup.com/eu/) guess every little helps!!

[j777j] 23/7/2014 08:23

40% repeat rates for those that do is impressive.

[stegrego] 23/7/2014 08:19

More spend as they clearly aren't getting the business. The sucker-o-meter means nothing as nearly the so called revenue never actually gets booked.

Company is worth nothing

[j777j] 23/7/2014 08:12

40% repeat rate,they are clearly doing something right...


New blur Group Campaign 'No Alternative' Highlights Marketers' Real World

Wednesday 23 July 2014





At blur Group we think that the pitch process is broken

blur Group, the s-commerce company, today launches its first advertising campaign which focuses on the harsh realities of business life. With titles including "One-upmanship", "Pressure" and "Boss", this series of 30 second videos highlight 15 all too familiar scenarios for marketers as they strive to achieve their targets in today's ever-changing business world.

The campaign targets anyone who buys business services from external providers, from marketing to legal, from technology to accountancy. blur Group's customers range from marketing heads in large organisations to CEOs and MDs of small and medium businesses who want a greater choice of supplier but don't have the resources to run offline pitches or handle the administration involved in finding, paying and onboarding external providers.

"blur's Global Services Exchange currently enjoys a 40% project repeat rate so we're confident that those who come to the Exchange will stay. Our 'Customer Obsession' strategy is bearing fruit on that front." says Dorothy Mead, Chief Acquisition Officer at blur Group. "We're realistic about the reasons that drive many of our customers to experiment with s-commerce for the first time and we're confident that the quality of their experience keeps them coming back."

Deployed via digital, direct mail and social media, the campaign uses real-world examples of situations marketers will recognise from their day-to-day lives. All aspects of the campaign were created using blur Group's s-commerce platform which provides shortlisted pitches to specific briefs from experts around the world within two weeks. Supported by an integrated content marketing program, the campaign begins Friday July 25, 2014 and will run until Q4 in USA and UK. The videos can be viewed early here



"At blur Group we think that the pitch process is broken," continues Dorothy. "The idea that one, or even 5 agencies on a roster, have the expertise and availability to perform all of your organization's marketing and communications needs is nonsense in a digital world. Why limit the expertise at your company's disposal?"

For further information contact:
Ruth Speakman
Global Head of Communications
blur Group