Richard Ratner
Richard Ratner
agreement current disastrous given happened importance per wonder
Given the importance of Per Una to M&S, it could have been disastrous had this happened at the current time. Even so, we wonder how long the agreement will last.
accept appears clearly view
It appears done and dusted. Our view is clearly to accept the offer.
amount bought funds given huge liked prepared suspect
I suspect at the end of the day he would have liked to have bought it but with all the hedge funds in there that he wasn't prepared to pay, given trading, a huge amount for it.
although argued gone perhaps rather since
New Look has gone well since going private, although it could be argued that perhaps it is doing rather too much at once.
easy fruit grasp perceptive relatively whilst
Whilst much of what Stuart has done has been relatively easy fixes, at least he has been perceptive enough to grasp the low-hanging fruit -- many wouldn't know what to do,
ceiling competition fierce million next pounds value worry year
We still worry about next year, with fierce competition at the value end of the market, and...still look for a ceiling of around 800 million pounds on (fiscal year profits).
cent fifty per unless
Unless it has fifty per cent off or more, it is not selling.