Purplebricks are set to announce an embarrassing exit from the US on Wednesday
July 3, 2019
Negative news continues on the online estate agency front with PurpleBricks having to retreat from the US following a not so success exploration…
Australia failure was seen in May following claims that the market was a too challenging one. Will the UK be next?
Full story can be read here: https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/223209/purplebricks-reportedly-set-to-announce-embarrassing-retreat-from-us-on-wednesday-223209.html
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