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Selective 007.... you could have chosen this:
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here was no sign of a slowdown in the luxury watch market, as Watches of Switzerland reported a 17% increase in revenue for the three months to 29 January, but shares fell amid slow growth in jewellery sales.
The company, which stocks brands including Rolex, Patek Philippe and TagHeuer, brought in £402 million during the period. Luxury watch sales were up 22% to £340 million.
AM seems to have replied to a few e-mails yesterday, myself included. Basically, a limit to what he could (or wanted) to say, but I felt suitably reassured.
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So AM has emailed you AGAIN RBM. Interesting that he has so much time. Would it be possible to post a screenshot on your chosen form of social media (Instagram, Twitter) and post a link here, so we can all share in this reassurance. Thanks in advance.
You'd think excluding the exceptional items in last years accounts a similar FY revenue (as stated in the December RNS) would generate a reasonable profit this year, which should see an impressive re-rate.... if the fall last year is anything to go by.
£22m exceptional expenses in last years results due to IPO and other associated costs (share options), but without those this year, could we return to profit.... and what impact on share price when announced??
Agreed, hard to understand the magnitude of that early drop based on the positive RNS.
What is most challenging is we cannot accept Exec statements at their word. Last year they advised they were on track. We find on update this is not the case. No call after. Trust and visibility have value and this is in short supply. The Chair should be instilling this. Results poor - with a potential for improvement - but you just can’t trust what MM says and Chair is MIA. As you know I’m in 110p ave.
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Correct. How many posters said the absence of a red dot leading up to the results guaranteed they would deliver on previous projections. Corporate governance is still a huge issue as MM does exactly what he wants and no-one pulls him into line.
Read Part 2 as well:
PART 2: THE YEAR AHEAD
Full Price Sales Forecast
Forecasting for the year ahead at this early stage comes with a high level of uncertainty. We have assumed that full price sales for the year ending January 2024 will be down -1.5% against the current year. Underlying product sales are expected to be down -2.2%. Interest income, from our consumer Finance business, is expected to contribute +0.7% growth to sales. This is mainly as a result of consumer balances continuing their return to pre-pandemic levels.
Some might think this forecast is overly cautious in the context of our performance in the second half of this year. However, we believe that the following factors are likely to dampen demand:
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Inflation in essential goods, particularly energy
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Rising mortgage costs as consumers' fixed interest rate deals expire
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Continued price inflation in our own products (see below)
On a more positive note, we expect employment to remain strong so are not anticipating a collapse in demand or any increase in bad debt over and above our current provisions.
All the Buys 09:58 onwards were 15.33 upwards and the first sells after 09:58 was at 15.13, so I'd suggest the biggie was a sell.
23-Dec-22 10:03:23 15.13 36,000 Sell* 15.00 15.50 5,447 O
23-Dec-22 10:01:40 15.13 11,569 Sell* 15.00 15.50 1,750 O
23-Dec-22 10:01:05 15.33 4,094 Buy* 15.00 15.50 627.61 O
23-Dec-22 10:00:12 15.33 10,000 Buy* 15.00 15.50 1,533 O
23-Dec-22 09:57:59 15.35 10,000 Buy* 15.00 15.50 1,535 O
23-Dec-22 09:57:43 15.50 3,225 Buy* 15.00 15.50 499.88 O