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In view of the eye watering losses being wracked up by HoF as announced in the end of year results, are you not pressing for this company to issue a Christmas trading update like other retailers. If not why not. The share price has tumbled since David Forsey left this company and the eventual unseating of Helliwell has done nothing to improve fortunes here. I'm surprised you have not sold up by now. I see your leader is sending off correspondence to politicians about his failed investments which will only lead to public scrutiny about his own actions and those of others close to him. Take it on the chin old boy.
Shrewsbury hof closed now I gather. In Bristol, the concessions like Chanel were pulling out and as I understand it in Bath the council have other ideas. Much the same in Birmingham. Intu at a number of sites aren't interested either. So it is important to expose this doublespeak about Oxford Street and Westfield being the only places for a retailer to earn a crust as it is inconsistent with the boasts of the creation of the Harrods of the north when the shelves are empty pending shut downs. Just as Odey's investment here is inconsistent with previous comments about HoF. Still with a bit of digging and probing the truth will out.. And in the meantime, there are loads of other shares with better potential in the long, medium and short term. Have a good weekend.
It's all being kept quiet - one moment the saviour of HoF - the next branch after branch closing and only the locals hear about it .. I do fear for my local Bristol & Bath stores... meanwhile - the shorter friends are targeting Debenhams 24/7 .. what do people think will happen if SPD take this company over? ... branch after branch will close...
And no this isn't like the shorter guy who spammed the vod bb. This is the sort of information this company should be providing to its shareholders. via rns. Why no Christmas update. This company is a complete disgrace.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/business/house-fraser-nottingham-set-close-2219582
How many branches are left and how much arey the losing. Harrods of the north my elbow
I very much think so. The future son in law is more of a Keith Helliwell sort of guy lol
I think I have my Cirencesters and my Chichesters mixed up and the first one seems to be already a goner. This information should be released by the company and not local press
And for the sake of transparency, I will be asking the FCA what steps have been taking since enrc was delisted to protect small shareholders in companies like spd and certain other matters. It's about time the politicians did more than fire questions at select committee hearings. spd doesn't have a decent public image as it is but you aint seen nothing yet.
https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/16963235.house-of-fraser-in-cirencester-prepares-for-closure/
I think I will hang about this board and hammer the nails in each of the coffins one by one because we don't want any delusional sheep still thinking we have an investor worth following when investing in jd sports seems to have been the only thing to bear fruit.
Accounts seem to be six months overdue from what I am seeing on line. I guess that's a bit like a retailer which doesn't see the need to do a Christmas trading update. Makes you wonder what other questionable practices are going on here. It took ages to unseat the previous Chairman here who hung on for dear life but it doesn't really matter what puppets are brought in here. This is a company run for the benefit of one family only.
If you believe what MA has said about the High Street being dead then there must be a distinct possibility of this and if there is no Christmas trading update from this lot again then I'd be worried about the debt here ticking up to worrying levels and the lack of any transparency. I had a very profitable long trade with Halfords today though they issued a profit warning and if they are struggling then Evans must be toast again. Halfords have just launched the world's first smart bike which links to Alexa so where exactly does that leave Evans?
A dept store more than 100 years old in Ayr, Hourstons, is to close but no HoF in the town to take advantage nor in any of the malls I shop in like intu Braehead or Silverburn. So much for the Harrods of the north for a shopper like me as I'm not going to jump in a helicopter down to the big smoke. It's all piffle anyhow as HoF Oxford Street was due to close under the CVA so doubt much will have changed there. People can ramp all they want on here but Mike's finest hour was when he bought shares in rival jd sports and sold at a profit at a time when shares in his own company were plummeting. An embarrassing epitaph by anybody's standards.
The number of branch closures being reported is alarming and MA has been spotted in Devon where there are concerns in Plymouth and elsewhere. The staff and the market need to know what is going on here. Internet traffic at Hof is what exactly?
According to the chief executive of this company the high street is dead https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2018/12/mike-ashley-mainstream-high-streets-already-dead/
The last holdings rns was a cfd (odey) so hope smaller holders aren't having their knitting ripped here.
started the year nicely with steady daily gains. hopefully with more positive retail news and a brexit deal that won't harm the businesses more than the what they already have, maybe this is the year where the SP of SPD recovers.
Why not get Rod to model Celtic tops teamed with a pair of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqOh4z2ASdk
Probably legally watertight if Donald was consulted. Gist is posh girl on High Street in Glasgow, loadsa bags though no advertising on beeb tells boyfriend she has been to MA's HoF. Brings fake fur leopard skin or similar leggings and trackie bottoms out the bag. RFC in the ascendancy ah what might have been but good to see the whole of Glasgow firing on all cylinders macaroons, spearmint chewing gum selling well and no doubt the fake merchandise. Don't no if the sketch will have the longevity of Frankie boy's whaur's the birds which reminds me I have a big turkey to stuff.
Click and collect charges imposed for all sizes of orders? Why? £5 voucher for spending in store as a means of refunding postal charges for on line orders when folk would rather the £5 wasn't charged in the first place. No cash refunds at all just exchanges or credit notes. Why? Any Christmas update planned to see if HoF weekly losses are increasing? Any dividend? No wonder I am suspicious that this could be taken private and any investors fleeced. Doubt it was a happy ending for lots at ruspetro or enrc although the latter did offer part cash and part shares in another company which eventually recovered. I think we need some serious press coverage on this enclave of a company. How many HoF branches saved so far? Why don't we know. We need to be told by the Telegraph. I feel for the shop floor workers in Birmingham and the like but not for the headless chickens running this show. Merry Christmas to the staff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0m_o2gxbsUc
in Birmingham https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/house-fraser-set-transformed-hotel-15520863 similar in Leamington and numerous other branches. What is the workers' rep on the board doing or saying about this.
Father in law said I looked like a youngster in a JC at Debenhams dress Sid. Anyhow would the last person still here switch the lights out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eb1slZViMo
Joy by Jean Patou. It must be close to your birthday? I bought a box of Thorntons darks new I think this year. I insisted on the box being opened before leaving them with the recipient. Lots of Nutella gifts this year? Happy birthday and Christmas.
I’m a Penhaligons sort of person.
QE, curious, what is your fav. Perfume?
No 5 is only my second favourite perfume but poor old Marilyn would have had nothing to wear in bed. When the beeb start sending round wee Emma, it usually only means one thing.