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LONDON (Reuters) - British online fashion retailer Boohoo on Thursday forecast 2021-22 core earnings in line with reduced guidance as it reported an expected slowdown in revenue growth in its latest quarter.

The group, which warned on annual profit in December, said it expected to report adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the year to Feb. 28 of about 125 million pounds ($165 million).

Boohoo said net sales growth in its fourth quarter was 7%, having been up 10% in the previous quarter.

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of breaking a ceasefire to prevent the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the besieged port of Mariupol, where the Red Cross has described conditions as "apocalyptic".

Russia said it would hold fire to let civilians flee besieged cities, but efforts to evacuate Mariupol appeared to have failed again, as have several previous attempts since Saturday.

"Russia continues holding hostage over 400,000 people in Mariupol, blocks humanitarian aid and evacuation. Indiscriminate shelling continues," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). "Almost 3,000 newborn babies lack medicine and food."

Investing.com -- U.S. stock markets opened higher on Wednesday on a change in the messaging from Russia and Ukraine that suggested they may be inching toward a negotiated settlement after two weeks of war.

Russia's Foreign Ministry dropped what had appeared to be a key element of its war objectives as Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow doesn't want to occupy Ukraine or overthrow its government.

Later, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the country was willing to discuss adopting neutral status in return for security guarantees, something that would make the issue of Ukraine joining NATO a moot point.

23m Boohoo shares have changed hands so far today - who is it?

Putin needs to be hit hard with an embargo on his oil, otherwise, he'll continue to use the trillions made from his oil to invade other Eastern European countries.

Putin needs to be stopped with every possible conceivable measure.

As far as I know the rules have changed for the London Stock Exchange. The O now stands for Off Order Book and these don't have to be reported at all.

No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Looks like more shorts may have reduced today because there have been more than 22 million Boohoo shares traded today.

Marshall Wace down to 1.97%

Citadel out of their boohoo short completely by the looks of it.

29 million Boohoo shares - who was it???

Well Done Ukraine. Keep fighting. Never Give Up.

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have retaken the regional airport in the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolayiv from Russian forces, regional Governor Vitaliy Kim said on Monday.

"The roads are open, we control the bridges, you can safely leave Mykolayiv (city) and other towns," he said in a televised statement.

Be thankful you're not In Ukraine.

Think of the children in Ukraine who must be terrified beyond anything imaginable.

The only way to hit Putin really hard is to stop buying his oil. This will have consequences.

SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes said: "The rally was triggered by reports that the US Congress is pushing for an embargo of oil imports from Russia.

"The market is pricing out Russian oil supply - through a US and EU embargo - while pricing in Iran supply. But the loss of Russian oil exceeds the upside from Iran. Why it's difficult to calculate a top is because Russian oil will find its way to the Chinese market lessening demand from the Middle East while simultaneously factoring in demand destruction is a wild card at best. Still, you don't cut off the world's second-largest oil supplier and expect speculators and buyers to sit idle."

Marshall Wace have 47 shorts and £1.5bn in these 47 shorts.

Boohoo is one of 47 short positions held by Marshall Wace.

2.15% short position in Boohoo is about 25m shares at 70p each is around £17.5m, so b***er all to Marshall Wace with £1.5bn in shorts.

Said with tongue in cheek and not to be taken seriously

Oh no, Norges bank has bought more, so the share price is going down again!!!

It doesn't matter whether N Brown is a basket case or not. It's the thought of soaring inflation that may be hitting the share prices of Boohoo, Asos and THG.

Asos and THG both down more than 10%. Boohoo down less.

Maybe down to N Brown's future guidance. N Brown down 25% so be glad you're not in N Brown (BWNG):-

(Sharecast News) - N Brown lost almost a quarter of its market value after the online clothing and homeware retailer warned earnings would be lower than expected because of soaring inflation.

In an unscheduled trading update N Brown said results for the year that ended on 27 February would be in line with forecasts including adjusted earnings of £93m-£96m.

But the company said rapidly rising inflation meant earnings for the current year would be similar to the 12 months that ended in February 2021 when earnings were £87m. House broker Shore Capital cut its earnings estimate for this year from £103m to £87m after the statement.

N Brown shares fell more than 24% in early trading and were down 27.5% to 28.19p at 08:41 GMT.

The cost of shipping goods will stay high during the year and rising inflation will push up other costs, N Brown said. Shore said N Brown absorbed £12m of extra freight costs last year in the expectation that rates would soften. Labour, energy and distribution costs are also rising, it said.

Steve Johnson, N Brown's chief executive, said: "We are not immune to the supply chain and inflationary cost pressures being seen across the wider market. However, we continue to take proactive actions to offset these and mitigate the impact on our FY23 performance."

Rational Brain - future guidance could be negative and the share price could go down 25% to 60p or future guidance could be positive and the share price could go up 25% to 100p. Can I weather it if the share price goes down to 60p. Do I need the money soon and therefore I can't take the risk of the share price going down to 60p

Emotional brain - it's definitely going down to 60p and further because the world's falling apart, war in Ukraine, inflation, supply chain, everybody's frightened, I'm scared too, etc., etc.

Never say never to future negative guidance. Too many people thought Putin would never invade Ukraine and he did. The rational brain needs to consider all eventualities, positive and negative, without letting the emotional brain take over.

When it comes to making decisions about shares, try your best to use your rational brain and not your emotional brain.

N Brown aren't a retailer for 16 to 24 year olds like Boohoo.

The trading update for Boohoo on 10 March 2022 will be all down to future guidance. If future guidance is positive, then the share price will go up. If future guidance is negative, then the share price will go down.