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.

Fundamentalist,

Sorry I did not catch your post yesterday evening, I had already finished for the day - anyway, I will get the tech guys to take a look into this and will let you know their findings.

Ian

OG - add to that that it looks like the cybersource claim is dead in the water!

RNS Number:0065H
Retail Decisions PLC
05 January 2005



Date: Embargoed until 07.00am, Wednesday 5 January 2005

Contacts: Carl Clump, Chief Executive
Richard Amos, Finance Director
Retail Decisions plc
Tel: 01483 728 700
Website: www.redplc.com

Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
Philip Dennis
Hudson Sandler
Tel: 020 7796 4133
Email: red@hspr.co.uk



Retail Decisions plc

Patent Re-Examination Decision



Retail Decisions plc ("ReD"), the fuel card operator and a world leader in card
fraud prevention and payment processing, is pleased to announce the US Patent
and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has stated on its web site (www.uspto.gov) that
it has decided to re-examine the granting of the patent that is the subject of
an alleged infringement claim by Cybersource Corporation against ReD's US
subsidiary. The relevant patent is US patent number 6,029,154.

The USPTO's decision is in response to a re-examination request submitted by
ReD, following the discovery (by ReD) of "prior art" that pre-dates the
Cybersource patent.

ReD's Board retains its consistently stated belief that its operations do not
infringe any valid claims of the asserted patent.

Based on historical precedent, the re-examination process is anticipated to take between 18 months and two years to conclude. ReD will now be requesting a stay in the original court proceedings until after the result of the patent
re-examination is known. ReD has already provided for the costs it anticipates
incurring during the re-examination process.

:o)))))))))))))....

Douggie Stop dribbling. How many chins do you have? A little happiness must go a long way!!!

Still holding.

hmmm is it worthwile selling and taking the profit Ive made so far...

Naaaahhh is it ell... ROFLMAOVD wonder why ??

Smallchange, you sound very deadfredish.

nope I am only smallchange..and always have been...lol

Excellent news on the (alleged) patent infringement front guys.

RTD provided for the costs some time ago - if they could see superior results with those legal costs taken out, I reckon there's loads more upward mileage in the sp to come after this news :-))

yeah, maybe we will get that 4p back that we lost in space of couple of hours way back a few months ago

It certainly clears the route to 40p before results...

look at those lemmings

:o[[...............!

More cheap shares for GS

These people will never learn.
All these sellers at 26.5p will not be able to buy them at this price again.

Online retailers saw a big climb in sales during Christmas as they reported another record festive season, new data revealed today.

Web research group Hitwise UK says internet sales jumped 23% compared with Christmas 2003, making it the most successful festive season ever.

Hitwise said sales volumes grew stronger in the second half of 2004, with market share of all UK internet traffic directed at shopping websites increasing from just over 10% in August to more than 12% in December.

"The first week of [December] saw market share of online traffic to retail sites surpass 13% as online shoppers sought to beat the Christmas crowds and avoid the last-minute pre-holiday rush by searching for the best deals and making gift purchases online," it said.

The top 20 UK online retail websites for the month included eBay, Amazon, Kelkoo and Argos, as well as the websites of several major high street computer and electronics chains like Currys, Comet and PC World performed strongly throughout the pre-Christmas period.

MP3 players proved a popular gift, a fact drawn out by the popularity of music download websites on Christmas day.

December 25 saw www.apple.com/itunes and the recently legalised www.napster.co.uk increase their market share by more than 500% and 150% respectively.

Separate research shows that online retailers faired much better during the Christmas period. The study by Actinic software group shows that online sales climbed 60% on last year.

Online retailers are laughing in the face of reports of a slowdown in high street sales, having posted a 60% year-on-year increase in sales over the festive period.

A study by business software group Actinic shows that despite many high street stores bracing themselves for news of poor Christmas sales, their online counterparts are reaping the rewards of the shift to online shopping.

The figures were collected during November and December, with the sites polled ranging from start-ups to more mature ecommerce traders. Several of the firms admitted they were overwhelmed by traffic as the average number of orders per company climbed to 1,570.

Businesses also reported an average increase of 80% in online turnover. Analysts suggest the rapid rise of ecommerce may contribute to a decline in the number of shoppers hitting the high street.

Julian McIntosh of travel accessory firm safariquip.co.uk, said: "Web sales are expected to overtake over-the counter retail sales early in 2005.

"The rate of web growth is making us consider ecommerce as a safer and less costly alternative to bricks and mortar growth in new branches."

Chris Barling, Actinic chief executive, added: "We may be seeing the first signs that the internet is impacting on not only high street sales, but also the inclination of retailers to expand their real world outlets.

"Each year adds to the feeling that the original dot-com boom hype wasn't so much wrong as too early," he said.

Fundamentalist

Do you think they are filling another order?

Drop the price and watch them sell....2 million share taken off so easily

Parveen

I believe there was an article in IC today which said that the litigation announcement was good news but that they were only fair value. A perfect opportunity to allow the MMs to walk this down if still filling orders for GS or other institutions.

Chart had 26.75p as resistance -would be nice if could rally to close at that or above either they may well walk this down to 25p.
Be interesting to see if we get some big buys near the end of the day - we'll soon know if someone is still accumulating

Edit: see as soon as the offer went to 26.5p someone picked up 238k and they moved straight back to 26.75p - they either need shares to fill an order or plan to take this lower still.

Will it ever stop falling :o[[.............D.

IC View this AM.
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The shares have almost doubled since company announced prot upgrade in late october. but on a PE o ratio of 17 times 2005 earnings, they now look fairly priced."""

I think there is still some way to go and the results for this quarter will be better than expected.



But I think Douggie should have more time off. 8+)

Id like to know how IC are calculating their 2005 profit forecast when all we know is they will be materially ahead of expectations, rtd havent quantified a sales/profit figure, what tax figure they are using, how much ammortisation etc etc. That also only takes into account a 1 yr view - i wonder what the 2006 PE is on their basis.

Happy to hold for the long term