Primary Recommendation

Joules Group - Opening 10-12 new stores a year

September 2016

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Unless you are a horsey type or live in a coastal town where Joules opened one of its early stores, you may not have yet heard of the Joules brand. The “proudly British” clothing and lifestyle business joined AIM in May and with 98 stores and retail sales in the UK of £86m last year, it’s the same size that Ted Baker was in 2007 or Supergroup was in 2010. Both those rivals have since been on an impressive growth trajectory with Ted Baker’s retail sales growing to £348m and Supergroup’s to £415m last year and Joules too now plans to get 3-4x bigger in coming years.Supergroup has been a big winner for SCSW and Joules has attracted me for similar reasons. The company is opening more stor ...

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Market Comment - September '16

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Joules (December 2020)

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Joules (February 2020)

Joules (January 2019)

Joules (July 2018)

Joules - 6% upgrade after sensational Christmas (February 2018)

Joules - Notes from my pre-close visit (July 2017)

Joules (March 2017)

Joules (February 2017)

Joules - E-commerce expected to be 33% of retail sales this year (January 2017)

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