Confidence could be uplifted again...not a colossal amount 13000 shares but at a good level no doubt, could rise here again...

Bought myself as a result, as chart appears to give me confidence...

If you take Per Uno out of the main stores, as well as operating fashion only stores in out of town retail parks, what will be left in the main stores? perhaps more space for the profitable food halls?

Food halls and possibly the homeware side they want to develop?
I can't see them stopping offering clothes on the high street,
I just wonder if these Per Uno stores will be simply additional
to get a foothold in the sort of areas that matalan etc are usually
found....Only problem may be price....

Rising well today - not sure why but it's good to see!!

What are the assets and brand worth to a bidder???

News today for us long standing (suffering) MKS holders - any views??


Marks & Spencer to launch four sub-brands for womenswear
AFX


LONDON (AFX) - Marks & Spencer PLC plans to launch four sub-brands for its struggling womenswear business, including Signature, Classics, Aimee and Piece-by-Piece, reports the Daily Telegraph without citing sources.

Chief Executive Roger Holmes is expected to unveil some of the sub-brands when he announces the company's full-year figures next Tuesday.

The Telegraph said Holmes and his new head of general merchandise Vittorio Radice believe sub-brands, and segmenting its womenswear offering, is the key to improving sales.

ttt

Will this price hike just be a spkie (I remember zoo) or could it hold up at this level. I haven't got a clue!

Just come over from the traders room. Comments there are that the price is higher than the speculated bid price from Green, so they are all now shorting the share - hence the currrent drop in price in the last 15 min.

Ditto bb! Safeway was much the same. Whether to run with existing profit or wait for more, that is the question. The offer (if it comes) will be a mixture of cash and shares in the new company.

Any ideas on what the potential bid price could be?
(Remembering back to the situation that occurred with Debenhams
when it faltered, than hit higher - can't believe MKS is worth
less than 400p (Personal opinion only)a share...

you can always take half now, if it drops back, either buy back or be grateful!- if it continues up you still have half.

True...will ponder on that one.
BTW Little Woman - did you end up holding off buying ULVR yesterday,
I did waiting for it to hit under 499p to buy and look at it this morning!
(Typical...oh well will wait for the next drop)

Huge amount of MKS shares moving - 43,000,000 already this morning,
Some large buys it suggests and possibly a lot of small investors
cutting and running....

Stockbunny - no I didn't buy ULVR, didn't have time to check out dates (there may be a reason the price may drop again, but hope to find time this weekend.)

I don't know about small inveestors cutting & running, I do know about investors shorting (selling, without buying first) because they believe the price way above the projected bid price, (MKS has to be attractive to buy or it's pointless) and will drop which is when they'll buy it back.

two trades have gone thru' at 9.55 to each buy 2,000,000 at 353p
(just for info)

It's really hard not to pay attention to the actual trades.
I'm trading Direct Access CFD's. (And there are lots of us out there).
It means that not only can I buy/sell 10x as many shares as I have the
money for, but I get to sell shares at the buy price (and they are
recorded as buys, as someone else bought them from me) and buy shares at
the sell price (recorded as buy sells because someone else sold them to
me).

The price moves according to the number of orders that get filled on
the direct access (what you see if you have L2) order book, which is why shares sometime move the other way to the recorded trades.

Understand and interesting....

if any ones bought recent at low levels under 3.00 be sure in your mind whats going on seems to me a lot of people are holding on for a nother bidder ,,remember mr green could leave this shop without buyiny anything ,,it wont be the first time he`s shock the retail industry with talk of deals,fact one he never/never pays over the odds.m,s property alone worth a few quid,,2 billion,,myself i cant see him paying full value in excess of 4 pound a share,,but you never no,,regards dd.

OK so is everyone still holding on in there all set for open of play
tomorrow morning? Might be worth bringing your sandwiches as it could
be a long haul. Good to read over weekend Green is prepared in theory
(or so goes the rumour)to sell out BHS for MKS sale to go through.
Press reports I have seen so far seem positive and that can only be helpful
(hopefully) to our share prices next week.

be up early and bring your flasks ,,goodluck wish you well bunny.