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.

well! here we go back down again,can,t hold that 10.25p even with todays helpfull good news. not buying I can sort of understand...but SELLING????????

The biggest transaction today?

Guess what?

It's a BUY.

But this time the buyer(s) are paying a bit more than of late.

Things must be warming up.

You don't buy 38,396 worth of stock in one lump if you don't think the company is going somewhere.

It does seem though that there must be more than one buyer. If this was all going to the same purchaser we would have had an RNS by now.

I think we need to be patient, I'm not expecting any great leap forward until January. I had hoped we would slowly creep forward but without volume or news it's not likely to move much from it's current position. There have been other opportunties to make some short term gains, which may account for some selling.

NF

This 1 will be a gradual riser I think.

The fraud prevention market is certainly not going to contract so this share shouldn't disappoint.

I spoke with the company today. No new news but they have a web site at redplc.com where you can register for e.mail alerts.
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"Web retailers to enjoy bumper online Xmas
By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - European Web shoppers will ring up 9 billion euros (5.65 billion pounds) in e-commerce purchases for the 2003 Christmas period, closing the gap on the United States, the home of "e-shopaholics", according to a new forecast.

With this year's must-have gifts decidedly on the techy side -- from DVD players to digital cameras and video game consoles -- more of Europe's shoppers than ever are expected to flock to the Internet to browse and buy.

"Europe is hot on the heels of the U.S. this Christmas season," said Forrester Research (NASDAQ: FORR - news) analyst Hellen Omwando, who estimated that there are 166 million online shoppers in Europe.

She added shoppers in Western Europe are expected to purchase 9 billion euros worth of goods between November 1 and Christmas day, up 18 percent from last year's Forrester Christmas forecast.

The U.S., the world's largest online retail market, will generate $12 billion in 2003 e-commerce Christmas sales.

Analysts have predicted that Europe could surpass the U.S. as the world's largest online retail market by the end of the decade as credit card penetration and trust in the medium grow.

RISING FROM THE DOT-COM ASHES

The projection is a rare bit of good news for a sector that had been decimated by the bursting of the dot-com bubble. Countless Internet firms sprung to life in the late 1990s, selling everything from dog food to jewellery, only to run out of money after their first Christmas.

The big online players today are recognisable high street retailers such as UK grocery chain Tesco (LSE: TSCO.L - news - msgs) , Fnac.com, the online arm of Pinault Printemps Redoute (Paris: FR0000121485 - news) , plus dot-com survivors Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN - news) and eBay.

The Forrester forecast counted sales projections for 17 Western European countries -- the 15 EU member states plus Finland and Switzerland.

According to Forrester, the UK and Germany will account for 63 percent of European holiday sales. The largest product categories will be travel bookings, books and groceries, Omwella said.

"It's pointing to a very big year, simply because people started shopping as early as October," said Dorothea Arndt, marketing director for the British arm of Kelkoo.com, the Web-based price comparison shopping service.

She said the top gift search requests are for electronic gadgets such as Apple Computer Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL - news) 's iPod digital music player, the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and Nike (NYSE: NKE - news) trainers.

But the rise of online shopping also has a dark side. British shoppers, alone, are expected to lose 300,000 pounds every day to "card not present" fraud, in which fraudsters intercept credit card details during an online or telephone purchase, the Association of Payment Clearing Services warned.

"This is where we expect fraud to migrate to," said Carl Clump, chief executive of online fraud prevention firm Retail Decisions (LSE: RTD.L - news) ."

From 'this is money'

Switch predicts average spending per head on food this Christmas will be 114, while the drinks bill will be around 63.


The study suggests more people are looking to the Continent for Christmas bargains. Around 23% said they planned to do some shopping abroad, with France the 'most popular and cheapest' option for alcohol - particularly wine - and food.



The internet is seen as a cheaper alternative to the High Street, as well avoiding the festive rush at the tills. However, fears of credit card fraud and concerns over delivery dates are said to be a 'big worry' for consumers.

So expect a bullish messge from CC after new year indicating a profit alert and whoosh then see it move northwards.

If only...

Something's cooking though, there have been chunky buys each day for some time now, whilst the weak holders are being shaken out.

blakester...have faith dear fellow...The future is rosy!!!!

Retail Decision have been very quiet for too long now...i.e no announcements by Co.

A contract win or company announcment is overdue...Keep watching RTD near term I'd say!

Jules99.

Why can't it hold at the 10p level?

Because impatient people are selling.

Buying opportunity for me!

Sorry B but can not see the 3.1 mill trade on the screen

Sorry martincoops, you were too quick for me. I posted it on the wrong thread so deleted it. The trades were PXC.

Own them as well. T

Thanks I will check them out

good to see Jules back on this commenting on RTD. Ain't see you for ages on this one mate.

I still keep the faith on RTD but am losing on it at present. Intend to hold for long term though (until end of next year at least) as i think we will see people give RTD a more realistic value by then. Also, there results next year will re-assure the markets that their last profit was no fluke.

SCOTINVESTOR...Im a bit of a fly at lately...buzzin in betwween days..Good to hear u are well...

whats going on folks???

RTD on the up today +5%