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☆ Britain's M&S raises profit outlook after strong trading
  + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( James Davey | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/2] A Marks and Spencer logo is seen on an advertisement outside of a store in London, Britain, May 23, 2018. The 139-year old group, whose shares have risen 66% so far this year, said it now expected profit growth in its full 2023-24 year, having previously forecast a small decline. Clothing group Next (NXT.L) upgraded its profit forecast earlier this month, lifting it for the second time in three months. M&S said in the first 19 weeks of the year like-for-like food sales grew over 11%, while clothing & home sales were up over 6% on the same basis. Clive Black at Shore Capital, the house broker, said sentiment around M&S had taken a long time to improve after other turnarounds failed to materialise, but he lifted his profit outlook by 9%.
Persons: Marks, Spencer, Toby Melville, Stuart Machin, Clive Black, James Davey, Yadarisa, Rashmi Aich, Kate Holton, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Marks, Shore Capital, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Bengaluru
☆ Ocado jumps on return to first-half underlying profit
  + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( James Davey | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The group swung to a profit for the six months to May 28, posting core earnings (EBITDA) of 16.6 million pounds ($21.7 million), ahead of a consensus forecast for a loss of 16 million pounds, and reversing a loss of 13.6 million pounds in the year-earlier period. Ocado (OCDO.L) said its Technology Solutions division made a profit for the first time, while its Ocado Retail business, the online supermarket joint venture it operates with Marks & Spencer (MKS.L), returned to profit in the second quarter. Shore Capital analyst Clive Black, a long term Ocado sceptic, focused on Ocado's losses at the pretax level, which widened to 289.5 million pounds. It maintained its guidance for Technology Solutions to deliver "positive" EBITDA over the full 2022-23 year, with Ocado Retail making "marginally positive" EBITDA, and its UK Logistics unit making "stable" EBITDA. The group's shares soared much as 47% on June 22 after the Times newspaper reported possible takeover interest from more than one U.S. suitor including Amazon (AMZN.O).
Persons: Spencer, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Tim Steiner, Ocado, Clive Black, Steiner, James Davey, Kate Holton, Jason Neely, Mike Harrison Organizations: Technology Solutions, Marks, Kroger, Casino, Shore Capital, Ocado, UK Logistics, Times, Thomson Locations: Ocado, United States, Japan, France, U.S
☆ UK supermarket Asda freezes prices of 500 products
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( James Davey | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set a 2023 target to halve overall inflation but the goal has been undermined as inflation has remained stubbornly high, particularly food inflation. Overall UK consumer price inflation ran at 8.7% in April, the most recent official data showed, while food and drink inflation was 19.1%, just below a 46-year high. Food retailers have said they expect prices to rise in 2023 overall but with the rate of inflation declining through the year. Last week the French government secured a pledge from 75 top food companies to cut prices on hundreds of products. Last month, British finance minister Jeremy Hunt met food manufacturers to raise concerns about the surge in food prices, but no formal price controls were proposed.
Persons: cornflakes, Rishi Sunak, Clive Black, Jeremy Hunt, Kantar, James Davey, Sarah Young, Mark Potter Organizations: Grocers, Asda, Tesco, Foods, Waitrose, Shore Capital, Thomson
☆ After Christmas relief UK retailers face 2023 reality check
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( James Davey | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Ahead of Christmas, European retailers fretted that the key trading period could be the worst in at least a decade. Next, often acclaimed as a bellwether for the UK consumer economy, said it expected sales and profit to fall in 2023. The strain on Britons' household budgets is likely to begin to tell this month as Christmas credit card bills arrive. UK consumers will this year face persistent inflation in essential goods, particularly food and energy. M&S's apparel business will likely have benefited from Britain's severe cold snap in December which Next said dramatically boosted sales.
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