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Week Ahead: Big week for retailers
Next week is a big one for the UK retail sector, with a number of heavyweights set to report on Christmas trading, including Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Debenhams, Sainsbury and Tesco. Among the second tier players, the announcements from Game, Halfords, Home Retail, HMV, Thorntons and Mothercare will also be keenly anticipated, as all have had their trials and tribulations of late. Adding to the retail theme, the British Retail Consortium's Shop Price Index is out on Wednesday[6 Jan '12]
Week Ahead: Next to report on Christmas trading
Wednesday looks like it could be a big day for the retail sector with fashion chain Next making a trading announcement that should give a clue to how the festive shopping season went.[31 Dec '11]
Week Ahead: Aggreko, National Express, BoE minutes
It may be the week before Christmas next week but it will not be quite the non-event that some traders already in holiday mood are hoping for.[16 Dec '11]
Week ahead: Retailers in focus ahead of Christmas
Retailers will be in focus next week, with Carpetright, Sports Direct and Moss Bros among the companies scheduled to report. The outlook statements in particular will be closely-watched by the markets ahead of the key Christmas trading period.[9 Dec '11]
Week Ahead: Ticket to Schadenfreude for TUI
Massive attention has been focused on the cash-flow problems of package tour operator Thomas Cook recently, so the full-year results of rival holiday firm TUI Travel on Monday are certain to attract a lot of attention.[2 Dec '11]
Week Ahead: Pub groups, Kingfisher, US jobs
We've had updates from Mitchells and Butlers, Enterprise Inns, Young's and Fuller's, and next week it is the turn of big hitters Marston's and Greene King to represent what used to be called the beerage, in jocular reference to the preponderance of toffs in the board rooms of Britain's brewers.[25 Nov '11]
Week Ahead: Diploma, Compass, central bank minutes
Next week's batch of expected trading updates is light on FTSE 100 heavyweights and heavy on the second-liners. A number of utilities are due to declare, while there is also a boozy feel to the week with pub groups Enterprise Inns and Mitchells & Butlers going head to head on Tuesday, while London-focused pubs owners Young's and Fuller's update on Thursday and Friday, respectively.[18 Nov '11]
Week ahead: Eurozone GDP, Burberry, SABMiller
Next week will likely focus on the ongoing developments in the Eurozone, especially with the region's economic growth data due out on Tuesday. However, several blue chip companies will release their interim results, including Burberry, SABMiller and ICAP.[11 Nov '11]
Week Ahead: Lloyds Banking, Marks and Spencer, BoE
There is no shortage of big companies reporting in the second week of November, with the likes of HSBC and Lloyds keeping the banking results season ticking over, and Legal & General continuing the spate of insurers reporting. On top of that, the Bank of England will be reporting on Thursday on how the resumption of the quantitative easing programme is progressing.[4 Nov '11]
Week Ahead: Danger of Barclays revising targets
Barclays gets the week off to a flying start with a trading statement which, as usual, is likely to be dominated by Barclays Capital (BarCap), the investment banking arm of the organisation.[28 Oct '11]
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