All Shares, investment & IPOs articles – Page 12
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Opinion
Nick Bubb’s verdict: Could BrightHouse be a popular IPO with the City?
BrightHouse ticks all the right boxes as a potential IPO, with investors likely to say: never mind the APR’s, feel the profits.
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News
Game confident on profit forecasts as full-year sales surge 30%
Game’s sales jumped 30% in the 52 weeks to July 26 and the retailer expects to hit profit forecasts.
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Achica sells stake to hedge fund giant Lansdowne Partners
Lansdowne Partners, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds, has taken a stake in Achica, the online homewares site set up by Asos co-founder Quentin Griffiths.
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Fat Face chief financial officer departs following aborted IPO
Fashion retailer Fat Face’s chief financial officer Helen Cowing has left the business following its aborted IPO.
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Office is believed to be preparing for stock market flotation in 2015
Office is believed to be preparing for a stock market flotation of the business that would value the company at £300m.
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Fat Face broadens range with gymwear and underwear
Fashion retailer Fat Face is extending its product range with gymwear and underwear as it vies to grow its store estate.
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Fat Face EBITDA up as it insists it's 'business as usual' after abandoned IPO
Fat Face EBITDA surged 26% to £39.3m in its full year to May 31 as it said it was “business as usual” following its abandoned IPO.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Wiggle, plastic bags, Morrisons and Rana Plaza
Retail news round-up on June 26, 2014: Wiggle nears potential IPO, Shoppers to spend more than £110m on plastic bags, Morrisons launches its grocery delivery service in north London and more
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News
Shoe Zone profits rocket but sales slide in maiden interim results
Value footwear retailer Shoe Zone has reported pre-tax profit rocketed to £2.7m from £200,000 in its maiden interim results since floating in May.
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Opinion
Comment: The retail IPO isn't dead - investors are just more discerning
As Blue Inc opts for a private share sale over a float and Bestseller buys MandM Direct, Peel Hunt analyst John Stevenson takes a look at the retail IPO market.
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Opinion
Comment: Working with private equity partners can be beneficial for retailers
Some of retail’s outstanding success stories have come from the private equity world, says BrightHouse chief executive Leo McKee.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can Hema conquer the UK with value and design?
Dutch retailer Hema has successful stores across Europe. As the variety retailer aims to take on the value players, can it crack the UK?
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News
Sports Direct acquires 4.8% stake in newly floated MySale
Sports Direct has acquired a 4.8% stake in Sir Philip Green-backed etailer MySale and plans to use it as a platform to sell in Australasia.
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Blue Inc opts for private share sale instead of IPO amid turbulent market
Fashion retailer Blue Inc has opted not to pursue an IPO and instead intends to place shares privately with new investors, it is understood.
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Card Factory remains confident on outlook as like-for-likes rise
Card Factory has revealed an improvement in like-for-likes in the four months to May 31 in its first trading update to the City since it floated on the stock exchange.
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Opinion
Comment: As shares in newly listed retailers fall post-IPO, who’s selling retail?
There’s a paradox at the heart of the recent wave of IPOs: retailers are welcomed to the market, followed by a fall in share price.
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News
MySale forced to issue clarification after listing error
Australian fashion etailer MySale has been forced to issue a clarification after its shares were priced incorrectly on its stock market debut.
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Danish giant Bestseller buys fashion etailer MandM Direct
Danish giant Bestseller is to buy etailer MandM Direct for £140m, putting an end to the etailer’s plans to float later this month.
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MySale lists on the AIM stock exchange
MySale, the Australian flash Sales fashion etailer, has listed on the AIM stock exchange this morning.
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Bonmarché full-year profits soar as it rolls out garden centre concessions
Older womenswear retailer Bonmarché’s full-year pre-tax profits soared as it begins a “significant roll out” of garden centre concessions.