Next: Analysts look for potential sales forecast upgrade in upcoming results September 15, 2024 Next could upgrade its forecast for full-year sales next week as the retailer looks to capitalise on new business overseas. The clothing retailer reports its interim results on Thursday amid a backdrop of 28 per cent growth in its share price so far this year. Next reported a 4.4 per cent rise in sales in [...]
Next pay ruling heralds impending employment law headache August 29, 2024 Next argued that in the wider labour market rates of pay for warehouse workers are higher than for shop-floor workers, and so they pay their warehouse workers more.
What’s Next: Retailer seeking appeal but does it stand a chance? August 28, 2024 Next lost a major equal pay case this week, resulting in an estimated £30m bill to foot but what does this mean for businesses? Lawyers tell Morning Wire that the ruling is a "worrying precedent for employers"
Next ruling heralds employment law headache August 28, 2024 The Employment Tribunal accepted that the difference in pay rates between Next’s shop floor staff and their warehouse-based colleagues was not down to “direct discrimination” or the “conscious or subconscious influence of gender” on pay decisions. Why, then, did the retailer lose the claim brought by store staff? The answer concerns the much thornier issue [...]
Asda, Tesco and UK retailers face anxious wait after Next loses £30m equal pay claim August 27, 2024 Britain's supermarkets face an anxious wait after fashion retailer Next lost a major legal battle today over unequal pay in its UK operations.
Another one? Next hikes profit guidance again as sales soar ahead of expectations August 1, 2024 Department store Next has increased its profit guidance for the year as sales soared in its first half of its financial year.
Harley-Davidson sues Next over alleged rip off its biker label June 3, 2024 Harley-Davidson is suing Next in London’s High Court over claims one of the retailer's T-Shirts rips off its logo.
Marks and Spencer: Five charts revealing the remarkable turnaround of a British icon May 25, 2024 Wracked by poor sales figures, rickety online infrastructure and a general identity crisis M&S, the once darling of the British high street has pulled off a remarkable turnaround.
Next: High street bellwether beats market expectations yet again May 1, 2024 Next said that it has projected post-tax earnings per share growth of 4.8 per cent for the year.
Rolls Royce, Antofagasta, Natwest: these top FTSE 100 stocks have returned over 30 per cent this year April 27, 2024 The FTSE 100 does still offer something to get excited about despite a ballooning number of companies leaving the London Stock Exchange.