French Connection in 2 minutes 9 seconds
In for the long haul
Stephen Marks, French Connection’s chairman and chief executive, has just experienced the most difficult winter season in all his years in business. That’s saying something considering he founded the fashion company in 1972, and rescued it after the recession of 1989.
Restoration man
Banking on experience
Stephen Marks founded French Connection in 1972, rescued it from the recession of 1989 and is currently turning the company around again. The bad news is it needs turning around…
Redefining French Connection
Walks like a net-net, talks like a net-net, but it isn’t one
Leases are not only key to interpreting French Connection’s financial position, they affect valuation.
Leases key to retailer’s financial position
Flawed fortress
Leases are key to the interpretation of French Connection’s financial position. With no debt and no defined benefit pension scheme it has very few liabilities on its balance sheet. Bring off-balance sheet obligations into the analysis though, and ratios relating to borrowing change alarmingly.
Ambivalent about French correction
Little strength in numbers
French Connection‘s 2011 results seemed to herald a recovery, but the fashion retailer has suffered a French correction. The good news is it’s still profitable. The bad news is profitability has fallen to meagre levels when investors expected an improvement.
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