Superdry is super cheap

The upheaval in the Superdry boardroom has obscured a healthy business.

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Group sales have doubled in five years

The last 15 months have been a disaster for shareholders in the fashion chain Superdry. After several profit warnings, the stock has fallen by 75% from its peak in January 2018. What's more, the company has been buffeted by a very public fight between the original founder Julian Dunkerton and the management team that took over from him in 2014. Accusing chief executive Euan Sutherland of destroying the brand, Dunkerton tried to return to the board of directors.

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Dr Matthew Partridge
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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

Matthew is the author of Superinvestors: Lessons from the greatest investors in history, published by Harriman House, which has been translated into several languages. His second book, Investing Explained: The Accessible Guide to Building an Investment Portfolio, is published by Kogan Page.

As senior writer, he writes the shares and politics & economics pages, as well as weekly Blowing It and Great Frauds in History columns He also writes a fortnightly reviews page and trading tips, as well as regular cover stories and multi-page investment focus features.

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