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.

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

Fraud hits half of attempts to purchase gift cards online, survey finds

Because they act as cash that can be easily re-sold or used to make purchases, online gift cards have become a favorite target of criminals, says Jeff Foster, executive vice president of Retail Decisions. Gift cards are like buying cash on the Internet, and fraudsters this holiday season really focused on them as opposed to trying to buy a Sony PlayStation, he says.

Foster notes that almost half of attempts to buy gift cards are fraudulent, as some criminals will make thousands of attempts per day using stolen credit card data. Foster bases those figures on the activity Retail Decisions monitors for its clientele of online retailers. The thing about gift cards is that fraudsters dont have to go through the trouble of selecting products they know they can re-sell, Foster says.

The good news, he adds, is that few attempts to steal gift cards succeed due to fraud-prevention techniques such as matching the geographic location of the IP address used in attempts to purchase gift cards with the home address of the credit card accounts authentic cardholder.

But though Retail Decisions notes that actual overall fraud accounts for only 2-5% of online payments, the rate of attempted fraud has been rising slightly faster than the corresponding rise in the number of online payment transactions. Retail Decisions tracked a 44% year-to-year increase in online sales for the period Nov. 15Dec. 16, but the number of attempted fraudulent payment transactions rose 46% for the same period, Foster says.

He adds that other items that tend to be popular targets of online payment fraud are MP3 digital music players, digital cameras and footwear, because they are all in high demand and easy to re-sell.

IC my arse...er,

or as Fundamentalist says "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."

zcrooge

i think i prefer your more concise version :-)

IC journos don't have any time to research the smaller cap. co.'s properly, so this means that they regularly make classic blunders.

This is a prime example!

They have neglected to consider the markets that RTD are trading in, oil prices, exchange rates, and phenomenal growth of internet shopping in 2004.

More fool them - Now the "retired colonel" sellers are out, we're going to see plenty of upside next week when the bargain hunters descend....

Overgrowth, I hope you were standing to attention when you were addressing me.

:-))


Douggie is very quiet.

Reporting for duty Fred - how many 100K's of RTD would you like me to buy on Monday morn. ? ;-)

Douggie is suffering from the historically induced "should I sell before it tanks again?" syndrome.

I don't think he's realised yet that this is a "real" rise, not like last year's "Pump 'n' dump".

Maybe 40p before results will convince him lol!

I'm here folks.....holding watching and waiting.........and as promised keeping a low profile, don't want to spoil anything .... ;o\

I am trying not to wory about the CG tax :-/

Get as many of your non-AIM shares as you can into a self-select ISA in future Douggie - saves a fortune on CGT if they turn out to be winners!

Also if you are using SIPPS it may be useful to buy Aim and smaller cap shares in it. etc. (even buying and selling up to your Cap Gains before moving cash into Sipps and rebuying. I think eventually some of the restrictions on conversion to annuity will be futher modified. But there are always to be some penality due to the tax benefit when you first put the cash into the SIPP. Probably worth considering

Great buying op Monday morning if they don't hike it up first thing.

finding it hard to believe your assertion in 1936 og too late to sell allready out of CG range.. ;0\ down again :-/.!! :-[

sells/buys =100/1 !!!!!....my bums nipped so tight to this chair I can't get up..........!!!!!!!!!;-\

anyone for a top up?

Yes. I'll have a brandy neat.

Preferably a botte with a straw. I did have a stop loss which I lowered. Not so certain about it at the moment. (I know never change a stop loss.) Still think it will rebound. I think the next results are 2/3/2005, which seems a hell of a long way away.

Probably I will hold until then.

me to fred,then for a lot longer as the price heads up to 1.30 at that point I can buy a nice villa and retire (one has to have dreams)

Don't think GS would have bought without really knowing whats going on here. I added yesterday and will add more as funds become available.

Any dip should be looked at as a buying opportunity IMO

moneyman - I agree and it appears that lots of T-traders bought hefty chunks of RTD hoping to profit as it sailed towards 40p on take-over rumours.

Because Goldman Sachs look to have bought as much as they need for now, I believe we've seen the last wave of sellers move out.

There's still a good couple of months before the results are published, so there's plenty of time for the price to gradually rise up to results.

Technically investec says short term volatilty and medium to long term stable uptrend - which is exactly what we need from now on.

A steady increase up well past 30p in the next few weeks will do nicely - and there's no reason for us not to expect it.

Ye of little faith Douggie - looks like the blue days are back....

Another Major US customer win......

RNS Number:2014H
Retail Decisions PLC
11 January 2005



Date: For Immediate Release, Tuesday 11 January 2005

Contacts: Carl Clump, Chief Executive
Richard Amos, Finance Director
Retail Decisions plc
Tel: 01483 728 700
Xavier Kris, Managing Director
Retail Decisions USA
Tel: +1 908 601 2817
Website: www.redplc.com

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



Retail Decisions plc

Macy's & Bloomingdale's - New Client Win


Retail Decisions ("ReD") the fuel card operator and a world leader in card fraud
prevention and payment processing, is pleased to announce it has won Federated
Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FD / PCX: FD) parent of the world-famous
department stores Macy's and Bloomingdale's, as a new client.

ReD will be working with Federated to prevent online fraud in the fast growing
Card Not Present (CNP) sector, deploying ReD's leading-edge technology,
ebitGuard(TM), to do so.

Kent Anderson, President of Macy's.com said:

"We're experiencing tremendous growth in our online businesses. With this
success, however, we have seen fraud attempts increasing and changing in nature.
Rather than continue to cope with this moving target internally, we decided to
bring in Retail Decisions, the world's foremost risk management experts.
Partnering with Retail Decisions will allow us to concentrate on our core
competencies".

"ebitGuard is a customised risk management platform that will allow our
e-Commerce stores to accept a maximum number of orders while keeping the
criminals at bay. Doing business with ReD allows us to continue to grow our
online business with confidence".

Carl Clump, CEO of Retail Decisions plc, added:

"We are delighted to have been selected by Federated and we are dedicated to
helping them grow their online business. As we have seen before with other
clients, the process of moving a traditional retail business online can
complicate payment processing and fraud prevention, both areas in which we can
provide tremendous help".

"We have developed a customised risk management solution for Federated that will
be continually monitored by our fraud experts and adjusted as necessary to
maximise our client's revenues whilst minimising fraud. By relying on ReD's
expertise, like so many other retailers for whom we also act, Federated can now
concentrate fully on its core skills, namely servicing and growing their loyal
customer base".

The Federated account comes on the back of other recent client wins for ReD that
include, The Finish Line, Inc., T-Mobile and Marks & Spencer. Other blue-chip
ReD clients also include, Walmart.com, Travelocity, and GSI Commerce among
others.

- ENDS -


Key 'Fraud' Facts:

* c. US$10 billion is lost to card fraud every year, worldwide

* 1 card fraud occurs every 8 seconds in the UK alone

* There are 60 billion card transactions p.a. worldwide, of which ReD
processes over 1 billion (or 32 transactions per second; 24/7; 365 days per
year!)

* ReD saved its clients #200 million in card fraud worldwide in 2003


Notes To Editors:

Retail Decisions (ReD) is an operator of fuel cards and a world leader in card
fraud prevention and payment processing.

ReD is international - based in the UK, US, Australia, South Africa, Japan and
South America and has over 16 years experience in the fraud prevention market.

ReD is a niche supplier to the payments industry worldwide, is a recognised
industry leader with a blue-chip international client base. ReD's customers
come from the telecommunications, retail, travel, petroleum, banking and the
broader e-commerce sectors.

ReD's international blue-chip clients include: Wal-Mart, Tesco, Texaco, Shell,
Esso, Asda, Comet, Travelocity, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Esso, AT&T,
T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Marks & Spencer, among others.

Based in Australia, ReD's Fuel Card Operation is the largest multi-branded card
operator in that region. 'Multi-branded' - can be used in more than one brand of
filling station. ReD's Fuel Card Operation accounts for 45% of Group revenues
and 80% of profit.

Red's Fraud Prevention Operation provides services that maximise the
transactions that can be safely accepted (i.e. maximises profits) while
minimising a clients' exposure to fraud. It also dramatically reduces in-house
fraud checking costs. ReD currently protects over 50,000 points of sale
globally.

The market for Fraud Prevention services is split into three areas: 1) Card
Present (CP) - e.g. in store purchases; 2) Card Not Present (CNP) - e.g. cards
accepted over the Internet, via telephone or mail order and; 3) Non-Card - e.g.
cheque payments. The major growth area is CNP, which is growing at 50% p.a.
organically in transaction volumes.

ReD's Payment Processing Operation involves connecting global clients
electronically with the international banking & payment communities. Together,
ReD's Fraud Prevention & Payment Processing operations account for 50% of Group
revenues and 20% of profit.

ReD formed a US based Consulting Operation in 2002. This business provides
independent consultants who primarily advise the international payments
industry. ReD Consulting accounts for 5% of Group revenues.

Morning all

more good news
a lot of people buying back the shares they sold in the last few days - MMs laughing again