Why are we again at 10.5p bid?

It doesn't add up...

Good Results + Strong buying pre results + Christmas online buying soon = Price drop

Then again some companies that have debt for equity hanging in the balance, poor results and bankruptcy around the corner and they go up!

Why sell now at a loss?

Wont that be a kick in the teeth when we see 13.5p 14p again!

Best of luck all.

Classic

Great to see that RTD are capitalising on the PR opportunity presented on a plate with the on-line shopping predictions for Christmas:

10th December 2004

INTERACTIVE TV SHOPPING WILL BE UP 250% THIS CHRISTMAS

Research from Retail Decisions shows a surge in home shopping is expected this Christmas with the biggest growth coming from interactive TV. Online, mail order and telephone shopping are dramatically up compared with last year

London, 10 December 2004: According to research from payment processing and credit card fraud expert Retail Decisions (ReD), interactive TV (iTV) shopping is set to increase almost three-fold this Christmas, compared with last year.

NOP research commissioned by ReD shows that the proportion of people intending to shop from the comfort of their living room this Christmas has risen to 7 per cent from 2 per cent last year.

The most popular items amongst iTV shoppers are jewellery followed by CDs and flights/holidays. 33 per cent of iTV shoppers intend purchasing jewellery this Christmas and 24 per cent will buy either CDs or flights/holidays.

The research, conducted by NOP for ReD at the beginning of December, also shows:

ITV shoppers are almost evenly split between the sexes 47% male versus 53% female

35-49 year olds are the most likely age group to shop by iTV

the majority of iTV shoppers are in the north of the country 49 per cent compared with 32 per cent from the midlands and only 19 per cent from the south

However, shopping over the TV still lags way behind internet, mail order and telephone shopping:

44 per cent of people surveyed intend shopping online this year, compared with 21 per cent last year

26 per cent of people intend shopping by mail order this Christmas, compared with 14 per cent last year.

26 per cent of people intend shopping by telephone this Christmas, compared with 9 per cent last year.

The research also shows that card fraud remains a major concern for online shoppers.

Websites often say they are protected when all they mean is the payment card details are scrambled. Whilst this limits the ability of hackers to access these card details, it is only part of the fight against payments fraud, says Carl Clump, chief executive of Retail Decisions. ReDs card fraud prevention services maximise the number of transactions that can be safely accepted whilst minimising the consumers and retailers exposure to fraudulent transactions.

Online retailers risk losing customers if the transaction process takes too long, the research also reveals, particularly as the most common reasons cited for shopping online are speed, ease and convenience.

Delays are usually caused by manual, offline processes - or when additional security measures, such as pre-registration, are introduced, says Clump. ReD processes over one billion transactions per year and each takes less than a second to complete. We ensure that the shoppers experience is seamless, safe and secure.

robstuff - I've a stake in MDW also. Prospects are amazing and very few folks have noticed. Any of you guys thinking of taking some early profits with RTD won't regret re-investing in Mediwatch.

Even more PR!!!

Web cashes in on high-street hell
Crowds, parking problems and high prices in stores have pushed festive online sales up 60 per cent this year, writes Abigail Townsend
The Independent
12 December 2004

Online retailers are enjoying a bumper festive season as consumers turn their backs on overcrowded high streets.

Figures from Retail Decisions, a retail services firm, reveal that credit card use online between 1 November and 7 December soared by 61.6 per cent compared to the previous year. In contrast, credit card use on the high street increased by just 2.8 per cent.

Carl Clump, Retail Decisions' chief executive, said it was shaping up to be a record year for online retailers. "There are an increasing group of people who find [the high street] inconvenient, find car parking and traffic terrible and hate the crowds."

... And the bad news for the high street is that the popularity of online shopping shows no signs of abating. Says Mr Clump: "This is just the start of it. We'll be seeing even bigger increases in the coming years, there's no doubt about it. The high street needs to get involved with online retailing, otherwise it is going to get left behind."

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=592209

Another positive - main buy recommendation in the well-respected Small Company Share Watch this month.

:o)

Close is bang on the previous resistance point and appeared to bring out some sellers (they may have been buys but dont think so). I believe the TM100 announcement is tonight after market which will hopefully take us clear of the resistance and on to blue sky

Appears that RTD did not enter the TM100 - not sure why - what reaction tomorrow?

http://www.ftse.com/./tech_notices/2004/q4/09377_20041213_REVIEW_OF__FTSE_techMARK_INDICES.jsp

Fundy - we still have institutions buying (evidently not just for TM100 inclusion) - looks as though the big guys have seen the online shopping boom coming and are getting in quick.

Anyhow, RTD are next in line to get in the TM100 in January - not long to wait!

I can't see this news having much effect on the shareprice now, there's just too much other good news around.

:o)

Douggie - keep smiling

:o))

another rise today, just keeps ticking along this week. Hopefully will be 30p by end of week

A good summary of bull points from wrinkler on "The Fool", in response to someone eager to sell too early:

"Bull factors are:

1) Substantial rise in the number of internet transactions, saw a report a week or so ago quoting 60% YOY increase in retail transactions online.

2) High petrol prices, likely to remain high for the forseable future.

3) Institutions now buying in heavily, GS recently acquired 10m odd shares.

4) Newly promoted to FTSE Small Cap, with previously mentioned impacts on tracker funds.

5) Recent trading statement quoting earnings likely to be significantly above market estimates.

6) Hit new 12 month high today, so more TA buying likely.

So why on earth would you be selling, even if you have made a decent profit !

The easiest thing to do with stocks like these (As I learned to my cost with SPT and AHT) over the last 12 months, is to sell too early). Much better to let a stock run as long as the bull factors remain in place."

Now that RTD are performing well and the PR cat is well and truly out of the bag, I reckon it's going to be worth holding (and adding on the dips?) for some time to come - they have all the potential of becoming a 1+ company very quickly.

yeah i agree overgrowth.

I'm sure in about 12 to 18 months time this will be at least 1. I predict about 130p.
I think i may hold these for a few years as i'm sure results will be good for 2nd year running and that results the year after will be even better. As i believe oil will be much dearer which helps our fuel card. There are predictions for future oil pricve reaching 80 to 100$ a barrel!!!!!!

scotinvestor - oil's price hikes will be great for RTD, but I think that the jewel in the crown is that they have a solid presence in the Card Not Present security market (internet sales for any newcomers), and that market will run and run :-)

there does seem to be a degree of confidence in this share!

:o)))

what here ??

Morning all

Nice to see people now paying 30p for these!!!!

Comments elsewhere that private investors money is moving from Ashtead into RTD after ashteads results today

This is bum nipping stuff.....29.75p

Ooooooooooooooops done it again.....29.5p :-|

Nice that some of my investments this yr are paying off, Always believed in RTD and still believe they have a good future, maybe time to take some profit on a few though as nothing goes up in a straight line for this long in my experience. One to top up on is OXB, many's share of the year, excellent news flow to come and broker target of 50p short term, excellent value at this price and another I have always believed in. If like holding RTD you are one that is prepared to be patient and stick it out, OXB will reward hansomely, I mean 10 or 20 times, take a look.