Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[mike24] 05/8/2013 08:25

need to improve/enlarge home furnishings as john lewis
to take advantage of housing upturn

[gswredland] 18/7/2013 21:52

Thanks Lib

[libertine] 18/7/2013 15:21

High street retailer Marks & Spencer gained 1.7 percent, also helped by a media report saying U.S. bid interest in the firm had revived, traders said.

[buywell2] 10/7/2013 11:19

420p chartwise looks about right

dyor

[lennonsalive] 10/7/2013 09:59

Think this sums up M&S well, food always seems to be good. However, the clothing line is too vast and expensive.

[ignoble] 09/7/2013 19:10

What I cannot understand is that the 2 M & S Stores in my region ,90% (it seems)of the floor space is clothing and the like.

Why not make the Food Halls larger and reduce the clothing space?

Food seems their best selling product yet is allocated restricted floor space
IMHO

[yewtrees] 09/7/2013 15:05

13 weeks to 29 JUNE 2013

'Some progress in General Merchandise and an excellent performance in Food'
-- Group sales +3.3% *
-- Total UK sales +2.7%:Food +4.5%; GM +0.5%
-- Like-for-like UK sales +0.3%:Food +1.8%; GM -1.6%
-- International sales +8.7% *
-- M&S.com sales +29.9%


On-line business looks good. Any on-line business with good products will do well as people gain confidence using them.

[buywell2] 09/7/2013 07:29

Clothes not mentioned



........................... M&S New Vacancy added today ...............................


Candidates are being sought to fill the new position of Emporor within the M&S Shopping Empire.





Skills & Qualifications

A regal posture is a pre-requisite

Financial close contacts with other monarchs worldwide very helpful

A younger snappy dresser is our ideal candidate





Apply in writing please by end September 2013

[quilarvium] 09/7/2013 07:27

Marks and Spencer is a great establishment but not the Goliath it once was. Food is great, infact brilliant and they are keen to open as many simply food outlets as they can.How ever the fashion element of M&S is dead and has been for a good 8 years and shows no sign of improving.All the talented minds and designers are working at NEXT or ASOS and it shows in these two companies current share prices.No one young, energetic and with a passion for fashion wants to work with M&S as it is just not trendy enough for them. That coupled with the draconian rudderless middle management you have a classic recipe disaster again and again. I would go as far as to say they will never be able to make up the ground they have lost as a fashion leader....and will never be a fashion leader again. Our children's, children's, children will never go there as the brand damage is done.There biggest mistake was never developing an online presence at the time when ASOS and Next were going guns blazing......they will now ultimately pay the price. It will take the likes of some buccaneer character to sort out this mess M&S are in and we may yet see the return of Philip Green?As for the share price ........way way way overvalued for a business model that is clearly failing and whose long term fashion revenue growth is clearly in great jeopardy.I would not buy, would you?

[phoenix1234] 06/7/2013 17:50

Marks & Spencer vs Next

[libertine] 24/6/2013 22:23

Marks and spencer Forecasts
Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-14 10,406.28 677.62 33.53p 12.5 2.7 +5% 17.70p 4.2%
31-Mar-15 10,778.50 758.42 37.20p 11.2 1.0 +11% 19.07p 4.6%

Pre tax estimated
this year 677m yield 4.2%
next year 758m yield 4.6%

Just how over can you get!!

[davidcod] 24/6/2013 08:11

Nasty gap @ circa 385p needs filling imo. 200SMA around 390p mark so should provide support. Staying short.

[wad collector] 23/6/2013 19:32

Just inherited a few of these . I haven't been a holder for at least a decade , but I am sure I sold them for about today's price. C'mon Guys , what have you been up to ????

[robertfaulkner] 20/6/2013 20:35

I sold out MKS at 433p a month or so ago and thought I'd missed the boat for getting back in.

Now I could get back in I've stupidly bought First Group and I'm sitting on a big loss, that I hope I can re-coup after the rights issue is finished. Will MKS be back under 433 again, I don't think so

[eisler] 05/6/2013 23:16

Fear not! There'll be lots of bargains over the next couple of months!

[robertfaulkner] 05/6/2013 21:04

Big Bert, still time to Buy First Group at around 100p (now 120p) and you'll get rights issues to sell at 20 to 30p.(if you don't want more shares at 85p)

They could go on dropping till June 10th and the AGM to decide on RI

Lots of info on the FGP thread