We expect this to be highlighted in Kingfisher's second quarter statement (May, June and early July) on 19 July.
To see how quickly the retail environment has worsened for Sainsbury's, it is worth returning to the second quarter statement it made this time last year.
Banks benefited from an upbeat fourth quarter statement from France's Societe Generale, a day after Barclays turned in better than expected results.
Chairman Kwek Leng Beng commented: "As I noted in our third quarter statement, we were anticipating stronger demand towards the year end and the actual results for the fourth quarter have exceeded our expectations.
Its fourth quarter statement is due on 9 July but the company has now said it had seen a positive performance for the year, and full year profits were expected to be in line with City forecasts of £7.1m, up from £4.7m.
Ms. Ringer is so pleased that she has asked Ms. Klein to add three more boomers to the team this week, when customers get their second-quarter statements.
Many fund investors are now getting second-quarter statements showing that their accounts have lost 10percentt or more of their value since March, and more and more of them are selling their funds in disgust with their losses and corporate accounting scandals.
So the coming disclosures, scheduled to show up on third-quarter statements this fall, may come as a shock.
GenOn's second-quarter statement, issued on Aug. 11, said it expected some older plants to be retired "as a result of proposed regulatory actions".
In an effort to bolster its relationship with the City, Standard Chartered's third-quarter statement on Tuesday was more detailed than usual.
Numis also weighed in on sector peer Michael Page, which is due to post its third quarter trading statement on Thursday.
