I have been in and out of these a few times :-)) ..... bumping around their bottom but starting to bounce a little ..... closed @ 87/90p on Friday.

They have fallen from grace because of poor distribution probelens caused by poor management and an out of House warehousing system. THis is being sorted and new guys have replaced the old .....

Great brand name and selling could be overdone ..... anyway I am in for a few @ 90p and will let them ride for a while - not a t trade. Recent director buying around this price


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bought @ 90p - currently moving up at 141/145p 13/05 = plus 56.66% net

Well its one of you :-)

Just closed half from yesterday +30.

Well done Skinny, MTC nearly always seemed to bounce back over the last couple of years.

Oriel Securities Buy 287.13 282.00 520.00 520.00 Reiterates

Cantor Fitzgerald (formerly Seymour Pierce) Sell 287.13 282.00 - 200.00 Reiterates

30th March - 2013 year end (to be reported)

Looking interesting.

Royal baby coming!

N+1 Singer Buy 303.50 302.50 - 380.00 Reiterates

Small long here - Q4 trading statement 11-Apr-2013.

Joined you skinny @ 317.22

Q4 Trading Statement

Highlights for Q4

UK store closures ahead of plan, with 56 loss-making stores closed during the year

UK like-for-like sales supported by strong double-digit growth from Direct in Home

Continued focus on cash gross margin

Double-digit International growth, despite continuing Eurozone weakness

New innovative product launches during the year

Underlying profit before tax for FY2013 is in line with market expectations

Final results May 23rd.

Finally picking up ahead of results.

N+1 Singer Buy 338.63 380.00 400.00 Reiterates

351p, These are pushing up again.

Double top - results on Thursday.

Final Results

Highlights for FY2012/13

Operating highlights

Good progress after the first year of our three-year Transformation and Growth plan
Improved value, choice, service and delivery for customers both in store and online
International space up 2.8% (up 13.5% ex Australia and New Zealand) with 1,069 stores in 60 countries
Closed 56 loss making UK stores, ending the year with 255 stores
Direct in Home returning to growth of 4.0% for the year, helped by transition to improved online platform and award winning Mobile App with circa 140,000 downloads to date
New executive team in place to deliver our plan with a multi-channel operating model for UK and International

Financial highlights

Group underlying profit before tax improved to £8.3 million with International profits of £42.0 million up 20.3% and UK losses reduced to £21.7 million (FY2012: £24.7 million)
Worldwide network sales3 of £1.2 billion - down 0.3%2 on a statutory basis and up 1.9%1 on a comparable basis, with total International sales up 8.4% and UK sales down 10.8%
International like-for-like sales up 5.6% and UK like-for-like sales down 3.6%, improving over the year and helped by positive contribution from Direct in Home
Underlying EPS of 6.2p, up 244.4% on last year
Net debt of £32.4 million resulting from investment in new product areas during the last quarter of the year

N+1 Singer Buy 338.63 400.00 400.00 Reiterates

N+1 Singer Buy 369.63 400.00 450.00 Reiterates

Middleton effect.