Morrisons Surprises Yet Again

Morrisons W MRW has never lost our Ken’s ability to spring surprises and the new management team is doing just that with a 5.3% rise in the interim dividend and underlying profit before tax for the half year to 31st July up by 11%. Whilst total turnover did fall by 4%, first half like for […]

The Xmas Trading Period – Now Its Counted in Days, Not weeks.

Gone are the days, it seems, when the country’s stores raked it in all during December and the January sales. Next (NXT) is counting its best Xmas trading days on the fingers of one hand and has been reduced to blaming warm weather in November and December for its disappointing fourth quarter figures. In fact so desperate […]