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Mixed but hopefully some light at the end of the tunnel
Its a bit of a funny one this share, if I am honest - I am not a massive trader, only had a few grand to start with to play with and have slowly upped to a �10k portfolio (roughly �1000 of shares in 10 companys) - so I am no way experienced to really help. But my take on laura ashley is it has to be a sale to sell anything, I think the clothes are of a similar quality to Monsoon, but they are constantly 50 - 70% off. So margins are being squeezed a lot - although this is happening generally across the board. We have laura ashley wallpaper at home, me and my wife are in our 30's - so in theory Laura Ashley should be doing well - or maybe we just have slightly older taste but there wallpaper is good quality (funnily enough bought in the sale!). The hotel side, can't remember where I read it, but sales have actually gone down, although really this is a small part of the business. Tbh the brand is really going no where - I hope one day it does blossom, but under current leadership I have my doubts, and it looks like the market does as well. You would think we would maybe hear something to try and prop the shares up a bit, but nothing, apart from more and more people on the board / payroll. I have my suspicions that maybe this will eventually die a death (which would be a shame) and a possible asset sale etc, which will only benefit them at the top and not us. My shares are worth about �150 now, so just really holding, but I have a suspicion I will possibly loose my money.
nothing to get excited about, a far eastern corporate accountant. This company needs British leadership.
I can relate to what you say. These shares have been drifting downwards with no apparent reasoning. Take a look at today, the volume of buys is greater than sells yet the share price still declines. I’m averaging 8.3p on these so I hope some decent results will propel them upwards.
company not really paying dividends, we had a extended year end / trading period. Overall its been poor - got my first lot at 28p, tbh awaiting next cheap share commission day on halifax and bailing, I have been buying up supergroup (have been since 1200p) (now superdry) as tbh they actually have a plan, and shareholders get updates, laura ashley nothing happens - it just floats a long. I don't expect to have announcements every week, but we hear absolutely f all from the company. The shares are pretty much in freefall, although I wouldn't expect them to go lower and they have!
New appointment
Aly has a bit of a bad run but he markets are rocketing tonight so should get a better day tomorrow
Well you can sit on your hands and do nothing and just hope that things will get better, or you can try and do something. This company shows no signs that they have a plan that will turn things around, I've been watching them for many years. I would dearly like it to turn around and be a great British company again selling British designed and made goods as the market is there, but with the current board it's unlikely to happen. I have actively written to them to query things but it needs more of you to do the same and also turn up at the AGM. In my view it will take someone with some real vision and business drive to sort this one out. It's not decamping, it's trying to stir some action up for the greater good. If you look on the Companies House website you will see all the directors there together with the LA address, so I would suggest sending a letter to one or all of them to ask what their plans are.
AJ16 , You sound just like the people on the GAW board when I bought at 5.47, it was going nowhere, management were clueless, blah blah blah, and a year later, selling for a 300% profit. And I expect back after the big crash, the exact same was being spouted about aly when last they were at this price level. If stew is ramping, your de ramping. The downward slide is down to the input cost inflation due to drop in the pound, and a poor summer range. Pound has strengthened since, it will feed through to the bottom line later in the year as margin pressure eases. Conditions across all retail is hard, but ALY is over sold. ( They have low debt,a healthy hotel business and foreign earnings on the plus side, and uk retail on the -ve as having a tough time at present, but it will improve )
It's called whistling in the dark. The downward slide accelerated when Khoo Kay Peng's wife was awarded a �64million divorce settlement. The shops are dull with no imaginative display and a confusing range of goods with no USP. I've watched these slide steadily downwards from July 2014 when they were 34p, I've given up caring now and moved on to other retailers who have moved with the times. Good luck but I would cut your losses while you can as unless a miracle happens LA is surely doomed.
No I’m afraid it’s free speech and will post what I want. I have been bullish since 9p and since then average down to now averaging about 7p. Reckon Laura Ashley will eventually turn business round and do extemely well. I have been into quite a few shops and asked and all employees seem to think their shops are getting busier and busier. Also most people I speak to lover the Laura Ashley brand. So NO I will continue to post and remain bullish. If it goes txts up then so be it you loose some and win some. Had some cracking hits during 2017 so let’s see what 2018 brings here. Better days ahead in my opinion!!!!!!!!
Please do not post any more crapola here you must be the biggest ramper around, perhaps an insider? Face it man the company has had it period......
Under ALY management. Prepare for growth
Got just under 4m now and managed to lower my average to just under 7p. Reckon these will come good soon. Plan to make a few hundred grand profit here eventually
Yes AJ16 I agree he has tried to talk it up and at one point was talking of buying millions of shares. However there has been very little out of the company, recent appointments aside. So speculation has perhaps taken more root than usual.
Are you a Supertramp fan? The SP has dropped in inverse relation to you trying to big it up over the last year.
Price firmed considerably at close could be on for big recovery now
Well this could be good news as she has a fashion background, not a youngster mind you. On the down side we yet another Malaysian, nice enough people but their fellow Malaysians have nothing nothing for the company. The third appointment is the finance director who has been there years. These shares are going nowhere until the shareholders rebel at the next AGM.
could be transformation to this business! wonder whether the share price will catch on next week?
yes i do. Its more a question of when. Its been a tough year for uk retail. Next update may not be the best, but as inflation eases and real incomes improve as expected, things will get better. Risk is a big brexit spanner in the works from the eu of course, then it would take longer to recover.
Well that’s s good start certainly not the tactics of a company going bust. All 3 look pretty impressive!!! Greats news let’s hope we ge back to double figures shortly
do you think its physically possible for this share to rise?
State of uk retail is cyclical, current situation brought about by drop in the pound because of brexit, and squeeze on wages. Both which will ease up through 2018. At this time, companies that fail are those heavily in debt, Laura ashley is not heavily indebted. And profit ftom hotel buisness and overseas sales will help. I cant help but wonder how many of the doom and gloom lot previously loaded up last time around at 8 to 10 p, made 20% MIN in dividends, sold at 100% or more profit, and want to repeat it, but being greedy, want to try and scare people into srlling and forcing the price even lower. If i think its bad, i sell up and move on, i dont spend time posting on a share i am not interested in ?
How do you know this mate? Do you work for the company,??? I often go into the shops in uk and they seems quite busy with very nice gear
Shorts coming through on ALY in advance of the update circa 16th Feb. Of note will be the UK on-line sales and the new overseas offerings (a major shift out of UK retail). Before people start capitulating it should be noted that ALY have been operating out of 538 Future Retail Stores in India between the last reporting period to date - this has not yet been shown in any previous figures. Also through the Nanjing concession in China, plus Chinese online sales. Both of these new offerings have the capacity to exceed the general falls associated with UK retail. Now is the time to buy, not sell. Expect a resumption of dividend in 2018.