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A delivery option should be an attribute of a stock Item - not a separate stock item entry in the database. The pricing is still way off the mark. I finally bought the item in question with various voucher codes, a £50 trade-in and a £30 cash back deal with AMEX - it came in at £450 with free delivery and they took the old one away for free. £699.99 at Argos - no thanks! As they say on Dragons Den, I will not be investing and I am out.
Looks Like Home Retail is trying to compete with the likes of Dixons, Kingfisher and Amazon and is failing to do so? I wonder where the problem lies...Margin, pricing, overhead, poor infrastructure or business model? What is going to contribute to a change in trend e.g. less staff, better pricing, improved online services?
Just been looking at the employee headcount (46.59k) for Home Retail Group relative to its peers. See: http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Business-profile?s=HOME:LSE (scroll down a bit). Obviously the Living wage will have an impact, but the real question is why do they need so many people and are they being engaged effectively? You would have thought with that many employees they should at least be able to weed the product database?
OK, so the Argos site offer the Bosch HBM13B261B oven is at least £170 more than the average high street price at AO.com and I can get it even £30 cheaper than that elsewhere? Do I want to buy shares in a online retailer with a dodgy website, falling sales and un-competitive prices? - Not likely.
I must say I am not impressed with the Argos website. Often the same product is repeated with various prices. As an example in the attached link http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/bosch+double+oven+black.htm The Bosch HBM13B261B Double Electric Oven - Black is shown twice, once with free delivery and again with includes delivery. The error seems prolific throughout the site and I find it confusing. Am I missing something here?
Results out Thursday? http://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/603484/City-News-Dixons-Carphone-Argos-BDO
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/03/uk-rollsroyce-activist-stocks-idUKKCN0Q815220150803
I have played this one a few times with success, but don't hold any at the moment. I think I will buy this one as a long term hold when oil hits $45 dollars a barrel, hopefully in the next three weeks or so?
http://citywire.co.uk/money/the-expert-view-serco-carillion-and-n-brown/a788883#i=2
This fund had a 4.3% holding in London Mining which has gone close to zero. Makes you wonder if this fund is actively managed and stocks supported by stops. I had a similar experience with Ishares Wood.L when SinoForest collapsed and was 10% of the fund. Luckily I was not in BRWM today, though I have traded it two or three times at a profit.
Good to see the new IT director being appointed from TESCO. The bad news is the IT Director reports to the CFO rather than the CEO. This tells me two things. 1. They are running a 1970s operating model. 2. The CEO is not IT / Internet literate. For those two reasons - I am out!
Strugling to find any info on this one e.g. p/e, yield, nav etc
My targets for BBY for the short, medium and long term are: Short Medium Long Resistance 262p 276p 319p Support 193p 193p 216p The above data is from the 4traders website. I think these targets may be dependent of wider market movements e.g. is the SP500 about to correct or not? 193p would be a good price for me as this compares with historical prices and profits? So perhaps Steve73 is not far from the mark? Let's see.
I have been following this stock for a couple of years. Three profit warnings, and a fall and rise associated with each. "06 rings a bell a few years back. 223p may well be the price to buy, but the company lacks management and its strategy is looking dodgy. There people must be demoralised, and that can sometimes be a reason for people to do things on the side. There is a suggestion of a potential takeover with no names in the frame. So even buying at 223p is a gamble? Are they having to borrow money to maintain the dividend? They have decided to sell something off without a CEO at the helm, the motive and rationale for the original purchase appear to be false - another exibit of a failed management team and strategy. How to value these companies, I do not know, but the future looks murky at best, and whilst their has been a big fall, there could also be another, especially if the wider market falls. I am in doubt about BBY at the moment and if in-doubt I simply should not buy. Yes, ther might be a small gain for seeling off an asset, but as yet, there is no buyer and no agreed price, and you are still left with a core in tatters?
Hmmm.. A while back this was trading at 207.50, it had a CEO then, no fraud case with a major customer and the numbers were alot better? Think I will wait for a better price before entry. http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Forecasts?s=BBY:LSE