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N Brown tumbles as it warns over offline sales, slashes dividend

Thu, 11th Oct 2018 11:28

(Sharecast News) - Specialist fashion retailer N Brown tanked on Thursday as it slashed its interim dividend and warned that a drop in offline revenue will hold back overall revenue growth.In an update for the 26 weeks to 1 September, the company posted a 1% rise in group revenue to £457.8m and a 5% decline in adjusted pre-tax profit to £30.6m.Still, the company, which cut its dividend by 50% to 2.83p a share, said its three "power brands" - JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo - continued to outperform the rest of the group, with revenue up 1.8% excluding stores. Power brands now account for 58% of product revenue.Offline revenue at N Brown fell 22.4% in the half-year as the company continued to shift its focus to its growing online business.Meanwhile, N Brown's financial services business, which gives customers credit for purchases, saw revenue rise 12.7% to £146.4m, as it benefited from interest from its growing customer loan book. Gross margin was down 50 basis points to 56.0% due to its requirement under IFRS9 to make a provision against every credit customer, including those that are trading normally.Chief executive Steve Johnson said: "The group's adjusted profit was in line with our expectations as we benefited from growth in our online power brands and financial services, along with improved marketing efficiency. We were however disappointed with our wider product performance which was impacted by the ongoing decline of our legacy offline business and challenging market conditions."Going forward we expect offline sales to continue to fall as we focus on online power brand growth. While this will hold back revenue in the short term, there are opportunities to drive profit particularly through improved efficiency, as the business further shifts online, and we accelerate the use of analytics to increase returns on our promotional spend."Still, the company said that the positive outlook for financial services and scope for further efficiencies mean its full-year expectations are unchanged.At 1125 BST, the shares were down 22% to 108.70p.
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17 Jan 2023 16:50

IN BRIEF: N Brown says associate of non-exec buys GBP230,000 in shares

N Brown Group PLC - Manchester-based clothing and footwear retailer whose brands include JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo - Homa Alliance buys 875,000 shares at 26.55 pence each, worth GBP232,313, on Friday in London. Homa Alliance is a person closely associated with Non-Executive Director David Alliance.

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16 Jan 2023 16:15

IN BRIEF: N Brown Group non-exec director buys GBP560,000 in shares

N Brown Group PLC - Manchester-based clothing and footwear retailer whose brands include JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo - Homa Alliance buys 2.2 million shares at 0.26 pence each, worth GBP562,030, on Thursday in London. Homa Alliance is a person closely associated with Non-Executive Director David Alliance.

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12 Jan 2023 15:18

IN BRIEF: N Brown bemoans "soft and highly promotional" retail market

N Brown Group PLC - Manchester-based clothing and footwear retailer whose brands include JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo - Provides Christmas trading update, saying revenue is down 7.6% on a year before in its financial third quarter, the 18 weeks to December 31, to GBP249.2 million. Product revenue is down 9.2% to GBP166.4 million, while Financial Services revenue is down 4.2% to GBP82.8 million. Total revenue in the first nine months of financial 2023 is GBP580.7 million, down 5.9% on a year before. N Brown says it expects the fourth quarter to be weaker than the third, based on seasonal patterns and amid a "soft and highly promotional market".

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12 Jan 2023 08:41

N Brown revenues slip in Q3

(Sharecast News) - Online retailer N Brown said on Thursday that quarterly revenues had slipped in the three months ended 31 December amid what it called "a tough environment".

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9 Jan 2023 13:12

N Brown to pay GBP50 million as Allianz legal dispute settled

(Alliance News) - N Brown Group PLC on Monday agreed to pay Allianz Insurance PLC GBP29.5 million, bring their three year legal dispute to a close.

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9 Jan 2023 07:43

N Brown agrees £49.5m settlement in dispute with Allianz

(Sharecast News) - Clothing retail group N Brown announced on Monday that a "full and final settlement" had been reached in its ongoing legal dispute with Allianz Insurance.

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29 Nov 2022 15:49

IN BRIEF: N Brown starts search for new CFO as Rachel Izzard resigns

N Brown Group PLC - Manchester-based clothing and footwear retailer - Rachel Izzard resigns as chief financial officer "to take up a career opportunity outside of the online fashion and consumer credit industry", company says. Izzard will work her 12 month notice, and N Brown has started to look for her successor. Last month, N Brown reported pretax profit of GBP7.2 million in the six months that ended August 28, down 75% from the GBP28.4 million a year before, pointing to challenging market conditions.

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29 Nov 2022 10:57

N Brown CFO Rachel Izzard to step down

(Sharecast News) - Clothing retailer N Brown said on Tuesday that chief financial officer Rachel Izzard plans to step down.

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7 Nov 2022 10:31

N Brown looks to Joules for next design head

(Sharecast News) - N Brown Group has appointed Joules' Helen Low as its new director of design, the online retailer said on Monday.

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24 Oct 2022 10:33

Mike Ashley's Frasers raises Hugo Boss exposure and discloses ASOS stake

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13 Oct 2022 10:14

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Mondi and Smurfit Kappa raised, DS Smith cut

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday:

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11 Oct 2022 15:51

Frasers Group picks up 4.5% stake in N Brown

(Sharecast News) - Sports Direct and House of Fraser owner Frasers Group has picked up a 4.5% stake in online clothing retailer N Brown, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

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6 Oct 2022 15:06

N Brown shares dive as interim profit and revenue declines

(Alliance News) - N Brown Group PLC on Thursday reported falling profit and revenue as plummeting consumer confidence impacted sales.

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6 Oct 2022 12:00

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Europe edges lower as eyes on Fed and US jobs

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 went into Thursday afternoon in negative territory, as investors nervously await Friday's US jobs report, which could test the Federal Reserve's hawkish resolve.

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6 Oct 2022 10:51

AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: N Brown down; Amte shares power on

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM in London on Thursday.

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