Marks And Spencer Share Discussion Threads

[qantas] 27/9/2018 14:18

Doubt cast over £14billion Sainsbury's-Asda mega merger as watchdog says some 463 local areas are at risk of 'substantially lower competition'

Please do your own research.

[qantas] 27/9/2018 14:12

Some good news from the High St! Next predicts higher profits after heatwave-fuelled sales boost as it prepares for Brexit

Not just any advert but a Marks and Spencer Christmas.



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[loganair] 27/9/2018 13:13

Quite honestly my wife doesn't care who models the clothes as long as they are comfortable and look good and are not made of man made materials.

[freedom97] 27/9/2018 10:37

Well done M&S in getting Holly Willoughby to model clothes, I would be amazed if sales aren't boosted.

[loganair] 27/9/2018 10:02

Under 6 year olds without disabilities also need an Easy Dress range to be able to dress themselves.

A few years back I took my 4 year old son in to Next, called the shop manager down then asked my son to change his trousers in front of the manager, which he was unable to do because Next had changed the style of the trousers thereby making them too difficult for him to change by himself.

[philanderer] 27/9/2018 09:37

BON getting a good kicking this morning.

[philanderer] 26/9/2018 21:18

That CBI survey , not as bad as feared 👍



'M&S launches ‘easy dressing’ range for children with disabilities'


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[ignoble] 26/9/2018 18:08

Holly Willoughby wearing a couple of the new Marks outfits due to be released tomorrow.
From what I have read , they are set to be very much in demand.

[philanderer] 26/9/2018 12:15

[ 26 Sep 2018 12:10 ]

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK retailers reported a slower pace of growth in sales volumes in September and expect it to remain so again next month, the latest Distributive Trades Survey from the Confederation of British Industry showed Wednesday.

The retail sales balance fell to 23% in September from 29% in August. Retailers forecast sales growth to slow slightly next month, with the balance easing to 19%.

Further, the survey showed that the volume of orders placed upon suppliers was flat in the year to September. Firms anticipate that orders growth will remain almost unchanged next month. The corresponding order balance came in at -2%.

[philanderer] 25/9/2018 14:16

Good numbers and guidance upgrade from NXT today

[diku] 20/9/2018 08:54

I say merge merge merge...

[philanderer] 20/9/2018 07:26

Retail sales data at 9:30am

[diku] 19/9/2018 23:57

loganair...I remember that very well...

[philanderer] 18/9/2018 20:41

All looking a bit gloomy lately 😟

[qantas] 18/9/2018 14:04

Always good news when directors buy shares.

Please do your own research.

[loganair] 18/9/2018 13:34

I always have a laugh when posters post about a few thousand pounds of directors buying.

It is worth a mention when after Cable and Wirelss split into two companies and in one of the companies the CEO was purchasing £1mln plus worth of shares at a time out of his own pocket and in just two years purchased over £8 million worth of shares in the company he was CEO in.

As he was willing to commit so much of his own money, I did the same and made a hansom profit.

[danny baker] 18/9/2018 12:39

It's going to take more than a non-exec buying 2,000 shares to stop the share price going down the plug hole. Did you see the good Ocado statement? The more MKS's competitors do well the more pressure on MKS's LFLs. Clothing sales are holding up quite well for MKS but it is the food side which has gone ex-growth. It's not really got back on track after a disappointing Christmas. Summer trading should have been good but the hot weather impacted UK salad growers so MKS couldn't take full advantage of the increased demand. If my local store is anything to go by they are still over-ordering rainbow and pasta salads and running out of everything else. I'm very happy to run my short position.

[funkmasterp12] 18/9/2018 06:23

Director buy yesterday.

[diku] 15/9/2018 21:15

The board are being paid accordingly on the basis of being in the prestige index (FT100)...so if it gets kicked out and shareholder value is lost is there a claw back?...

[loganair] 14/9/2018 11:21

Then the FTSE 250 trackers buy.

If M&S full out of the FTSE 100 they may find it more difficult to renew their loans etc.

Anyway they are not likely too fall out of the FTSE 100 at the moment as there are 6 FTSE 100 companies which are valued less than M&S and no FTSE 250 companies who are in an automatic FTSE 100 entry position.

[countless] 14/9/2018 09:45

If FTSE 100 status lost then trackers will have to sell i think?

[ignoble] 14/9/2018 06:38

Does it really matter if Marks loses its FTSE 100 spot.
Probably only matters to Board of Directors and the "image" .

"Oh no , Marks has fallen out of the FTSE 100 , won't shop there again"

LOL