Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[pierre oreilly] 30/8/2021 13:16

I'm sure you do think giving the pros and cons is necessary - so do i. The difference is you only seem to give the good news when you hold, and the weaker news, such as it is, when you have sold out.

Hence my question asking whether you bought in a week ago and sold recently. You don't have to answer of course.

I don't think you nor i nor any pi can affect the price to support our position btw.

[xxxxxy] 30/8/2021 12:42

Private Comment29 Aug 2021 8:30PMI wish Waitrose could be taken out - used to be great for premium stuff, now getting worse and worse whilst maintaining premium pricesBasically the only premium player is M&S food19LikeReplyElide Job29 Aug 2021 9:27PM@Private Comment So agree. Waitrose prices are ridiculous for the quality. The fruit is always far too ripe and only ever last a few days if that. M&S is truly premium and the products are nearly always faultless. .... Daily Telegraph

[debsdowner] 30/8/2021 12:15

PO no I am not downing the company I think its important investors undersand both possitives and negatives to understand what is happening within the company and debate what they directors are doing and as to whether the strategy is right.

The share price has had a good rise of late and needed a breather and all now depends how the markets now react in the next few months as furlough ends.

[debsdowner] 30/8/2021 10:34

netcurtains, MARKS had Twiggy for a while and then Holly Willoghby I seem to remember Holly now being ditched for Christmas ads and MARKS using ordinary people. I dont know why myself retailers have to use famous people in adds and why they cannot use ordinary folk, it would cut down on the price paid to models and save cash.

[netcurtains] 30/8/2021 09:32

ASOS stands for: As Seen On Screen.
The original idea behind the company was to sell copies of the clothes worn by actors from Hollywood and on TV soaps. It was a great business model, and it took off immediately. BooHoo copied the same model with same success.
Perhaps M&S should put its big toes into this Hollywood/Netflix world.

[philanderer] 30/8/2021 01:06

Suit you sir? Not any more at some M&S stores

[netcurtains] 29/8/2021 17:01

Its SHOES where the big money is - average price range for Frasers or JD sports or NEXT is about £100
M&S are chasing the £59 market.
We need to up our game

[debsdowner] 29/8/2021 16:35

BBC:

"Spending on men's suits has also declined over the past decade, according to Kantar, from a high of £534 in 2011. Some five years ago, spending on men's suits hit £469 but fell to just £159 in the 12 months to July."

[xxxxxy] 29/8/2021 12:20

Tesco and Sainsbury's must fight for their futureThey need to show they can grow again or they will be easy targets for whoever wants to take them outMATTHEW LYNN29 August 2021 • 11:00am?It might be next month, or it might be the month afterwards – but there can no longer be any question that Morrisons will soon be sold off to one of a surprisingly long queue of bidders. There is already speculation swirling around Sainsbury's. And even the mighty Tesco, once the biggest beast in the British retail jungle, can no longer be regarded as safe from a takeover. The entire grocery industry is in play in a way that it hasn't been for many years.But hold on. Where's the fightback from Sainsbury's and Tesco? Plans for fresh growth? Share buybacks or higher dividends? Acquisitions in other countries, or along the supply chain to bulk up their size and shore up their defences? .. Daily Telegraph

[debsdowner] 29/8/2021 11:20

MARKS to stop selling suits:



Thia is intereesting as the last time I went into a town store I couldn't see many suits but noticed more casual wear.

Unfortunately MARKS is having to go with the trend but as more people work from home they wont be concenred as much as to what they wear which could be detrimental in one respect.

There isnt a lot MARKS can do about all this the workplace has changed which means less sales of suits or smart office wear.

Unfortuantley MARKS will have to try and claw back other fashion which other retailers have on offer, they have come some way in this respect by buying Jaeger but it will and selling third party brands like Joules and the likes but it may be a hard slog.

QANTAS and I predicted they would need to take on more brands before MARKS actually decided to do this so they are at least trying to on this front.

MARKS is doing exceptionaly well on the food front but much needs to be done with regards to their clothes lines.

[pierre oreilly] 28/8/2021 16:20

I hope they run with the theme and bring in a range of peppered pig. Sprinkle black, white or coloured peppercorns onto various bits of a chopped up pig and charge double for the peppered pig brand. Not any old pig, but marks and sparks peppered pig.

[netcurtains] 28/8/2021 16:15

Getting back to M&S
The Nirvana, Shangri-La is to make the same sort of profit as NEXT does.
I feel we are on that trajectory.
The one BIG area where NEXT is strong and M&S weak is MENs SHOES.
M&S are going for the £59 price point (a bit cheap considering a pair of trainers often costs £100).
NEXT (and Frasers) have loads of shoe brands going for £100-£150 range. The profit in those shoes is going to be pretty big!

[netcurtains] 28/8/2021 15:58

Marks and Spencer re-enters into the canon of the liberal elites zeitgeist

[mitchy] 28/8/2021 15:02

Top of trend line now 184-5.

If it closes about that level it will go sharply higher (probably circa 200+).
If it closes below circa 145 it will go lower.

My guess is it will track higher from that trading update. The market has got it's scent now .Any drop due to the wider market adjustment will be another buying opp' imo.

Good Luck.

[debsdowner] 28/8/2021 14:04

Daily Mail reporter reveals dirty secrets behing on of "Prettly Little Things" founder which was bough out by Boo Hoo



Fast fashion is making rich kids even richer and adding to gloabl warming with their extravagance.

[xxxxxy] 28/8/2021 12:45

Low noise Taylor28 Aug 2021 12:25PMUnder NO circumstances issue any temporary visasWe all know they will be the thin end of the wedge, and will be become a permanent featureWe are out of the EU, business must stop gorging on cheap peasant wages and adapt.Automate where you canPay a proper living wage and make a career for your employees with conditions where local people want to work for you.I speak as an employer for many years2LikeReplyNick Dixon28 Aug 2021 12:04PMNo , pay British workers a proper wage , I've never met a poor farmer , just a bad one.... Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 28/8/2021 07:17

John Redwood@johnredwood6mWhen is the UK going to tell the EU they cannot interfere with UK companies trading goods between GB and Northern Ireland? Time to take back control.

[netcurtains] 27/8/2021 15:42

The Nirvana, Shangri-La is to make the same sort of profit as NEXT does.
I feel we are on that trajectory ....

[debsdowner] 27/8/2021 11:37

MARKS has had a good rise which I said yesterday and could take a breather or small retraction before heading up again. All depends on whether there are more tips or articles over the weekend now.

[essentialinvestor] 27/8/2021 10:36

Closed off my small trade, will look to get back in on a bad day, if available.

Agree it looks a sitting duck ATM.

[debsdowner] 27/8/2021 09:57

Since BHS 83% of depratment stores now gone:



I always said the last man on the street could do well but they last man has had to adapt. John Lewis has close many stores and going to move into housing. MARKS has closed some of its non food and added more brands.

There is still more to do for both MARKS and John Lewis as the competition is still around and retailers will adapt like House of Fraser and NEXT, Beales is reopening its department stores and you have the like of TH Hughes.

[xxxxxy] 27/8/2021 08:31

At the mo, that is the Market Indicator.