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And presumably you think Pokerchips that the HoF chaos in terms of its website being down for weeks, its loss of customers given their treatment by the old and new owners and its lack of progress so far in confirming which of its stores will remain open has had no positive impact on Debenhams. As a customer in a debs store today, I was able to buy what I wanted. No lack of stock evident. Maybe some journalist will choose to find some other angle to the stores being well stocked other than this credit insurance story? Where I shopped today, East Kilbride new town, will have no M & S other than a food outlet from early next year. No I'm with Dipyourbreadin on this one, I think renewed efforts are afoot to sell Newcastle United. I think sports direct need Debenhams otherwise HoF is going to be a total disaster for them. They want a foot in the door in Scandinavian by their own admission and if nobody on a bb or the Press can answer Dip's legal question then I've had enough of the sensationalism for now.

Hi Dip I'm going out to buy some clothes while I still can lol. I've been in the Debenhams in Swindon which I used as a base when visiting Longleat and LEGOLAND. I have some sympathy for the Swindon landlord of HoF if its versions of events are correct and a bit of a pattern is emerging it has to be said. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

The writer(s) might have gone to school with Crispin?

Mash accounts overdue when I last checked Dipyourbreadin.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/reports-suggest-gloucestershire-branch-house-2058682

Exeter and Bath close by also with coats on a shoogly peg

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-house-fraser-close-mike-13291798

https://www.drapersonline.com/news/house-of-fraser-landlord-hits-back-at-sports-direct/7032363.article

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/house-fraser-sports-direct-ashley-2058513

Ah but you never know when Magasin du Nord type news might arrive. The company said in its last rns what the profits would be for the year and the House of Fraser effect might be reaping benefits. You pays your money and you takes your chances and some people it has to be said do neither.

Without looking at the update in any detail must be worth a buy for the interim divi alone.

It is a good question you pose about the legalities though Dip. Pokerchips or anybody else know the answer to Dip's question.

He has publicly spoken of being stabbed in the back by spd holders which may or may not include Odey so his focus on Mash holdings may be the way forward and taking spd private. Then again maybe the former spd director made a faux pas either deliberately or unintentionally in the comments re. Debenhams. I think House of Fraser is going to have a job regaining any respectability with customers on its own steam. Recent article in the Star confirms the jarring mix of products in HoF which I saw on Monday in Jenners. Debenhams came high up on the list of reputable retailers recently whilst spd came bottom https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/732226/House-of-Fraser-store-Sports-Direct-Mike-Ashley-tracksuits-Adidas-Lee-Cooper

From the dates provided, it was a quick sharp loss on their short position? It'll be time for the senior citizens' lunch clubs soon. Anybody had the memory test for dementia yet and remember the days of buying their cigarette papers in John Menzies instead of W H Smith. Them were the days.

JinkyJ you must be called after the winger who toyed with the defenders of Inter Milan and played for the greatest club in Scotland and in Europe at the time. LOL bought a Messi Top in Marrakech for a few Dirhams from a snake charmer.

short being opened one day and closed the next.

Lol glad to see some of the more negative posters from the 19p days have taken up residence on some other bbs now.

PS I can't imagine MA and Odey have too much in common either. If a friend was shorting shares I held then I wouldn't be too chuffed with them. Then again I wonder if Mash as opposed to spd could give Odey asset management a bit of a nightmare. Just about to check the oil price which hopefully will give me some sweet dreams.

Apologies for taking so long to get back to you. I saw your post at the weekend saying you think MA has a point about greedy landlords but if his terms were as I suspect then the landlords may well think he is a complete skinflint who could be gone anyway at the end of or before any cheap or free rent period. Not difficult to beat that and I suspect it already has been in Edinburgh possibly with a non retailing tenant t going in as the landlord served a notice to quit on the old HoF.

Did you mean he was being a vocal deb shareholder now re. the dividend or in pursuing more spd concessions within debs?. LOL spd never pays divis but it is not necessarily what every women wants if the company is claiming to be in a very healthy state. Interesting though that 3 HoF store closures so far announced are in towns or cities were deb's has a presence and most of the ones announced as saved so far are in areas were deb's doesn't have an overly nearby presence. But agree with you on the weakness of the HoF website. But again you have to ask who is going to place a new order on line with HoF. According to Which, people are still awaiting refunds from spd for cancelled orders they accepted when they took over quite apart from all the others who lost out on goods and gift cards at the hands of HoF itself. Totally toxic situation which could end up with spd itself getting very damaged. ATB

over HoF you have debs. Nobody in their right mind is going to shop with them if they are still awaiting refunds from orders cancelled after sports direct took over. The only substantial numbers I saw yesterday in Jenners Loch Lomond on a local public holiday were in the café but it wasn't as busy as the nearby Thorntons café and I was supporting the tearoom on the Maid of the Loch.

Good stuff Debenhams. The majority of British shoppers don't dabble in shares and couldn't tell you whose share price is up or down. You have a big advantage with HoF not even in a position yet to sort out refunds for cancelled on line orders post the spd takeover. That's no way to treat customers and it's not cricket either. It might be one of the reasons, the recent rns from debs cited some recent encouraging uplift in the numbers.