SPRING’S key looks April 14, 2011 SPRING is (or certainly was) here. So what should you be wearing? The big looks this season are a mercy for the fuller-figured woman – or anyone tired of the super-clingy and the drab. Instead, it’s all about floral graphic prints (Oasis, Ted Baker, Monsoon, Erdem, Louis Vuitton), colour blocking (Uniqlo, Benetton, Zara) and the [...]
THE TIPSTER March 27, 2011 LAST week’s budget certainly gave a fillip to the construction industry. The sector has hardly had an easy ride since the free-flow of credit dried up in 2008, but with some of the froth knocked out of the market, progress seems to have been emerging in recent months. Housebuilder Bellway will be releasing its interims [...]
Ted Baker to open China store March 24, 2011 Fashion group Ted Baker is to follow other British brands into China, in an attempt to tap into the country’s growing appetite for luxury Western goods. The announcement came as the company posted healthy annual profit figures. For the year to 29 January the group reported a sales rise of 14.7 per cent to £187.7m. [...]
THE TIPSTER January 31, 2011 IN JUST under two years the fashion designer Ted Baker has seen its share price more than double. It has also surpassed its 642p high of 2007 to reach a record 673p in December 2010. Since the firm was floated in 1997, earnings have grown by 10 per cent each year, which is always a promising [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS January 16, 2011 DIXONS Seymour Pierce rates the retailer a “buy”, despite a weak Christmas sales performance and a computer glitch which wiped £15m off sales. The broker remains confident Dixons can recover in the long-term, despite a possible fall in sales in a difficult retail trading climate. It placed Dixons’ target price at 21p per share. TED [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS January 16, 2011 DIXONS Seymour Pierce rates the retailer a “buy”, despite a weak Christmas sales performance and a computer glitch which wiped £15m off sales. The broker remains confident Dixons can recover in the long-term, despite a possible fall in sales in a difficult retail trading climate. It placed Dixons’ target price at 21p per share. TED [...]
TED BAKER SEES REVENUE JUMP ON OVERSEAS SUCCESS November 17, 2010 SHOPPERS flocking to Ted Baker for its butterfly knitwear and military-style coats helped the fashion chain post a 20 per cent jump in revenues for the three months to November. The retailer said sales were 8.6 per cent higher than the same time last year and it was “encouraged” by its new international stores.
How to look razor sharp October 25, 2010 EVERY man knows how to shave, right? Wrong. Look at your colleagues and spy out the ones with red blotches and roughed-up skin under their chins and you see the chaps who have never mastered wielding a razor. “You can tell from looking at them who has been shaving badly for years,” says barber Carmelo [...]
Ted Baker revenue rise is fuelled by womenswear October 7, 2010 FASHION chain Ted Baker yesterday reported a 25 per cent leap in half-year profits but issued a cautious outlook for the full-year due to the “uncertain economic environment”. For the 28 weeks to 28 August, pre-tax profits rose to £7.5m while group revenues came in at £88.1m, up from £76.6m the year before. Womenswear sales [...]
Retailers go head to head with results October 3, 2010 SUPERMARKETS are set for a showdown this week as Tesco, J Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer post interim results. Smaller retailers Ted Baker, Halfords and Greggs are also due results, in a week that will indicate how the High Street has fared since the general election. Tesco is expected to post a 10 per cent [...]