Tuesday preview: SuperGroup, Hilton Foods, inflation data

13th Sep 2010 17:59

Shares in SuperGroup were strong on Monday, ahead of the fashion group's interim management statement the following day.The company behind the Superdry brand said in July that the new financial has year started well and is in line with company expectations as it quadrupled full year pre-tax profit.But with nervousness increasing among UK consumers, it will be interesting to see whether this has affected SuperGroup's performance.The same is true of another stock exposed to UK consumer sentiment, meatpacker Hilton Foods, said in July that there has been evidence 'of some uptrading by consumers.'The company, a supplier to Tesco and some big mainland European retailers, issues half year results.On the economic front, consumer inflation figures for August will be closely watched. The British Retail Consortium said last week that non-food inflation slowed to 0.5% from 1%, though food inflation soared to 3.8% from 2.5%. Now it's the Office of National Statistics' turn.INTERIMSAsia Digital Holdings, CBG Group, Cello Group, GLOBO, Hightex, Hilton Food, KBC Advanced Technologies, M. P. Evans Group, Norman Broadbent , OJSC Cherkizovo GDR (Reg S), Shore Capital, Surgical InnovationsINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEFresnillo, Mondi, Randall & Quilter InvestmentINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSIndustrial Production (JPN)Capacity Utilisation (JPN)Consumer Prices (FRA) (06:30)ZEW Survey (GER) (10:00)Labour Costs (EU) (10:00)Business Inventories (US) (13:30)Retail Sales (US) (13:30)Retail Sales Inventories (US) (15:15)ABC Consumer Confidence (US) (22:00)GMSColefax Group, Norman BroadbentFINALSAshmore Group, EMIS, Hargreaves Services, Town Centre SecuritiesAGMSAfrican Consolidated Resources, China Growth Opportunities Ltd., Colefax Group, Foresight 3 VCT, Mwana Africa, Oxford Instruments, Rapid Realisations Fund Ltd.TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSSupergroupUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSConsumer Price Index (09:30)Retail Price Index (09:30)RICS Housing Market Survey (09:30)CDLG House Prices (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEDS Smith, Spice