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Mothercare misery deepens

Even after a profit warning from Mothercare last month, few expected the retailer to deliver half-year results quite as bad as these, which brought into sharp focus just how divergent the fortunes of its UK and international businesses have become and also prompted an 18 per cent plunge in the share price.

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By John Hughman,
18 November 2011

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