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John Hume has been busy writing multiple long waffle posts on BOO board where he holds no shares but keeps getting his wrist smacked and posts removed by the mods for libel and defamatory language. His recommendation of GGP was a total disaster.

Regarding the concerning probe into Shein's labour issues and potential loss of sales in US, UK and Europe, I'm sure BOO will be able to step in and fill the demand when Shein get banned. Especially true as BOO's new US DC gets under way.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65452976

Nipped in for a quick look after a few days walking, see nothings changed with this turkey, still going nowhere and SP still nowhere near the promised 20€, still the same old awful customer service.
Dear oh dear
Nobody loves Ryanair

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65450219

Thanks for bringing attention to me of Shein and their alleged forced labour practices. Be good to get rid of Shein from the western marketplace. Good article which I hope gets well circulated to BOO's core demographic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65452976

Johnhume
BIRG will bounce back don't you worry. I see the mods have deleted all your long winded posts on the BOO board. Shame. Must've taken you ages writing all that uneducated tripe. You can't post unsubstantiated lies and libel - it's illegal. Lesson learned eh?

Sold @824p. Quick 11% in 2 months. Nice one for trading ranges at the moment.

Results are out and they look very good at first glance. Be aware that some posters pollute these boards just to stalk people and to troll and start fights, best thing is to ignore them. Hope nobody sold on DayTrade's advice. He thought MER were worth selling when the SP was at 152p. He also suggested the delay in releasing the results was a warning sign the company would "tank". Sorry DayTrade you got it wrong again. Read the RNS. Lots of good positive news for MER going forward.
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David Miles, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, commented:
"I am delighted with the strong performance of the Group, and these are a terrific set of financial results. Our market leading position, based on a clear strategy and resilient operating platform, has underpinned this performance, and positions the Group for further sustainable growth in the medium-term."
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DayTrade commented:
"Ooooooh, full year results not availible for when due? Due to a SINGLE persons signiture?
try pulling the other one, theres something amiss here id imagine."
"Doesnt sound good lads, similar news has tanked other companies very recently."
"Should have dumped this duffer a few years ago"

Added some @306p. Seem oversold to me. Might be a long term hold if recession and inflation worries don't abate.

Trading Update today - SP down ... recession and inflation hurting.
(Alliance News) - WPP PLC on Thursday said it remains on track to deliver its 2023 revenue guidance, but net debt grew by GBP1.4 billion in the first three months of the year.

Shares in the London-based advertising and corporate communications firm were down 3.0% to 928.40 pence each in London on Thursday morning.

WPP said that it has seen a positive start to the year, in line with its expectations.

Revenue in the first quarter of 2023 rose by 12% year-on-year to GBP3.46 billion. Revenue less pass-through costs rose by 9.9% to GBP2.83 billion from GBP2.57 billion.

WPP said the improved performance was broad-based across all our business lines and regions. Further, it said that it has won net new business of about USD1.5 billion in the quarter, including from Adobe Inc, Ford Motor Co and Mondelez International Inc.

Finally some excellent results from BARC should help the SP. 16% jump in pre-tax profit for Q1. Been a while since we had any good news. In hindsight the buy-back programme since March has been accreditive. Expecting some broker revisions upwards now.

SP up 6% YTD - should be higher IMHO.

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Unilever smashed quarterly sales forecasts on Thursday as another big rise in prices from the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream triggered only a small dip in volumes.
The 10.7% increase in prices was, however, lower than in recent quarters, adding to signs inflationary pressures might be easing as input costs declined.
Packaged goods companies have been hiking prices as they grapple with a surge in costs of everything from sunflower oil and shipping to packaging and grain.
Consumers have so far coped with the cost-of-living squeeze better than many analysts' had expected, but some warn companies could eventually take a hit to margins if shoppers start switching to cheaper brands in greater numbers.
Unilever reported a 10.5% rise in underlying first-quarter sales to 14.8 billion euros ($16.4 billion), beating analysts' average forecast for a 7.2% increase, according to a company-provided consensus.

Decent results posted today - rev LFL up 8% but SP down 2%

Well done all holders here. Stunning results. Not that anyone's interested but I used to have these pre pandemic and decided to sell up when they got rid of Costa. I got lucky because I was out before the pandemic came and whacked the SP down big time. Anyway, good to see WTB bounce back these last few years and maybe there's more to come, but it's not for me. BTW - what are the benefits of the discount card - do you get a discount on hotel stays?

John Hulme
I also reported your post. Your defamatory language is totally unacceptable. BOO's lawyers might be in touch with lse to get your details.

The fact is that BOO SP is flat this week. The trolls would have us believe it's all been a disaster. The ONS sales figures data for March for online clothing up 11.3% on last year and up 4.6% on last month. Also ONS says online is still increasing its share over bricks and mortar retail. Seems there is plenty of scope for the BOO SP to improve. Looking forward to results next month and news about the US DC. No doubt I'll be called a flag-waving bag-holding abusive lying ramper on a spike for this post.

Totally agree CWWX. The trolls DayTradeNovice, Jongle, et al have succeeded in making this board unreadable and the others who respond with multiple posts should probably just ignore them - then they'd soon go away and troll another board. It might be an idea just to filter the lot of them.

Look at THG's sudden rise today. Shorters clearly got it wrong again. One day BOO will do the same but you got to be in it to win it.

Bought 10,000 @52p. Will buy another 10,000 if ~50p seen. Target 58p again.

Sold what I bought @5571 last October. Will be back in at some later stage.

Sold out what I bought a month back at 418p. 19% gain in a month will do.