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Marks & Spencer - Beats forecasts

November 2009

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  • Epic Code:
  • MKS
  • Price:
  • 343p
Shares in Marks & Spencer have been strong in the past month and this has been justified by a trading update that was better than analysts expected. For the 13 weeks to 26 September total sales rose 2.7% and within that UK like-for-like sales fell just 0.5%, with general merchandise up 2.2% and food rising 1.7%. Within general merchandise, clothing rose 2.7% and retained the same market share as before, with the resilience helped by the launch of Indigo, the new women's casual range.Thanks to better stock control, sourcing and supply chain management, the group expects full year gross margin to be 0.5% to 1% lower (rather than the 1.25%-1.75% forecast by analysts). Also adding to the more upbeat tone, chairman Sir Stuart Rose ...

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