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[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 20:18

Just watching the football from Selhurst Park. Standing room only.

[whites123] 14/12/2016 20:09

JD to be slaughtered.... Jeeeeez

[philo124] 14/12/2016 19:35

I am familiar with that too.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 19:18

That's how my wife treats me.

[philo124] 14/12/2016 19:17

5 week filming undercover. Makes SPD warehouse look like a good place to work.
Not allowed to sit down after 11 hours standing up working.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 19:15

Tell me how it goes... my kids have taken over the tv's

[philo124] 14/12/2016 19:13

Ch 4 right now putting boot into JD!

[discodave4] 14/12/2016 19:00

careful,The only metric IMO that looks positive from an investment perspective is the NTAV, SPD trading at a decent discount.As for the underlying business, still doesn't compare IMO, forecasts:SPD Rev £3.1bn, pbt £144m, margin 4.6%, eps growth -52%JD Rev £2.1bn, pbt £192m, margin 9%, eps growth +27%DD

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 18:42

Surely now it'll be a race between between companies to get there house in order. Reminds me of the banks . Each one telling us how squeaky clean they are now. Surely than can only be a good thing?

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 17:16

Sell greed buy fear- Warren Buffett

[careful] 14/12/2016 17:00

Comparing JD. with SPD it is obvious that the 'Ashley' fear factor is huge.
The figures would suggest that SPD should be worth much more than JD.

JD. turnover £1.82bn
SPD turnover £3.52bn

JD. net assets £401m
SPD net assets £1380m

Gearing is about the same.

JD. current market worth £3.05bn
SPD current market woth £1.66bn.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 16:13

JD's 3.2 % rally.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 15:41

Funny JD's have bounced small and as for SPD ......nothing.Doesn't seems right but that's life I guess.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 15:03

Maybe Mr Ashley should call on MP's and the like to do a wide spread investigation into working practises . Maybe then people will look at SPD on fundamentals and realise they're cheap compared to other retailers .

[au24] 14/12/2016 14:58

Have you ever known any yet to put their hands up?

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 14:54

Humble pie all round journalists.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 14:52

How many companies have big warehouses...... it's going on all around us.I just though it will be very interesting to see how the press report on JD Sports on the basis that they can't stop harping on about how great they are and how bad SPD are.Mail on Sunday comes to mind.Unfair reporting on SPD I think.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 14:45

Useless, I couldn't agree with you more.

[useless23] 14/12/2016 14:38

SPD will now be ahead of the pack in getting their house in order. Everyone else is at risk of getting hammered. Jd get to slaughtered today

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 14:27

AshboxThinks I'm guilty of over thinking .Good point A

[ashbox] 14/12/2016 14:14

I don't think the average man in the street really bothers about all this and those who do probably don't shop at either SPD or JD. SPD has had dire publicity yet turnover is up.

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 13:46

If your a consumer who's boycotted SPD on moral grounds and then migrate to JD Sports what would they think when they hear about JD Sports working practices .What does the consumer do next. Maybe the man on the street will realise it's going on everywhere. SPD could regain some market share. It's only a thought.

[terminated] 14/12/2016 13:40

Close friend works for H Samuel, they are told a break is frowned upon, of course it's they way of saying you can take it but it's a black mark against you and so no one does. They subsequently come back dehydrated. The manager frequently add more hours to a shift effectively reducing staff below minimum wage. They basically tell you when you can take holidays so you can't effectively make plans. Spd are not alone and was probably made an example of as a deterrent for other companies, but unless they and other companies are hung out to dry things won't change. made an example of probably

[nortic 007] 14/12/2016 13:12

It seems to go on everywhere .Enjoying your break ?

[au24] 14/12/2016 12:36

NorticM AND S are nearly as bad also. A friend of a relative worked in one of their shops and was timed when going to the toilet etc. She left very soon after starting as disgusted at the way treated.