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Just pointing out facts while you change every single angle you can😉...

Trying to say hotel chocolate is a growth company compared to boohoo was absolutely wrong.

If happy believes an offer could come in then that's his choice - it could be true however I don't believe a take could happen.

I wonder if in 2007/2008 people said it was over for next??

Gross margin improved from 52.7% to 53.3% and return rates improved year on year.3 Oct 2023

Which margin has been "crucified"?

You have yet to back that statement up.

Poster's here said online peaked through the pandemic.... I called ballcr@p on them then and I'm calling it again now.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12791013/amp/Black-Friday-bargain-hunters-break-online-shopping-record.html

Black Friday bargain hunters break online shopping record with customers spending almost $10 BILLION to avoid pushy crowds

The total spend could hit record $37.2 billion sales during Cyber Week, the 5 days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday

2 facts

Boohoo passed discounts onto customers

Boohoo improved margin

Those are facts.

We know their margin has improved since last year....

"So basically pretty flat after allowing for inflation?"

Except boohoo haven't inflated their prices - we know they have passed the saving on to customers.

On solid ground... Very interesting facts there....

The facts once again seem vastly better than the scare mongering rubbish posted here late last week....

Jeremy - what wolf and hexam are jumping to is that the company value is more to do with sp x number of shares than just the sp alone... And they are using this to try to belittle you....

However your statement in basic terms was correct...

You seem to be giving your opinion as fact there wolf - you have stated that hotel chocolate is a growth stock and that is that.. But the fact is revenue is falling.... The company is 30 years old and has revenue of 200 million.... Hardly growth.

They may have loads to go at but they didn't seem to be getting it with falling revenue. If you look at a singular year you could say neither are growth stocks at that point..... Nobody knows the future though.

Probably worth noting hotel chocolate has sold for nearly 3 x revenue.....

Also worth noting what people were saying in the lead up to the offer.... Busted flush etc etc....

PippiLongStockin

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Busted flush19 Jul 2022 22:50

Convince yourselves all you

Like but this is a busted flush

Financial overview. Hotel Chocolat sales slipped 9.6% to £204.5m in the “challenging” financial year ended 2 July 2023 (FY2022) as a result of lower online and international revenues. The previous year, sales had surged by more than a third (+37.4%) to £226.1m, bolstered by a rebound in store sales.

How is hotel chocolate a growth business and boohoo is not?

Interesting to see the chat being controlled today.... Genuine holders need not post.....

Just here for balance and all that 😉....

You wouldn't believe a certain poster here had once told another user to "go and buy length of rope".... I mean that shouldn't be removed should it??

Alex the catalyst will be..

Rising revenue

Rising customer base

Improving margins

2 or 3 updates showing a trend of the above will see a much better sp...

Looks like we may have hit the turn around point for online..... The news certainly suggests the trend to online has returned....

Https://www.ft.com/content/ca8b1667-ac43-4356-babf-07a89c9fcb22

Thanksgiving marked the official start of the Black Friday seasonal sale, or “Cyber Week”, that has expanded — and crept forward — each year, enticing shoppers with heavy discounts in stores and online. Spending on Thanksgiving Day was 5.5 per cent higher this year than in 2022, and has nearly doubled from just $2.9bn in 2017.

Https://www.axios.com/2023/11/24/black-friday-sales-cyber-monday-2023-spending

Black Friday shoppers expected to spend $9.6 billion online

This year, 95% of people said they plan to holiday shop, up from 92% in 2022 and 88% in 2021, according to a late summer Deloitte survey.

Https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/11/24/black-friday-sales-could-reach-96-billion-adobe-predicts-as-holiday-shopping-may-hit-new-record-this-year/amp/