PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

To recover following a lackluster display over the holidays, Modell’s Sporting Goods has brought on a series of advisers with the inclusion of a chief restructuring officer. The retail chain has encountered slumping sales and a competitive field from eCommerce, as well as big-box retailers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

The press release states that EDGE will allow clients to purchase tires online, using a partnership with thousands of Bridgestone Retail Operations locations, including Firestone Complete Auto Care and Tires Plus. The service will also aid those looking to purchase tires and book installation appointments on vehicles.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Usually hosted in early July, Prime Day was conceived to give consumers a reason to go shopping during the dog days of summer when retail sales generally hit their lowest point of the year. Longtime PYMNTS readers know the story of the Amazon effect across a lot of verticals — retail, grocery , payments. The Prime Day Push .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Economists had forecasted that the CPI would move up by 0.1 A disappointing economic report for August, weak retail sales and industrial production and slower job growth are expected to prevent the Fed from increasing interest rates at least until December. The CPI increased 1.1 percent last month. percent in July. percent since March.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

looks to improve the channel mix of its eponymous brand and shutter specialty stores, the retailer beat analysts’ earnings estimates but fell short on top-line revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018. The retailer reported revenues of $4.62 He added that Old Navy is one of the quickest-growing apparel retailers in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

The retailer said it had profit of $1.63 Alber continued, “Entering 2017, we will continue to improve performance and increase our competitive advantage, with a focus on innovation in eCommerce, our products and service, and the retail experience. per share and earnings of $1.55

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The retailer said $250 million is available now and a further $150 million will be available as needed after Sept. In early May, as announced in the past, the company came into a binding restructuring support agreement with holders representing more than two-thirds of its current debt. Neiman Marcus Group has obtained U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When asked, fear of crowds surfaced as consumers’ primary reason for preferring to carry on with digital-first experiences when it comes to shopping for groceries (57 percent), purchasing retail products (52 percent) and even ordering food from restaurants (45 percent). The SMB Pinch. between March 1 and Sept.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

But the year closed on more a whimper than bang, with holiday season sales coming in at weaker than forecast levels, and 2019 started with announcements of more store closures. Last week 100-plus-year-old retail Barneys New York officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and put it up for sale. The Department Store 2019 Blues.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

billion forecasted by analysts. And while the earlier part of the season was sluggish, Gennette noted, the last 10 days represented something of a rally for the embattled department store retailer, as consumers began filing into stores at greater than anticipated rates. EPS came in at $2.12, comfortably ahead of the $1.96

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

in 2023 and is forecast to hit 5.8% Pan has emphasized monetary policy stability amid widespread calls for radical easing, forecasting that inflation will increase to 1% by year end. Retail inflation eased to 3.54% in July from 5.08% in June, versus a market consensus of 3.65%. in 2024, according to the World Bank.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2017

The earnings numbers are in for Under Armour, and it’s not exactly what the sports apparel retailer was hoping for. Following this restructuring plan, Under Armour is also reworking its sales forecast outlook for the remainder of 2017.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

Over the last eight years, the retailer has shuttered about 475 stores, as well as reduced the size of its stores and remodeled existing locations. In fiscal 2018, the retailer closed 29 stores, with more possible since around 50 percent of its leases expire within the next few years. During Q4, the company earned $1.35

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

After announcing in early January that holiday season sales had failed to live up to their potential, Macy’s chopped its 2018 forecast for same store sales growth to 2 percent from its original predictions of 2.3 The retailer noted that the holiday sales season had started well but fell off in mid-December. percent to 2.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Holiday (and Post-Holiday) Shopping: Throughout the month of December helped push retail sales up more than 5.8 Retail sales were up 3.6 million Pinterest users in the country and forecasts are for the user base to increase by more than 4 percent annually. We’re only two weeks in, but off to the races. percent year on year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2017

News for the historic retail giant Sears doesn’t seem to be moving in an upward trajectory. This raises further concerns for investors and stockholders still clinging onto hope that the big-box retailer will survive. As we reported this week, the company saw a nosedive in its stock shares.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The planet’s largest retailer by sales crushed their way through Q2, with bigger than expected gains in revenue, earnings, same-store sales and eCommerce sales than analysts were predicting before the numbers hit the wires. percent to $128 billion, ahead of analyst forecasts of $125.9 It was a good day for Walmart on Wall Street.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

The bank went on to note that it had attempted to work with the FIs to move them back to solvency through the actions of their shareholders, but that all closed-down institutions had remained insufficiently capitalized after over a year of attempted restructuring. But when it came time to collect their funds, they found they were unable.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

The results reversed a trend from last quarter, where the chain was one of many physical retailers facing a tepid holiday season that missed analyst expectations for sales, comparable-sales growth and earnings across the board. But things have reversed dramatically for the retailer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. percent to $134.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

A big boost for both firms’ private-label brands was forecast, and has since come to pass. Some have speculated that Amazon is planning a serious restructuring plan for Whole Foods stores, which could see whole sections of the stores converted into miniature versions of Amazon’s highly automated warehouses. Theories abounded.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

The Wall Street Journal reports that certain verticals, such as retail and energy, had already been on relatively shaky ground with onerous debt loads before COVID-19 came to the fore. Marquee names in retail are in talks for bankruptcy financing, such as JCPenney, to the tune of $1 billion. Neiman Marcus may file.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We are not macro forecasters, but we are macro aware understanding what’s happening in the economy with technicals in the markets. How do you deal with the macro environment that has been forecasting recession for, I don’t know, it feels like three years now. But again, we’re not macro forecasters here.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

RITHOLTZ: Everybody’s been forecasting incorrectly about recessions, about rate cuts. MILLER: And my wife always kids me about being overly eager to pay full retail. RITHOLTZ: That’s assuming Goldman is right. MILLER: Correct. So let’s talk a bit about, I want to talk about rates and I want to talk about supply.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It had gone from a fairly, fairly heavy retail business to a very institutional business. At the time, the Mexican, after the Mexican restructuring, they had, they had Mexican bonds with an oil option embedded in them. People that shop at the, at the big box retailers, the Walmarts, ’cause they import a lot of their goods.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 19, 2023

They mock the political forecasters and the talk of “optics.” The result further consolidated evidence of a tight labor market despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening path last year, challenging market bets that the Fed will halt its tightening path before reaching the forecasted terminal rate of 5.25%.”

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