Nick Bubb
Nick Bubb
avoid connecting cut forecast hard million pounds profit reaction warning
This amounts to a profit warning ... and it's hard to avoid connecting (Alan Giles' departure) with the profit warning. My reaction would be to cut 20 million pounds off my (pre-tax) profit forecast to 90 million pounds.
coup george persuading quite stay
Persuading George Davies to stay is quite a coup for Stuart Rose.
area begun chart develop goods hardest hit household interests namely promising recover sector three
The area which interests us is the sector that was hit the hardest in 2005, namely the big-ticket household goods retailers. All three have begun to recover and develop promising chart patterns.
data major point retail sector
The one major data point we have yet to see from the retail sector is M&S,
bad marks worse
If it's bad for Next, it'll probably be worse of Marks & Spencer.
earnings enhancing
This would be earnings enhancing from the start.