Moonpig
This coverage focuses on Moonpig’s strategy, operations, and performance within the UK retail and gifting sector. Reporting highlights its e-commerce growth, product innovation, marketing campaigns, acquisitions, and leadership decisions shaping the brand’s direction. Tailored for retail executives, brand managers, and digital strategists, the content provides insight into how Moonpig competes in the online gifting and personalised products market.
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Aug- 2021 -2 AugustAnalysis
Impulse buying can help an online brand grow, if it’s done correctly
Impulse buying isn’t just a tactic used by bricks & mortar retailers, where shoppers are tempted with inexpensive treats as their defences are down as they make the final approach to the till. In fact, research from Kantar has found that more than 31% of us are now spontaneously splurging…
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Jul- 2021 -27 JulyOnline & Digital
Moonpig sees revenues double in FY21
Moonpig has seen its full-year revenues more than double, soaring by 113% to £368.2m in the year ended 30 April 2021, up from £173.1m the previous year, as it delivered 50.9 million orders over the period as customers increased their spending over lockdown. EBITDA also more than doubled in the…
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Apr- 2021 -16 AprilOnline & Digital
MusicMagpie plans £208m London float
MusicMagpie, the e-commerce retail business, has announced plans for a £208m float on the London Stock Exchange. The proposed admission to trading on AIM would place 7,772,020 new ordinary shares and 49,415,850 existing ordinary shares of one pence each, both at a placing price of 193 pence. The new shares…
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Mar- 2021 -26 MarchFeatures
E-commerce trends can’t outweigh a flotation’s individuality
Moonpig, The Hut Group, and In The Style. These are just a few of the e-commerce retailers to have gone public since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But are they just a few successful outliers, or are they the beginning of a trend of London Stock Exchange e-commerce listings…
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10 MarchComment
Choosing the right growth strategy for your e-commerce business
Why growth strategies dictate funding requirements Businesses should think carefully about what the right type of investor looks like for them and what types of investments they should make themselves. The type of investor you work with is best dictated by the amount of funding required and what it’s needed for. Broadly speaking there are two…
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1 MarchHigh Street
Russia’s Fix Price mulls London float
Fix Price, a Russian budget retailer, is reportedly set for an IPO of between £1.08bn and £1.22bn as the group targets a London listing for growth and international expansion. Founded in 2007, the group sells a range of essential products at under 250 rubles (£2.46), and operates over revenues of…
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Feb- 2021 -18 FebruaryOnline & Digital
Moonpig expects FY revenues to double amid Valentine’s boost
Moonpig has announced it expects revenues for the financial year ending 30 April 2021 to approximately double to £173m. The online retailer said it saw a “significant increase” in demand during the first half of the year, which has continued through Q3 with it recording its “strongest ever” trading week…
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2 FebruaryOnline & Digital
Moonpig valued at £1.2bn amid market debut
Moonpig has entered the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of £1.2bn, following the successful pricing of its initial public offering at 350 pence per share. The flotation includes 5.7 million new shares issued to raise gross proceeds of approximately £20m, and 134.6 million existing shares sold by existing…
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Jan- 2021 -20 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Moonpig confirms £1.2bn stock market float
Moonpig, the internet greetings cards and gifts retailer, has confirmed plans for a £1.2bn float on the London stock exchange. Exponent, the private equity firm that bought Moonpig in 2016, is set to flat in excess of 25% of the company, while fund manager Blackrock and tech investor Dragoneer Global…
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Mar- 2019 -19 MarchPeople Moves
Mahabis appoints Iain Martin as its new CEO
Mahabis, the upmarket footwear retailer, has appointed former Moonpig MD Iain Martin as its new chief executive, taking over from interim chief executive, James Cox. During his nine-year leadership at Moonpig, which he joined in 2006, Martin grew revenue from £1.8m to over £60m and took EBITDA growth from £0.3m…
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