Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[qantas] 12/1/2017 09:16

It's called capitulations shorters having to buy back desperate stock.

[diku] 12/1/2017 09:08

Well they sure are kicking it around...up 18p & then loses all gains...358p is a hard nut to crack...

[freedom97] 12/1/2017 09:01

I pointed out twice here, that I noticed on boxing day out of hundreds of retailers M&S was in the top three mosted viewed on the Topcashback website. BTW, Topcashback is the most used cashback site & has won awards for being the best. This is why I took it seriously as they have the most users compared with other sites, that is it indicated to me that both online sales at M&S and instore sales are likely to be better than most brokers thought.

For me the above indicator was a BUY indicator.

It's amazing how wrong some brokers got it, wasn't it JP Morgan that predicted share price would hit 285p today after trading update? LOL!

[qantas] 12/1/2017 08:29

Wow shorters doomed to failure.
Deep fried shorters very tasty 💰

[tjbird] 12/1/2017 07:30

Yes, knew i should have bought more

[death by donut] 12/1/2017 07:09

Happy days.

[philanderer] 11/1/2017 17:22

A contrarian cheer for Marks & Spencer!

Alasdair McKinnon of Scottish Investment Trust explains why he buys shares like Marks & Spencer when they are out of favour

video:

[philanderer] 11/1/2017 14:07

House of Fraser defends department stores as online shoppers drive sales

[philanderer] 11/1/2017 09:22

And SBRY numbers (with Argos) well received.

Morning everyone.

[philanderer] 10/1/2017 23:57

MKS Q3 + trading update thursday

[parazaradox] 10/1/2017 23:37

Trading update tomorrow?

[philanderer] 10/1/2017 23:25

SBRY numbers tomorrow.

[diku] 10/1/2017 20:55

Hello PTGInt...if there was any consolation today at least good to see the price close above flatline...

[ptgint] 10/1/2017 19:32

diku / philander : I'm edgy too. We all know MKS is not totally food but if food is up but the rest is, at best, level pegging we're in the mediocre band. My opinion & I wish I could clarify my thoughts but on the data coming through,maybe as good as it gets for the moment ? DYOR and good luck !

[essentialinvestor] 10/1/2017 13:08

Really like KGF, not sure if a share price with that type of market cap can really
be manipulated, with MKS it just looks positioning between longs/shorts with
lots of hedging pre update.

[tjbird] 10/1/2017 12:42

Upbeat retail data and weak pound boosts FTSE

StockMarketWire.com

After a run of closing all-time highs, the blue chip index continued to move higher and gained 0.2% to 7,251. A weak pound against the dollar and a rally by retail stocks on positive independent data helped to keep the FTSE 100's upward momentum.

Retail stocks were boosted by the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) report of a strong Christmas week, which encouraged spending growth in December and World Kantar figures.

[freedom97] 10/1/2017 09:48

If you look at the KGF chart above, you will see identical chart. Manipulation looks like, institutions trying to load up.

NXT doing well today.

[philanderer] 10/1/2017 09:34

Some nervous holders out there waiting for thursday and dumping a few on any strength.

edit:

ABF with their Primark being sold the same - reporting thursday as well

[diku] 10/1/2017 09:05

Opened up nicely but now down...something leaked...

[philanderer] 10/1/2017 00:12

Food sales drive 'bumper' Christmas for retailers

[diku] 09/1/2017 09:22

Aldis & Lidls novelty is wearing off....honeymoon period will come to an end when operating/maintenance costs start going up....

[philanderer] 09/1/2017 09:18

FWIW


'Aldi Christmas sales jump 15%'

Aldi is first out the gate with trading figures for the key Christmas period.

Ahead of statements from Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons later this week, Aldi says that total sales for December rose by 15% compared to last year. It is an increase for Christmas 2015 when sales increased by 13.3%

Unlike its British competitors, Aldi does not provide like-for-like sales which strips out turnover from stores open less than a year.

Matthew Barnes, chief executive Aldi UK and Ireland, says it has started 2017 "in confident mood".

However, at least one City analyst reckons Britain's love affair with Aldi and its fellow German discounter Lidl, is starting to wane.

Clive Black, head of research at Shore Capital, says Aldi and Lidl are often understaffed, too busy and look "as if they've been robbed by a load of school kids".

[philanderer] 08/1/2017 14:39

“M&S is still very much in recovery mode under Steve Rowe,” said David Jeary, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity. “I’m still nervous in terms of their experience on the clothing front. Some people are looking for a small positive increase in like-for-like sales but I’m not persuaded of that and think it will be a small negative number.”

Analyst predictions on the performance of M&S’s key clothing business range from a 2% decline to a 1.5% rise. Its food business is expected to deliver a small decline in underlying sales. “If they delivered another 6% decline [on clothing] the market would clobber them,” said Jeary.