Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[xxxxxy] 24/11/2020 11:31

A little ponder about Grocer Banks eg Sainsbury's pulling out of banking. Marks Bank?... Nick Name23 Nov 2020 7:42AMSo the cycle continues for CEOs who have to be seen to be making acquisitions or disposals, expanding into new sectors or refocusing on core markets. Once Sainsburys have exited banking, in a few years, the next CEO will have the idea of getting into banking etc. etc. 11LikeReplyG R Umpy23 Nov 2020 9:54AM@Nick Name Trouble is executives are never content just to run the existing business ever  more efficiently, they have to be doing something 'new' even if it almost always ends up loss making. I put this question to a non exec of a FTSE250 company many years ago and he agreed but the problem was you could not recruit CEOs unless they were given free rein to do this sort of thing.... Daily Telegraph

[debsdowner] 24/11/2020 09:38

The MAIL on JD Sports bid for Debenhams

[johnwise] 24/11/2020 08:20

Marks & Spencer has announced it will open hundreds of its shops until midnight in the days ahead of Christmas.

400 branches of the shop will stay open late into the night to allow people to stock up for the festive season.

[xxxxxy] 24/11/2020 08:14

A better Christmas?By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: NOVEMBER 24, 2020Plenty of people want a Christmas to cheer them up. Sales of trees and decorations are by all accounts good. People are brightening up their living rooms early this year, and planning a family get together. The government was at least wise to relax the rules a bit to allow more people to come together for Christmas meals and conviviality as they wish.There has been much worry expressed by some government scientific advisers over what all this social contact might do for the spread of the virus, and a wish on their part to have periods of greater restriction before and after. They like the idea of each of us having some sort of limited freedom budget, and if we spend too much of it on meeting people over Christmas we need to rein in before and after.We need to move on to a more trusting approach, where we all make more of our own decisions based on understanding the messages from the medics and scientists. We can calculate our own risks and the risk we might pose to others, as we do about all other such threats in the normal course of life.It is not easy making choices for people, weighing the danger from opening non essential shops against the danger of opening hospitality venues. I am glad the discussions some of us have had with Ministers making the case for sports facilities to be open and against the curfew have led to some sensible modifications of the local lockdown schemes. What do you think of the latest proposals? I and my colleagues will study the detail of these new measures as it is published, and will want to see a way forward that minimises damage to business and ,jobs.

[johnwise] 23/11/2020 19:09

VIDEO

Katie Hopkins on more Corona Boll*cks.

[debsdowner] 23/11/2020 18:25

QANTAS

That is interesting news JD in bid for Debenhams the SPORTS store not been a bidder for recent administrations and it comes as a surprise. JD is a relatively well run company and if JD was to end up acquiring Debenhams Mike Ashley would be well miffed as having lost millions when he took a stake in the company and excluded from Debs bidding according to the press.

Debenhams is a "dead duck" says press:



In the meantime, nearly half of shoppers wont miss retail brands gone into administration

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[diku] 23/11/2020 18:10

Market/Shares have spiked up on Vaccine news euphoria last 2 -3 weeks...markets are holding onto the premium gains whilst distribution is going on...but is vulnerable to profit taking...

[debsdowner] 23/11/2020 12:01

Retail footfall down 55.4% says SPRINGBOARD



High Streets just getting decimated and some like ghost towns as more people buy online and avoid going out shopping.

Shops will lose out on office workers popping into their stores as more people work from home and picking up snacks or lunch.

[debsdowner] 23/11/2020 11:51

diku,

I thought the same but they do proper testing on individuals to see how the vaccine is effective or not. However its tested on a few thousand not millions.

In the meantime I am surprised at the bounce in MARKS with the economic outlook so weak and with it being a retailer as well.

But lots of stocks bounced back the last couple of weeks on vaccine roll out hopes.

[diku] 23/11/2020 11:16

Makes you wonder if the other two are talking up their vaccines?...all these Pharmas are on a race to be the one that has the block buster vaccine...

[debsdowner] 23/11/2020 09:25

robot,

Good morning.

The Oxford vaccine is 70% effective which is less than the other two vaccines and the GOV says its good news!!!

So which ones will we get in the UK the cheaper Oxford vaccine?

[xxxxxy] 23/11/2020 08:16

John Redwood@johnredwood55mInstead of thinking up more complex rules for everyone government should spell out the risks of the virus and trust people to make more of their own decisions. Help those who want protection .Let others rescue the economy and get on with their lives, judging safety themselves.

[marcu saurelius] 23/11/2020 07:46

Breaking News.
Oxford 70% effective, easy to store, and we got millions of those.
Market up, kerchiiiing.

[xxxxxy] 22/11/2020 15:03

Marks & Spencer discussed possible deal to buy British fashion label Jaeger just days before company collapsed into administrationBy Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday21:52 21 Nov 2020, updated 10:14 22 Nov 2020.... Lavender21, Ncl, United Kingdom, 15 hours agoQuality clothes will make a come back over the throwaway tat as soon as people understand the impact on the environment. Shoddy synthetic fibres pollute our seas and fish, the blue revolution will follow the green as sure as eggs are eggs... Daily Mail comment

[debsdowner] 22/11/2020 14:05

Top Shop owned by Philip Green the latest to seek emergency funding, but it might not be easy as the brand has lost its appeal according to an article by the BBC

[xxxxxy] 22/11/2020 11:36

Thomas Lowe22 Nov 2020 8:04AMMy Amazon Christmas is already sorted, thanks! I will pick up the meat and veg in the last week before Christmas.No strolling around the shops, chatting away to friends and family, and popping in for a coffee and a teacake, and maybe calling in the pub for tea on the way home.Merry, Christmas king nut nuts.... Daily Telegraph

[netcurtains] 22/11/2020 08:31

If John Redwood said that then he knows the answer: BIN BREXIT - ITS A 100% TOTAL DISASTER FOR THE UK AND EU AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD.
Who cares if our fish and chips come from a French Boat
Or a Polish fisherman working on a UK registered boat?
What possible difference does it make....
The whole brexit thing is 10000000000000000000000% nut job.

[xxxxxy] 22/11/2020 08:02

We need more than a few days of permitted contact over Christmas. We need a plan to protect the vulnerable who want help, improve our health care and restore our freedoms. We need to rescue many jobs and businesses on the edge of loss from lock down.... John Redwood

[debsdowner] 21/11/2020 19:41

Glasgow shops deserted today as lockdown takes effect:



Bleak mid winter as the Christmas carol goes and it spells a miserable Christmas for retailers.

[debsdowner] 21/11/2020 10:35

Football WAG'S being condemned by the MAIL for their High Court spat hits the nail on the head.



These two spoilt WAGS need to see what is going on in the real world.

If Colleen Rooney didn't have a forum account showing off to the world she probably wouldn't have been drawn into this spat.

With many people having to go to food banks the lawyers are getting rich over a petty spat as the Mail says over pathetic comments.

The both of them now look like spoilt senseless brats, which is not akin to a couple of schoolgirls fighting in a school playground.

The world has better things to discuss more important than leaked stories about these two pampered spoilt nobody's.

[qantas] 20/11/2020 17:35

FAB Robot RULES..

[robot ic1] 20/11/2020 16:37

Qantas they are hiding ,I wonder why .

[qantas] 20/11/2020 16:12

Good afternoon robot how are all the Moat Life?