give the dog a bone
12 Apr 2017
illogical doesn't SPD own 12% of JD Sports ? since JD sports is rocketing in price thn surely SPD is also a winner ??
Norman Barrington
12 Apr 2017
Re: to much of a gulf of difference Pull back further, and the gulf is even more obvious.
Radaking
12 Apr 2017
Re: to much of a gulf of difference Duck me! it looks even worse today.The gulf is getting bigger as JD reported bumper earnings yesterday.If results are favourable in a couple of weeks for SPD there will be some spike.Its as though no one shops at SPD anymore...........that's not what I have seen in the past 6 months.[link]
Radaking
08 Apr 2017
to much of a gulf of difference To much of a gulf of difference me thinks between SPD and JD sports...........[link]
lastminute-world
07 Apr 2017
SHORTS DATA hxxp://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB0031274896/allBetting Against U.K. Retailers Hits 2-Year High Amid Brexit Jitters06/04/2017 12:45pmDow Jones NewsMarks & Spencer (LSE:MKS)Intraday Stock ChartToday : Friday 7 April 2017Philip WallerLONDON--Betting against U.K. retail stocks has hit a two-year high as investors fret about the potential impact on the sector of a "hard Brexit", a study released Thursday showed.Grocers including Ocado Group PLC (OCDO.LN), Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (MRW.LN) and J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY.LN) hold the top three places respectively in a list of the most-heavily shorted stocks in the sector compiled by research group IHS Markit.Marks & Spencer Group PLC (MKS.LN), Halfords Group PLC (HFD.LN), Sports Direct International PLC (SPD.LN) and Pets at Home Group PLC (PETS.LN) have also been targets of short-selling, in which investors bet on a downward movement in shares by borrowing and selling them in the hope of buying them back at a profit later.Online grocer Ocado is also the third most-shorted stock in the FTSE350 Index as a whole, with more than 15% of its shares out on loan.Investors keen to hedge against uncertainty caused by the U.K.'s vote to leave the EU have been shorting UK stocks with a heavy domestic revenue profile since the middle of last year, IHS Markit said.Shorting of retailers, many of which get most or all of their earnings from the U.K. market, has surged in the last few weeks as Britain has triggered Article 50, the EU's mechanism by which an existing member leaves the bloc.The bets now represent 3.3% of the total shares of the 43 retailers in IHS Markit's study, the highest average for the sector in more than two years.IHS Markit analyst Simon Colvin said a growing number of disputes related to the U.K.'s EU exit, such as last week's row over the sovereignty of British overseas territory Gibraltar, risks a so-called "hard Brexit", in which the U.K. would quit the EU without a trade deal after the official two-year negotiating period."Such an outcome could leave retailers paying more for imported goods, owing to both tariffs and a falling pound, while potentially limiting their access to the foreign staff who play an important role in the U.K.'s service industry," Mr Colvin said.While supermarkets have been shorted for a while due to competition from discounters, more bearish sentiment towards clothing and sport goods retailers in the last few weeks indicates the market is steeling itself for a slowdown in non-essential spending, he added.Short interest in M&S has more than doubled in the year to date to 9% of shares outstanding, while shorting of Sports Direct and Pets at Home has climbed by more than a third since the start of the year.Write to Philip Waller at [email protected](END) Dow Jones NewswiresApril 06, 2017 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)Copyright (c) 2017 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Please do your own research.
claude reins
31 Mar 2017
Share in Debenhams increased? News note today with options in Debenhams. Increasing?
Radaking
31 Mar 2017
creeping up Be nice to see this back over £3 today if it can hold and then breakout over £3.50 later this month (24/4/17 next year end to be reported,good or better than expected results should do the trick)................
filberthefox
23 Mar 2017
share buy back i get the feeling Ashley is going to keep buying back, and i am going to hold out until he offers me a good return.
Radaking
23 Mar 2017
Symmetrical Triangle Formation Got a Symmetrical Triangle Formation since last August chartwise.We could either see a break out upwards or downwards in the next few weeks.SPD reports 24/04/2017 so this would come inside and reinforce the triangle.With all the share buybacks and everywhere I look seeing SPD gear,my moneys on the upside (but I have been wrong many times before).Heres HOPING,the last bastion of SUCCESS
Radaking
18 Mar 2017
Going Private If M.A was to take SPD private what would the sp be? Many thanks in advance........
Katonga
17 Mar 2017
Re: Debenhams aint Selfridges but.... See my post 15.2.17
claude reins
17 Mar 2017
Debenhams aint Selfridges but.... ........It has a lot of coverage on the High St in the department store field. Our swashbuckling leader - losing us money as fas as he can make it - did say he wants SPD to be the Selfridge's of his market. Maybe he sees DEB to help....and his investment in French Connection.Also his company has raisedd ots share of SPD to 59% if my memory serves me correctly. Not far to go to 70%+ when he may be minded to make a bid for the whole business and take it private where he can play with hsi his toys with a little less attention than he has been getting so far.And Newcastle may go back into the Premiership. 9 games to go, lost 1 of the last 10 and top of the tree with an automatic promotion spot. This could be the beginning of a good 12 months for our hero!Let's hope, fellow sufferers, we benefit through the share price!
BoyBlunder1
07 Mar 2017
Re: How International ? One of the markers for the sports brands is footwear market share, and Nike are way ahead around the world with something like 23% share of the market, adidas follow with something like 10% market share. But this just change Q on Q and adidas have clawed back the number two spot from Under Armour, with Nike leading the way.Hence whilst Ashley is moving away from hiw secondary brands and moving upmarket to promote the worlds leaders Nike and Adidas.BB1
Radaking
07 Mar 2017
How International ? Down big today boo! However after a month away in Thailand I couldn't help but notice that everytime I went out,airport and actually on the plane.I was surrounded by people wearing SPD gear and logos and even saw a couple of their logo bags.I used to think the International part of the name was a mickey take,but no its deffo all around the world.Adidas was the no 1 in shirts and sportswear, I saw beating SPD by about 15/1......however if the clobber was bought in Thailand then its odds on it was fake.The Thais are pretty shrewd when it comes to copying/fakes and fashion.For the first time in many years I think they have missed something,just like the market.This stock seems to be massively undervalued or I am in for a shareholder kicking.Sportswear in order on sight on my monthly tripAdidas no 1Puma no 2Nike no3 (only just or tied with no 4)Slazenger no 4Everlast & Lonsdale no 5
claude reins
06 Mar 2017
Just another thought Fortunately, it looks like Newcastle will be returning to the top flight. I dont know if he has anything to do with the ruhgby union side but they too are having a revival. He has been indulging himself in some interesting fringe purchases, though I would be more impressed as a shareholder if he appeared to be more active in taking serious steps to becoming the Selfridges of the sporting gear world. I made the wrong choice a long time ago when I didnt back JD Sportjs. I hope that my continued expectations in the revival of SPD are not msiplaced.
