People shop at a grocery store in Monterey Park, California, on April 12, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Supply chain headaches, surging interest rates and the war in Ukraine have combi...
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Old Navy CEO to exit as parent company Gap cuts sales guidance
An employee hands a customer a shopping bag at an Old Navy Inc. store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gap Inc. announced Thursday that the CEO of its Old Navy division, ...
Wall Street questions Lululemon 2026 financial targets
A woman jogs past a Lululemon retail store. Bloomberg | Getty Images Lululemon is setting lofty goals for growth in the next five years and laying out for analysts exactly how it plans to get there. B...
Lululemon monthly memberships for clothes, events and classes
Lululemon is launching a membership program — and it’s about more than workout clothes. The athletic apparel retailer will debut two tiers of memberships, one free and one paid, in a bid to buil...
Lululemon (LULU) announces new 5-year targets at analyst day 2022
A customer looks at athletic apparel inside a Lululemon store. Xaume Olleros | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lululemon aims to double its 2021 revenue in the next five years, putting it on track to hit $12...
Rent the Runway (RENT) Q4 2021 loss
Rent the Runway sees the more than 2 million weddings planned for this year, and all the parties that come with them, as being a massive boon to its business. Plus, according to co-founder and Chief E...
50,000 retail store closures in U.S. by 2026 after pandemic pause
A pandemic shakeup in 2020 led to a surge in store closures, coupled with dozens retailers filing for bankruptcy, which emptied out shopping malls and left vacancies scattered along the streets major ...
Lululemon trade-in, resell program to launch this month
Lululemon will debut a trade-in and resale option for its gently used leggings, tops and jackets later this month following a successful pilot program prompted by rising consumer prices and a commitme...
Target tiptoes back into resale with new ThredUp deal
Target ThredUp website Source: Target Target is tiptoeing back into secondhand sales through a deal with resale company, ThredUp. The big-box retailer confirmed Friday that it launched a page on Thred...
Macy’s warns inflation-squeezed consumers may choose travel over shopping
A person walks past a Macys store in Hyattsville, Maryland, on February 22, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images As inflation threatens to weigh on consumer demand, particularly among low-to-mi...
Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI) reports Q1 2022 earnings beat
An employee holds a shopping bag while ringing up a customer at the Levi Strauss & Co. flagship store in San Francisco, March 18, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Denim retailer ...
Teens spend on Nike and Lululemon despite concerns about U.S. economy
Athletic apparel sits on display inside a Lululemon Athletica store. Xaume Olleros | Bloomberg | Getty Images Teens are spending more and shifting their shopping habits, even as they worry about growi...
Nordstrom leadership reclaims oversight of struggling Rack business
Nordstrom Rack in downtown Seattle Getty Images Nordstrom on Monday announced it is streamlining leadership of its struggling Rack business with that of its full-line department stores, as two executi...
Kohl’s calls on shareholders to reject activist Macellum’s proposal
People shop at Kohl’s department store amid the coronavirus outbreak on September 5, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Liu Guanguan | China News Service | Getty Images Kohl’s on Thursday ...
Lizzo launches Yitty shapewear brand in tie-up with Fabletics
As a young girl, Lizzo tried intensely to, literally, fit in. The now-superstar would wear body girdles and skin-tight corsets to school, contorting the shape of her body — an experience she said was ...
Nike recovers in China, potential good omen for retailers
An employee works next to shoes on display inside the flagship store of sporting-goods giant Nike in Shanghai on March 16, 2017. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Glimmers of hope for Nike in China...
Nike (NKE) reports fiscal Q3 2022 earnings
A man walks in front of a Nike products exhibit, on February 22, 2021 in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Nike on Monday reported earnings and sales for the fiscal third quarter ...
Kohl’s confirms it has received multiple preliminary buyout offers
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s on Monday confirmed it has receive...
Nike (NKE) about to report Q3 2022 earnings: Here’s what to expect
Shoes line the shelves at the Nike store on December 21, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Nike‘s post-earnings comments Monday could be a harbinger of how the retail indus...
Kohl’s shares jump after report says Hudson’s Bay is considering buyout bid
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s shares jumped nearly 7% Wednesday ...
Macy’s overhauls its website and trains personal stylists
Macy’s store in Herald Square in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Macy’s is preparing to overhaul its website and train some of its workforce to be personal stylists in a bid to win more custom...
American consumer still healthy, but lower-income shoppers at risk
Pedestrians carry Macy’s shopping bags in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Macy’s says the American consumer is still he...
Stitch Fix stock hits all-time low as future growth in doubt
The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloombe...
Stitch Fix shares plummet after company cuts guidance for the year
The Stitch Fix application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earnin...
Lululemon footwear marks new product to take on Nike, Adidas
Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald said that launching into shoes was the next natural step for the leggings maker. Source: Lululemon Lululemon is venturing into footwear, marking a new product category fo...
Michael Kors-parent Capri Holdings ditches CEO succession plan; shares fall
Joshua Schulman is seen at Michael Kors intimate Cocktail Party in Celebration of his 40th Anniversary on September 23, 2021 in Milan, Italy. Victor Boyko | Getty Images Capri Holdings has ditched its...
Levi Strauss suspends sales in Russia
Levi’s 501 blue jeans on display. Sean Gallup | Getty Images Levi Strauss announced Monday it will suspend sales in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The apparel com...
Kohl’s (KSS) issues long-term financial targets at investor day 2022
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s, facing activist pressure to consi...
Gap (GPS) reports Q4 2021 narrower losses, projects revenue decline
Sale signs are on display in the windows of a Gap retail location. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Gap Inc. shares climbed in after-hours trading Thursday after the apparel retailer offered an upbeat forecast for i...
Victoria’s Secret (VSCO) reports Q4 2021 earnings; issues weak outlook; cites Ukraine
Shoppers are seen inside a shopping mall in Bethesda, Maryland on February 17, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Victoria’s Secret seesawed in after-hour hours trading Wednesday after the l...
Ralph Lauren executive Howard Smith to resign after he violated ethics code
Ralph Lauren Europe President Howard Smith attends Vogue Foundation Dinner Photocall as part of Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 at Musee Galliera on July 3, 2018 in Pari...
Nordstrom shares soar as it makes progress but still has ways to go
Nordstrom signage outside one of the company’s full-line department stores. Tim Boyle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nordstrom shares are soaring after the department store chain offered up ...