SuperGroup Share News (SGP)

FTSE 250 movers: Retailers and energy stocks surge, ex-dividend insurers lower

Supergroup made strong gains after Investec said a focus on retail execution and UK profit maximisation was a "major opportunity". The broker reiterated its 'buy' rating, with analyst Kate Calvert adding: "We see material growth opportunities, not only in maximising UK profitability by optimising it

Thursday broker round-up

Asos: Cannacord Genuity raises target to 3,250p from 2,520p and reiterates hold. Cambian Group: Cannacord Genuity lifts target to 311p from 294p and reiterates buy. BP: JP Morgan raises target to 410p from 400p and reiterates underweight. Royal Dutch Shell: Investec reiterates hold. Supergroup: C

FTSE 250 movers: Petrofac beats analysts' expectations, AO World and Supergroup drop

Petrofac topped the risers as profits came in above analysts' expectations, albeit towards the bottom of the company's own guidance. Chief executive Ayman Asfari said the company was well positioned to deal with the oil industry's declining prices, as the group ended the year with a record-breaking

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: AO World Shares Dive On Profit Warning

UPDATE 1-SuperGroup's finance chief quits after being declared bankrupt

(Adds details, analyst reaction, shares) By Paul Sandle LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - SuperGroup Plc, the owner of the Superdry fashion brand, said on Wednesday its finance chief Shaun Wills had quit after being declared bankrupt two weeks ago. Wills, who is a qualified accountant,

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Weir Group Falls On Poor 2015 Outlook

Supergroup boardroom upheaval continues as CFO replaced

In four months under the whip of new chief executive Euan Sutherland, Supergroup has parted company with half the executives on the board after chief financial officer Shaun Wills was issued marching orders on Wednesday. Wills' departure, which was branded "bizarre" and a "genuine shock", comes just

SuperGroup CFO Leaves After Being Declared Personally Bankrupt

SuperGroup's finance chief leaves after he was declared bankrupt

LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - SuperGroup plc said its finance chief Shaun Wills had stepped down after the company learnt he was the subject of a personal bankruptcy order earlier this month. The owner of the fashion brand Superdry said on Wednesday Nick Wharton, previously chief executive of

Supergroup surprises as COO squeezed out

Supergroup has parted company with chief operating officer Susanne Given, with the shock announcement sending the shares lower on Thursday afternoon. Given has departed with immediate effect "to explore other opportunities", less than four months since new chief executive Euan Sutherland took the re

UPDATE 1-SuperGroup operations chief abruptly leaves

(Adds detail, spokesman, analyst comment, shares) LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - SuperGroup, the British firm behind the Superdry fashion brand, is parting company with its chief operating officer four months after it recruited the former boss of the Co-op to be its new chief executive. T

SuperGroup COO to leave firm

LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - SuperGroup, the British firm behind the Superdry fashion brand, has parted company with its chief operating officer. The firm said on Thursday that Susanne Given, who joined SuperGroup in 2012, has stepped down from the board as a director with immediate effect an

SuperGroup COO Susanne Given Leaves Company

Superdry clothing stores to open in Russia

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's PNN Group will open two stores selling SuperGroup's Superdry clothing label in Russia in the coming months, despite gloomy expectations for consumer sentiment due to a slump in the rouble and a foundering economy. SuperGroup said two franchised stores

FTSE 250 movers: Miners and oil companies trading higher, Halma hit by downgrade

Halma took its biggest one day fall since May 2010, as JP Morgan downgraded the stock from 'neutral' to 'underweight'. Man Group was among the fallers despite an increased price objective from analysts at Liberum Capital, from 145p to 213p. Polymetal International and Kaz Minerals were putting in d