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...This is an audio transcript of the Unhedged podcast episode: ‘The great British bargain show’ Ethan WuIt’s been a pretty great past year or so for US stocks....
...At the end of last year it had 594 Home Bargains stores, with the bulk of those shops in the North and Midlands....
...For Dollar Tree, the blockbuster deal to buy Family Dollar in 2015 was meant to give the discount retailer the heft to compete against market leaders Dollar General and Walmart....
...Then add the UK market discount into the equation. Lex compared forward earnings multiples to relevant developed market sectors....
...UK stocks are trading close to a record discount relative to their Wall Street counterparts, luring some bargain-hunting investors back to the country’s battered stock market....
...Do any UK stocks look, on their face, like bargains, as compared to similar companies in the US? Shell, for example, looks like a cheap UK stock....
...It is forecast to report a same-store sales decline as food inflation causes consumers to seek bargains at discount stores....
...Tesco warned at the time that it would cost as much as £8mn to comply, owing to the “extremely widespread use” of the logo, with millions of signs in stores....
...But even so, this ought to be the kind of seat you offer at big discounts to students and pensioners (if they can survive the climb)....
...Shares in US-based discount retailer Dollar Tree fell 8.5 per cent in pre-market trading after it took $2bn in impairments on the value of its subsidiary Family Dollar and said it would close 1,000 stores...
...The easing of pandemic era supply-chain issues two years ago that left stores with inventory gluts means that some retailers are under less pressure to discount prices....
...I just can’t find the great British bargain stock....
...Funds such as the Pension Protection Fund, the UK’s £32bn-in-assets retirement scheme lifeboat, and Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, a £60bn local authority pool, are among those looking for bargains...
...Apple has been offering rare discounts to bolster demand, and chief executive Tim Cook has made several trips to China since the easing of pandemic restrictions, visiting suppliers, officials and Apple employees...
...Customers are paying a couple of visits to the store rather than buying the first time.”...
...And anyway, trying to get a discount at big, branded stores is like telling McDonald’s how to cook your burger. Pointless....
...It buys excess inventory from top brands for pennies on the dollar and then resells them cheaply. Bargain hunters flock to its stores hoping to uncover a hidden gem....
...The free app Trolley.co.uk will let you compare deals and check the price history of supermarket offers. Most stores launched Black Friday discounts on booze this week....
...“Tyman has a huge market share in the US, but because it is listed in the UK it trades at a significant discount,” Gergel says....
...Many discount chains have thrived in recent years but Wilko struggled in the face of increased competition from rivals such as B&M and Home Bargains and supply chain problems....
...US discount retailer Dollar General forecast a relatively upbeat outlook for the financial year, on a hoped-for jump in sales growth during its second half....
...at a big discount to net assets is usually a big bargain....
...is at a discount....
...The shares are firmly out of bargain territory now, so we move to hold....
...Lidl has plunged to an annual loss in the UK as the discount supermarket counts the cost of aggressive expansion, higher staff costs and price cuts despite growing sales as shoppers seek bargains....
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