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.... no evidence that should read.....

My friend, you could say that about any holding, I'm afraid that there is evidence to support your wishful thinking.

an eternal optimist!

yes but earnings per share down 2/3rds this year unfortunately

You may be right but by the same token any potential buyer will not want to pay much for a failing business which they know KKP wants to offload. More Lemmings buying today I see.

They have a business plan but nothing stands out. I really don't see any reason for the early afternoon buying activity today, probably based on lack of knowledge and an excess of hopefully punting. Nothing to do but sit it out if you already have shares, not looking great though. As I said they really need to look at themselves hard and develop a USP range so that people know what the brand stands for. It could be great again but will need a management team with far more vision.

Not good news but then as a long term shareholder who has watched the steady decline, the share price hasn't been this low for over 10 years so it's quite clear that despite various persons here trying to 'big' things up over the past months, that this company is in bad shape and in dire need of new management, new direction. and a USP which sets it apart from the voracious competitors. The stores look like glorified charity shops and the mirror furniture is plain weird and no match for Heals range. IMO it's a gloomy outlook unless they act positively soon to bring back British designed & made products- avoid/sell.

Anyone got a significant holding like over 100,000 shares?

A shame that she has gone, we are left with mainly foreigners now. Not looking good.

Brave. Is your move based on any particular knowledge/information source?

Really? Is this a better prediction than your takeover one a month ago?

There have been a couple of people here bigging things up here foe a while, good luck to you but looking back at past threads no one has predicted correctly so I would be very wary about acting on anything here. True that the long downslide has reversed slightly but has anyone got authenticated company news/inside info?

Hmm, depends if you think that going from 30p to 11p over three years is reasonable/acceptable. I've had shares in this company for well over 10 years and it's been a dismal ride. The problem as I see it is that when you look into the stores there is no stand out USP to draw people in, a bit hash maybe, but they all look a bit like glorified charity shops with everything jumbled up so much that you can't really get a grip on how they see themselves in the marketplace. As I said I think they need to think back to what made them so successful way back and different.

God help us from more foreign intervention, the Malaysians have been useless, this company needs to re-invent it self and go back to it's roots with a defined English/British design emphasis and more English/British directors with a more even share spread, the time is right.