The Xmas reporting season has now started, WH Smith reported today and others are due to soon. What do you all think. Good, bad or very ugly?

Announced Reporting Dates

6th Jan - Next
7th Jan - Big Food (Q3) and Signet
13th Jan - Burberry (Q3 sales) and New Look
14th Jan - Marks & Spencer, Dixons, John David Group and Matalan
15th Jan - GUS Q3 , Ottakar's and Woolworths


Dates to be announced

GAMES WORKSHOP

ALEXON GRP. ORD 10P (reported last year on 7th Jan 2003)
ASHLEY(LAURA) ORD 5P (reported last year on 8th Jan 2003)
AUSTIN REED (reported last year on 15th Jan 2003)
BEATTIE (J) ORD 25P (reported last year on 15th Jan 2003)
BLACKS LEIS. ORD 50P reported last year on 22nd Jan 2003)
BODY SHOP ORD 5P (reported last year on 16th Jan 2003)
BOOTS GROUP ORD 25P (reported last year on 21st Jan 2003)
BROWN & JACKSON ORD 10P (reported last year on 14th Jan 2003)
BROWN(N.) GRP. ORD 10P (reported last year on 23rd Jan 2003)
CARPETRIGHT ORD 1P
CARPHONE WARE. ORD 0.1P reported last year on 22nd Jan 2003)
CLINTON CARD ORD 10P (reported last year on 16th Jan 2003)
COURTS ORD 10P
D.F.S.FURN. ORD 5P
DEBENHAMS ORD 10P (reported last year on 14th Jan 2003)
EBOOKERS ORD 14P
FINDEL ORD 5P
FRENCH CNCTN. ORD 1P
GAME GROUP ORD 5P (reported last year on 10th Jan 2003)
HMV GRP ORD 1P (reported last year on 16th Jan 2003)
HOMESTYLE GRP. ORD 25P (reported last year on 15th Jan 2003)
HOUSE OF FRASER ORD 20P (reported last year on 9th Jan 2003)
JJB SPORTS ORD 5P (reported last year on 15th Jan 2003)
KESA ELECT. ORD 25P
KINGFISHER ORD 15 5/7P
LASTMINUTE.COM ORD 1P
MATALAN ORD 10P
MAJESTIC WINE (reported last year on 6th Jan 2003)
MERCHANT RETAIL ORD 10P (reported last year on 13th Jan 2003)
MFI FURNITURE ORD 10P (reported last year on 20th Jan 2003)
MONSOON ORD 10P
MOTHERCARE ORD 50P (reported last year on 14th Jan 2003)
OTTAKARS (reported last year on 16th Jan 2003)
PEACOCK GRP ORD 1P (reported last year on 8th Jan 2003)
SELFRIDGES (reported last year on 9th Jan 2003)
SCS UPHOLSTERY ORD 1P
TED BAKER ORD 5P (reported last year on 16th Jan 2003)
TOPPS TILES ORD 12.5P
WYEVALE GDN.CNT ORD 25P (reported last year on 9th Jan 2003)


ARENA LEISURE ORD 5P
BELHAVEN GRP. ORD 10P
BURTONWOOD BREW ORD 25P
CARNIVAL ORD USD 1.66
CITY CENTRE RST ORD 25P (reported last year on 9th Jan 2003)
DE VERE GRP ORD 22 2/9P
ENT.INNS ORD 10P
FIRST CHOICE ORD 3P
FULLER,SMITH'A' 'A'ORD #1
GREENE KING ORD 25P
HILTON GROUP ORD 10P
HOLIDAYBREAK ORD 5P
INTERCON. HOTEL ORD 1
JARVIS HOTELS ORD 5P
LA FITNESS ORD 5P
LUMINAR ORD 25P (reported last year on 20th Jan 2003)
MANCHESTER UTD. ORD 10P
MILLENNIUM &COP ORD 30P
MITCHELLS & BUT ORD 7 1/1..
MYTRAVEL GRP ORD 10P
PUNCH TVNS ORD SHS 0.0478..
QUEENS MOAT CON CONS ORD ..
RANK GRP. ORD 10P
REGENT INNS ORD 5P
SPORTECH ORD 5P
STANLEY LEIS. ORD 25P
WEMBLEY ORD #1
WETHERSPOON(JD) ORD 2P (reported last year on 14th Jan 2003)
WHITBREAD ORD 50P
WILLIAM HILL ORD 10P (reported last year on 9th Jan 2003)
WOLVER.DUD. ORD 29.5P
YATES GRP. ORD 25P (reported last year on 20th Jan 2003)



ALLDERS (reported last year on 22nd Jan 2003)
GREGGS ORD 20P (reported last year on 8th Jan 2003)
MORRISON (WM) ORD 10P
SAFEWAY ORD 25P (reported last year on 9th Jan 2003)
SAINSBURY(J) ORD 25P (reported last year on 13th Jan 2003)
SOMERFIELD ORD 10P
TESCO ORD 5P (reported last year on 14th Jan 2003)
THORNTONS ORD 10P (reported last year on 21st Jan 2003)


SCI (reported last year on 13th Jan 2003)
EIDOS (reported last year on 21st Jan 2003)

Might be useful to include relevant sector chart(s) in that opening post? UB52 perhaps (plus specific retail subsector ones?).

Prediction 1 - Many especially in the Hotels/Pubs area will blame the bad weather/snow etc for turnover shortfall - What does anyone else think?