- Women's sports reached an inflection point in 2023, propelled by major new broadcast deals, once-in-a-lifetime players and record-breaking audiences.
- The move away from a Covid-era norm comes as Target and other retailers say they've been battling theft.
- Speaking at a retail conference, Estee Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda acknowledged short-term volatility in the company's China business.
- Stephanie Linnartz, a former Marriott executive who took over at Under Armour in February 2023, is the second CEO UAA has cycled through in less than two years.
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- Home Depot is building out the facilities as it looks to pros, which make up about half its business, for revenue growth this year.
- Dick's Sporting Goods said its holiday quarter was the strongest sales period in the company's history, leading it to raise its dividend by 10%.
- Under Armour announced CEO Stephanie Linnartz is stepping down from her role just over a year after she started.
- Ron Coughlin has served as Petco's CEO for more than five years and has been instrumental in transforming the company into a health and wellness business.
- Shares of Zara owner Inditex rose to an all-time high Wednesday after the company announced its full-year 2023 results.
- Adidas on Wednesday warned of a sales decline in its overstocked North American market in 2024, as the German sportswear brand continues to sell off its Yeezy inventory.
- The souring of consumer feelings about the brand is worth noting ahead of the dollar store's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report due out on Thursday.
- CNBC's Jim Cramer offered his takes on market-moving headlines Tuesday, including the earnings reports of Kohl's and On Holding.
- The longtime CEO of Berkshire Hathaway's Brooks Running, Jim Weber, is stepping down, and its COO Dan Sheridan is taking over.
- Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimbell said online marketplaces are contributing to organized retail crime and need to do more to deter the sale of stolen goods.
- Kohl's announced the deal with WHP Global as it released holiday-quarter earnings.
- Organized retail crime rings can involve groups that sell stolen goods at flea markets and more sophisticated networks that resell stolen goods on Amazon.
- The CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, derived from actual credit card spending data from Affinity Solutions, rose 1.06% in February, when excluding autos and gas.
- Toymaker Lego on Tuesday released its full-year 2023 results, saying it's revenue grew by 2% throughout the year, in line with expectations.
- Swedish retail giant IKEA has been cutting prices for some of its items as inflation eases and the cost of raw materials drop globally.
- Donald Trump's promise of tougher China tariffs if elected again could make doing business there more difficult for American companies.
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- Berman has worked to transform the culture of the NWSL and to supersize its business at a time when women's sports are seeing unprecedented growth.
- Elliott Investment Management said Monday it had decided not to make a takeover bid for British electrical retailer Currys after repeatedly being rejected.
- Walmart is talking up its ability to layer generative AI into search within its website for more customized shopping. Should Google be worried?
- Wall Street ended the week lower, led to the downside by the Nasdaq Composite. In the week ahead, inflation data takes center stage.
- CNBC takes a look back at the how the Sony's PlayStation brand created the best-selling video game console of all time.
- As the population of the Sun Belt grows, restaurant chains such as McDonald's and Portillo's are looking to those states for future sales growth.
- Jim Cramer's daily rapid fire looks at stocks in the news outside the CNBC Investing Club portfolio.
- The quarter wasn't thesis-changing to the powerful Costco business model that excels in all seasons.
- Waitrose has launched a trial scheme where packaging has been removed from hundreds of items in-store to enable customers to fill their own containers with products. .
- Network Rail has reported that retail like-for-like sales at stations it manages increased by 2.42% in the three months to the end of March. On a total basis sales were up 6.84%.
- Shopping centre owner Intu has named Robert Allen as its new chief financial officer.
- UK retail sales declined by 3% on a like-for-like basis last month as the country's political and economic uncertainty took its toll.
- Wellington boot brand Hunter achieved record revenues in 2018 with an increase of 9% to £113.8 million.
- Magmatic, the owner of theTrunki children's suitcase brand, increased its profits by 51% in 2018 following a strong international performance.
- US beauty retailer Morphe Cosmetics has opened its first store in the North West on Liverpool ONE’s Paradise Street.
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- Over-aggressive fraud strategies fuel false declines, resulting in almost 3% of lost revenue for ecommerce.
- Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse has seen its pre-tax profits increase by 14% to a record £23.7 million in the year to the end of February.
- Consumer confidence has risen by three points this month according GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index.
- Waitrose & Partners is to introduce an ‘invisible door’ at one of its stores later this year. The retailer said the door could potentially save UK retailers a combined £1.5 billion per year by reducing their energy bills.
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- Fashion retail group N Brown has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Kenyatte Nelson as its chief brand officer.
- Microsoft has announced that its new flagship store at London’s Oxford Circus will open on 11 July.
- Cosmetics company Shiseido and Superdrug owner AS Watson have developed a new three-year plan as they look to strengthen their strategic partnership.
- Tapestry, the owner of the Kate Spade, Coach and Stuart Weitzman luxury lifestyle brands, has hired Thomas Glaser as its chief operations officer.
- Administrators for the Select fashion chain have filed proposals for a Company Voluntary Arrangement as they look to cut property costs for the business.
- H&M has collaborated for a second time with Dutch brand Love Stories on a swimwear collection.