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    September 26, 2018

      A tale of two retailers dominated the high street yesterday – Next’s shares jumped nearly eight per cent after the fashion giant lifted its full-year profit guidance while Card Factory’s shares lost a tenth of their value after profits were off-message. Read more: Next nudges up profit guidance after blistering summer The diverging fortunes [...]

  • Mothercare share prise rises as retailer hails first underlying UK sales growth in five years

    May 21, 2015

    Shares in Mothercare rose 4.6 per cent yesterday as turnaround efforts under chief executive Mark Newton-Jones continued to pay off, with the retailer reporting its first full-year sales growth in five years. The child and baby products chain has had a tumultous year, in which it had to fend off a takeover offer from a [...]

  • Mothercare’s share price soars as group losses narrow under Mark Newton-Jones turnaround plan

    May 21, 2015

    Mothercare's share price soared more than six per cent this morning as the turnaround under chief executive Mark Newton-Jones takes shape, with group losses narrowing by nearly a third.  The figures   Underlying pre-tax profits at the childcare retailer soared 37 per cent to £13m for the 52 weeks to March 28.  After exceptional items [...]

  • Mothercare share price shoots up with turnaround on track despite currency headwinds

    April 16, 2015

    The figures Mothercare improved sales at home and abroad in the fourth quarter, but currency headwinds are still blowing. In the UK sales inched up 1.5 per cent on the same period last year, a turnaround from consecutive declines in previous quarters and like-for-like sales were up 5.1 per cent after a 4.5 per cent [...]

  • Mothercare CEO Mark Newton-Jones on not going into sale pre-Christmas

    January 15, 2015

    The Christmas trading season was something of quick-draw for retailers, after firing off a raft of promotions to boost sales that culminated in Black Friday – the UK’s biggest ever shopping day. Yet those that do not get caught in the crossfire of promotional activity can have the upper hand, according to Mothercare CEO Mark [...]

  • Turnaround for Mothercare? Higher sales in the third quarter indicate a change in fortunes

    January 15, 2015

    The figures Mothercare's like-for-like sales in the UK rose 1.1 per cent in the third quarter, indicating the babycare retailer's troubled spell may be coming to an end.   Total UK sales fell 1.9 per cent in the 13 weeks to 9 January, but when you factor in the closure of 4.2 per cent of the [...]

  • Mothercare poaches Rexam’s finance chief Richard Smothers

    December 9, 2014

    MOTHERCARE yesterday announced it had secured a new chief financial officer after poaching Richard Smothers from the same role at packaging group Rexam. The baby goods retailer said that Smothers would join the firm on 23 March after stepping down at Rexam. He will replace Matt Smith, who is leaving next month to become chief [...]

  • Mothercare share price rises as it pacifies investors with first-half profit

    November 20, 2014

    It has been a busy year for Mothercare. The baby clothing and equipment retailer not only launched a £100m rights issue but also rebuffed a takeover attempt, which caused shares to drop 11 per cent, plus it appointed a new chief executive.  But this morning it reported international like-for-like sales up 4.9 per cent in the [...]

  • Banks place leftover Mothercare shares to take haul to £100m

    October 27, 2014

    RETAILER Mothercare raised a further slug of cash to boost its digital expansion yesterday after banks placed the leftover shares from its rights issue. The babycare specialist launched a fundraising last month to help it add a stronger online presence to its bricks-and-mortar offering. Banks underwriting the offering – Numis Securities, JP Morgan Cazenove and [...]

  • Mothercare plans turnaround with £100m fundraise to stem UK losses

    October 9, 2014

    Mothercare shareholders yesterday approved plans for a £100m rights issue to help fund another raft of store closures and revamps, as it steps up efforts to stem losses at its UK business. Despite having a profitable overseas business, Mothercare has been struggling with fierce competition in its home market from supermarkets and online players such [...]

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