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Danni Hewson

Spotify wraps up job cuts for investors but could a short-term rally turn sour?

Thursday 07 Dec 2023

When music streaming platform Spotify’s (SPOT:NYSE) announcement of a return to profitability was immediately followed by plans for further job cuts – its share price jumped more than 7%. There’s nothing investors like more than hearing an executive team has their fingers wrapped tightly around a...

Why ‘bricks and mortar’ retailing is back in fashion

Thursday 23 Nov 2023

There have been a couple of bits of retail news over the last few weeks that bear real consideration. The first was that Swedish ‘flat pack’ maestro Ikea was taking over a massive shopping centre in the heart of Brighton and the second that after 137 years of calling, beauty products seller Avon is...

Confidence is in short supply but that can create opportunities

Thursday 26 Oct 2023

I was lucky enough to attend an investor event in Leeds recently and the subject everyone wanted to discuss was confidence or at least the lack of it. There are plenty of reasons investors are feeling shaky not least concerns about the potential impact of the Israel-Gaza war and, closer to home,...

Christmas for hospitality sector risks being ruined by strikes

Thursday 12 Oct 2023

I suspect I’m not alone in having opened an email in the past week detailing the plans for this year’s works Christmas do. While current cost pressures are having an impact on budgets, in a post-Covid world many employers just want the chance to show their appreciation to their workforce for a job...

What’s new in news and entertainment media and what does it mean for investors?

Thursday 28 Sep 2023

The medium of news and entertainment is constantly evolving, and its evolution brings both opportunity and misfortune to entrepreneurs and investors alike. The advent of TV programming in the 1940s and 50s created an advertising bonanza but impacted cinema attendance while the arrival of streaming...

Finding a solution to the £1.65 trillion gender investment gap

Thursday 14 Sep 2023

Rising interest rates and a cost-of-living crisis have added to the pressures on our lives. But women have been disproportionately affected, because on average they tend to earn less and because they don’t have the same financial cushion in place as men. That financial cushion, the gender...

How shoplifting and organised crime is shrinking retail profits

Thursday 31 Aug 2023

The cost-of-living crisis has left many of us wrestling with tight budgets. Difficult choices have had to be made and people have had to do without, not just things they want but also things they need. Amidst that backdrop retail crime has risen considerably with thefts up by 27% across 10 of the...

Hollywood strike has negative implications for multiple UK and US stocks

Thursday 20 Jul 2023

It has been 60 years since both writers and actors have joined picket lines in Hollywood. Back then it was also about how studios would pay out ‘residuals’ – royalties for their part in films repeated on TV networks as the world of entertainment morphed into something new. Today’s dispute is like a...

Is it wrong for companies and investors to profit from a cost-of-living crisis?

Thursday 06 Jul 2023

Most investors put money into the markets with the goal of making financial gains through capital growth and dividends. They need companies in their portfolio to do well both strategically and financially. Many people are using these investments to fund their retirement and are fighting their way...

Is consumer resilience under threat as rates keep climbing?

Thursday 22 Jun 2023

British retail giant Next (NTX) is a barometer of the health of the high street so when it puts out an unscheduled trading update, markets pay attention. It implied recent warm weather had encouraged to consumers to update wardrobes, a phenomenon that rival H&M (HM-B:STO) has also enjoyed as...

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