Profit Warning
Profit warnings are key indicators of financial and operational challenges within the UK retail sector, often signalling shifts in market conditions or internal business pressures. For retail executives, store owners, and supply chain leaders, tracking profit warnings is essential to understanding emerging risks, competitor performance, and potential impacts on partnerships and supply chains. Retail Sector’s coverage of profit warnings includes timely reporting on announcements from major retailers, analysis of the factors driving underperformance, and insights into how businesses are responding. We provide in-depth context to help professionals across physical retail, ecommerce, and omnichannel operations make informed strategic decisions in a rapidly changing market.
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Feb- 2018 -15 FebruaryHigh Street
Laura Ashley shares tumble after profit warning
Shares in retailer Laura Ashley have fallen by as much as 18% after a profit warning was issued for the third time in a year. Total group sales for the fashion and furnishings retailers fell by 7.7% year-on-year to £134.7m. Total like-for-like retail sales were also down 0.5%, despite online…
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8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Debenhams puts 320 jobs at risk with new cost-cutting drive
Fashion retailer Debenhams has announced a new cost cutting drive that could put 320 positions at risk of redundancy. The firm said the employee reshuffle will improve the company’s finances, after the group’s shares plunged by 20% due to a ‘disappointing’ Christmas trading period. A profit warning was issued due…
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Jan- 2018 -19 JanuaryEconomy
Carpetright shares crash 41.9% amid profit warning
Specialist carpet retailer Carpetright has issued another profit warning prompting shares to fall by 41.9%, at the time of writing. Analysts expected profit figures of £15.6m for the year, but the firm revised its full-year profit guidance to between £2m to £6m. Sales for the post-Christmas period were significantly behind…
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11 JanuaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis issues profit warning despite ‘most successful trading day ever’
The John Lewis Partnership has reported an increase in sales for the six-week period ending December 30, but a competitive Christmas season characterised by heavy discounting across the retail industry will hit profits, it said today. Group sales were (which include John Lewis and Waitrose) were up 2.5% year-on-year, totalling…
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10 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Moss Bros profit warning amid Christmas footfall drop
A disappointing performance during the Christmas period with drops in sales and footfall has forced Moss Bros to cut its profit forecast for the year. The menswear retailer said in a trading update for the 26 weeks to January 6 that, during the peak Christmas trading season throughout December, like-for-like…
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4 JanuaryUncategorized
Debenhams shares plunge 20% amid profit warning
Debenhams’ share price has lost a fifth of its value as the retailer warned full year earnings could fall to as little as £55m after a “disappointing” Christmas trading period. In a trading update for the 17 weeks to December 30, the firm said pre-tax profit would “probably” fall to…
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