NEXT is a UK based retailer offering exciting, beautifully designed, excellent quality

fashion and accessories for men, women and children together with a full range of

homewares# NEXT distributes through three main channels:


■NEXT Retail, a chain of more than 500 stores in the UK and Eire;
■NEXT Directory, a home shopping catalogue and website with around 3 million active customers and international websites serving approximately 50 countries; and
■NEXT International, with almost 200 mainly franchised stores around the world#
Other businesses in the NEXT group include:■NEXT Sourcing, which designs, sources and buys NEXT branded products;
■Lipsy, which designs and sells its own branded younger women's fashion products through retail, internet and wholesale channels; and
The parent company, NEXT plc, is listed on the London Stock Exchange #LSE: NXT#L# and is a member of the FTSE 100 Index# Total revenues for the year ended January 2012 were £3#5 billion with underlying pre-tax profits of £570 million# NEXT's head office is located in Enderby on the outskirts of Leicester, England

http://www.next.co.uk/

Website woes to take sparkle out of Britain's biggest clothing firm Marks & Spencer, while rival Next reaps the rewards of being streamline online


http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2893714/Website-woes-sparkle-Britain-s-biggest-clothing-firm-Marks-Spencer-rival-reaps-rewards-streamline-online.html

5 Jan Credit Suisse 7,010.00 Neutral

9 Jan Investec 6,800.00 Hold

Ex dividend Thursday 15 Jan 50p

Short 6984, stop not bad here.

Doing too many bits i dont want so not waiting for stop, early out -20

puke them nicely,100 pts in 10 min, good to see short idea right there was good, need bigger stop next time.

Negative to the other brokers -19 Jan Espirito... 5,500.00 Sell

for myself, i still very much like the company, and infinitely more so over SDG

NXT's christmas figures were excellent and i like that they are very upfront if they feel they are running into headwinds

3 Shares Poised For Explosive Earnings Growth Beyond 2015: Barclays PLC, Blinkx Plc And NEXT plc


NEXT

Despite an intensifying price war across the country’s clothing sector, NEXT (LSE: NXT) continues to pull in the punters in their droves. After reporting sluggish autumn sales due to unseasonal weather patterns, the business reported last month that sales of full-price items rose 2.9% in the run-up to Christmas, a figure which came out at the top end of its guidance.

And I believe that the firm is in great shape to enjoy resplendent revenues expansion well into the future, boosted by a backcloth of low inflation and improving real wage growth in the UK putting more pennies in its customers’ pockets. Meanwhile, heavy investment in its NEXT Directory online and catalogue division should continue benefitting from surging e-commerce activity.

NEXT has been a reliable earnings generator for donkey’s years now, and the retailer is expected to clock up a further 9% advance for the year ending January 2015. And bolstered by its bubbly sales prospects at home and abroad, brokers expect the business to report growth of 9% in 2016 and 8% in 2017.

As a result, the clothes house deals on a P/E rating of 15.8 times for next year — a value of 15 times or under is regarded as attractive value for money — and this falls to 14.6 times for 2017. Given NEXT’s steady upward momentum and proud record of positive earnings revisions, I believe that the company is an exceptional selection looking for reliable earnings growth.




http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2015/01/20/3-shares-poised-for-explosive-earnings-growth-beyond-2015-barclays-plc-blinkx-plc-and-next-plc/

27 Jan Morgan Stanley 6,850.00 Equal weight

On Wednesday, Next PLC (NXT:LSE) closed at 7,230, 0.00% below its 52-week high of 7,230, set on Jan 26, 2015.

30 Jan Exane BNP... 7,700.00 Neutral

2 Feb Jefferies... 6,000.00 Underperform

at least jefferies are consistent ...... i think nearly all their comments are negative, but then i'm not bullish of the markets in general either

Dividend Declaration - Special Dividend
RNS
RNS Number : 1424E
Next PLC
05 February 2015



Dividend Declaration - Special Dividend Payable 1 May 2015


Next has a well established policy of returning surplus cash to shareholders through share buybacks or special dividends. This week we paid the special dividend of 50p per share which we announced in our Trading Statement of 30 December.



In our December statement we set out how we would determine the price limit for share buybacks. Using the lower end of our January 2016 profit guidance and an 8% Equivalent Rate of Return investment hurdle, the price limit calculated was £67.


Since that time our share price has remained above £67 and we have been unable to return cash through share buybacks. We are therefore announcing today a further special dividend, of 60p per share, to be paid 1 May 2015 to shareholders on the Company's register at close of business on 10 April. The shares will trade ex-dividend from 9 April.



We are forecasting that, at the lower end of our profit guidance for the coming year, we will generate around £360m of surplus cash. If we are unable to buy back shares, we currently intend to return this cash in four quarterly special dividends of approximately £90m each, which equates to 60p per share per quarter, the first of which is announced today. We intend to continue to give around three months' notice of special dividends.


The increase in our special dividend (from 50p to 60p per share) reflects our expectations for cash flow in the year ahead and is not a reflection of current trade. It should not be taken as an indication of any improvement in the trading or profit outlook for the Company since our December statement. We remain cautious for the year ahead and are not changing our buyback price limit or profit guidance at this time.



Our full year results to January 2015 will be announced on Thursday 19 March and at that time we will give further information on share buybacks and special dividends for the year ahead.





S L Anderson

Company Secretary

i'll say one thing for these guys, they do their best to look after the shareholders with special divis and similar

Next PLC (NXT:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 7,375. Over this period, the share price is up 12.46%.

Next PLC (NXT:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 7,525. Over this period, the share price is up 11.36%.