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Corporate profile - Jim Hodkinson : The look of success New Look has the largest UK chain of women's fashion stores and its cheap discount prices are in tune with today's bargain-hunting shoppers. But Jim Hodkinson (below), the chief executive, still can't convince the stock market that his company can beat the high street blues
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The Independent - London
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January 12, 2000
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These are frustrating times for Jim Hodkinson, chief executive of
New Look, the cut-priced women's fashion retailer. In theory, his
company should be one of the high street winners as bargain-hunting
shoppers seek out the best prices in these value-conscious times.
But in practice, the former B&Q chairman finds New Look shares
trading at a substantial discount to the issue price when the group
floated on the market 18 months ago. The shares, which were priced at
165p in June 1998, peaked at almost 245p last summer, but stood
yesterday at just 129p.
Most brokers are positive on the stock, but institutions still
shun it. Even vague takeover talk has failed to spark a revival. "It
is ...
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