Stockmarket flotation in the pipeline for Wiggle?

Don't forget the sweets, they are usually the first thing out of the box!!!

I thought the founder was a former hedgie?

When you are small its easy to give great customer service, as you grow it becomes much harder, I can think of a lot more large companies that have rubbish customer service then great customer service, in fact I can only think of First Direct as large company with great service.

Floating will have no effect on most of the comments listed here, when they were bought the new owners would of already had a plan to float to be able to release their investment out of the company, yes they will have to pay dividends, but the floatation capital should also see them expand and therefore they will generate profit from renegotiating their contracts with their suppliers in terms of volume discounts and supplier agreed discounts (like 2 for 1 offers which are normally backed by the suppliers).

Really this can be a good thing for all of us and not bad.

My experience of wiggle over the past few years is that of steadily declining customer service. This is discussed on many sites. It would appear to have worsened since they were sold. If floated I think service will worsen even more as overheads are reduced to a minimum. It seems the company is more interested in expanding new customers, less interested in loyalty to current customers.

My experience of wiggle over the past few years is that of steadily declining customer service. This is discussed on many sites. It would appear to have worsened since they were sold. If floated I think service will worsen even more as overheads are reduced to a minimum. It seems the company is more interested in expanding new customers, less interested in loyalty to current customers.

Amazon makes a good bit of money being cheap, and its stock is quite valuable, so I don't see why a stock flotation would affect Wiggle's business model. That said, if one entity buys up the stock then that will probably cause a change.

Amazon makes a good bit of money being cheap, and its stock is quite valuable, so I don't see why a stock flotation would affect Wiggle's business model. That said, if one entity buys up the stock then that will probably cause a change.

Wiggle are not cheap unless you buy the clearance items. I suspect the current owner who paid far too much for the business have no option but to float the business to get their money back they have borrowed. This was their intention from day one. They need to do it before the new biker bubble bursts.

Just because a company becomes a PLC, it won't stop them having offers and deals.

I think you'll find that even shareholders will want them to shift gear…..see what I did there!

I don't know much about stocks. But that will mean they will have to focus alot of turnover and making profits for their shareholders?

Meaning, it could lead to less deals and sale, more prices staying around RRP or there abouts?