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June 2024

KMD Brands struggling

Outdoor clothing chain KMD Brands (formerly Kathmandu) has battened down the hatches with the end of the financial year in sight, as a sales recovery stalls and earnings slide. The company informed the ASX and NZX on Friday morning that it anticipates earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of around $NZ50 million for […]

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Mosaic Brands facing losses

Women’s fashionwear chain owner, Mosaic Brands (ASX:MOZ), has joined the emerging list of retailers (including KMD and City Chic) confessing to weak trading and possible or actual losses ahead of the end of their 2023-24 financial years. Mosaic outlined a series of problems that have made trading tougher than it was already in the June

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Central banks update

There were two not unexpected results from meetings of two major central banks on Thursday—the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank. The Bank of England (BoE) maintained its key interest rate, while the Swiss National Bank (SNB) cut its rate for the second time since March. The BoE decided to keep interest rates

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ASX experiences slight losses: GYG makes successful debut

On Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 experienced slight losses despite Guzman y Gomez’s successful debut, marking it as the largest IPO since November 2021. The Australian dollar ended the day unchanged at $US66.7¢. Meanwhile, US equity futures indicated optimism with expectations of record highs, while European central banks were set to announce interest rate decisions, shaping

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