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Debenhams:Death spiral?


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On 09/04/2019 at 13:32, spunko said:

Nobody seems to be linking the imminent death of Debenhams with high rents. Another business casualty caused not only by changing customer tastes , but also by government props on housing market.

From what I recall Debs owned a lot of their own property, then the PE scum came in and did the old sell it off cheap to their mates and have Debs lease it back at above market rent. Just one of many tools they used to suck Debs dry.

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On 13/04/2019 at 09:51, gibbon said:

From what I recall Debs owned a lot of their own property, then the PE scum came in and did the old sell it off cheap to their mates and have Debs lease it back at above market rent. Just one of many tools they used to suck Debs dry.

Pretty much.

And pretty much how PE works now.

In the past it was useful when dealing with bloated, undpfocused conglomerates.

Now, few uf any comoanies are bliated; bkoat only exist in public sector.

All PE does is leverage up then flip company to stock market.

Deb and AA means PE floats are, rightly, treated as junk.

Can anyone name a PE float where tge comoany is worth more 5 years down the line?

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6 minutes ago, spygirl 🏆 said:

 

Can anyone name a PE float where tge comoany is worth more 5 years down the line?

WorldPay 

Hostelworld (although they strangely paid off all the debt before they floated, so are debt free)

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26 minutes ago, Castlevania said:

WorldPay 

Hostelworld (although they strangely paid off all the debt before they floated, so are debt free)

Ill semi give you Worldpay.

It did well as it was forced  out of RBS and there was no fixed assets to leverage up and fuck over. 

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22 hours ago, spygirl 🏆 said:

Pretty much.

And pretty much how PE works now.

In the past it was useful when dealing with bloated, undpfocused conglomerates.

Now, few uf any comoanies are bliated; bkoat only exist in public sector.

All PE does is leverage up then flip company to stock market.

Deb and AA means PE floats are, rightly, treated as junk.

Can anyone name a PE float where tge comoany is worth more 5 years down the line?

Does anyone know the state of Debenhams pensions? I'd imagine this huge pot has been already raided by PE and the lid will be blown soon?

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51 minutes ago, gibbon said:

Does anyone know the state of Debenhams pensions? I'd imagine this huge pot has been already raided by PE and the lid will be blown soon?

They are 93m in surplus. pretty good when most deficts are down to low bond yields, which will be resolved soonish.

https://www.pensionsage.com/pa/Debenhams-pension-surplus-hits-91-5m-despite-profits-battering.php

Fortunately, Debs were spared the whole fat bloke finance fucktards of ashley, Green Hunter et al, and their 'optimised' operations.

 

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longtomsilver
On 15/04/2019 at 19:44, spygirl said:

https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/scarborough-s-brunswick-shopping-centre-appoints-new-manager-1-9711755/amp

Brunswick features 31 shops with brands including Debenhams, Next, New Look, Topshop and Bonmarché.

All bar Next are in various forms of bust.

Bonmarché collapse: Almost 2,900 jobs at risk as high street chain goes into administration.

300 stores; last year profits fell to £5.5million (from £8million) or £18,000 per store. That'll be 8 part-timers temporarily  off the Universal Credit merry go round and 1 full-time manager less each reporting into the CEO who earned £450k per annum, circa 5% of the business capital.

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Debenhams closes stores in UK and Ireland Jonathan Eley reports Debenhams, the UK department store chain, said it would close its UK and Irish stores from the end of Monday. "We hope to be able to reopen as soon as is practically and safely possible. In the meantime, our customers will continue to be able to shop with us online," the group said in a brief statement. The group has around 130 stores in the two countries. Its decision follows that of John Lewis, which announced its 50 stores would close over the weekend. Kingfisher is keeping its B&Q and Screwfix stores open for now, but the UK government is suggesting that all non-essential stores may soon be ordered to close.

 

Yeah right.

 

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On 18/10/2019 at 20:17, longtomsilver said:

Bonmarché collapse: Almost 2,900 jobs at risk as high street chain goes into administration.

300 stores; last year profits fell to £5.5million (from £8million) or £18,000 per store. That'll be 8 part-timers temporarily  off the Universal Credit merry go round and 1 full-time manager less each reporting into the CEO who earned £450k per annum, circa 5% of the business capital.

A lot of companies work on 40% margin and want to a few 100k of revenue per employee.

9 people per store, 2k/head profit. Jesus.

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I think a lot of clothing retailers will fail. Intu Plc (the shopping centre owner) just about going but reported severe cashflow issues.

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On 09/04/2019 at 13:32, spunko said:

Nobody seems to be linking the imminent death of Debenhams with high rents. Another business casualty caused not only by changing customer tastes , but also by government props on housing market.

 Bank of England largely responsible too, destroying investment returns by pumping everything up with QE has encouraged the very worst of scrabbling for yield, this has been a disaster in highstreet rents, pushing up capital values and rents when in the face of the internet they should have been collapsing.

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2 hours ago, onlyme said:

 Bank of England largely responsible too, destroying investment returns by pumping everything up with QE has encouraged the very worst of scrabbling for yield, this has been a disaster in highstreet rents, pushing up capital values and rents when in the face of the internet they should have been collapsing.

It's not just rents it's also business rates 

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DownwardSpiral
2 minutes ago, Bedrag Justesen said:

Debenhams stores in Wales may not open when lockdown ends.

Welsh Government rate relief cut-off is £500k.

One Debenhams store is £500k exactly.

A lot of money to open the doors.

Can Wales afford a devolved government ?

https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/18433051.despite-best-efforts-five-debenhams-stores-close-good-1-400-jobs-risk/

Debenhams Cardiff has more staff than customers. I think it has got to go. Then leads to the question will the retail space be subsequently filled?

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