Financial News: Page 19
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Nike taps former executive Tom Peddie to return as vice president of marketplace partners
The 30-year veteran of the athletics retailer, who retired in 2020, is set to return as the company shifts its direct-to-consumer strategy.
By Nate Delesline III • July 10, 2024 -
Nonalcoholic beer maker Athletic boosts coffers with $50M investment
The financing round will help fund the fast-growing company’s expansion efforts.
By Christopher Doering • July 10, 2024 -
Target to stop accepting personal checks
The retailer highlighted that customers will still have six payment options after the change takes effect in about a week.
By Nate Delesline III • July 9, 2024 -
Toy company Basic Fun to restructure in bankruptcy
The downfall of Toys R Us — its largest customer — plus its own supply chain issues and the pandemic have left Chapter 11 as its best recourse.
By Nate Delesline III • July 3, 2024 -
All Bob’s Stores locations to close
The retailer was unable to secure the financing necessary to keep operating. The fate of sibling Eastern Mountain Sports remains unclear.
By Daphne Howland • July 2, 2024 -
Nike expects more revenue declines ahead after ‘sluggish’ Q4
CEO John Donahoe said the company is “embracing a more balanced approach” to DTC and wholesale after a rough set of numbers.
By Cara Salpini • June 28, 2024 -
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The Weekly Closeout: Chewy plans $500M share buyback, Conn’s receives Nasdaq delinquency notice
The online pet retailer agreed to repurchase shares from its largest shareholder, while the home retailer received the notification after not filing its latest quarterly report.
By Retail Dive Staff • June 28, 2024 -
Walgreens to close ‘significant’ number of US stores
The company is reviewing about 25% of its 8,700 domestic stores, with profitability and level of shrink factoring into which locations stay open.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 27, 2024 -
Amazon market cap reaches $2 trillion
As the company reaches a financial milestone, it is reportedly developing a budget marketplace to compete with Temu and Shein.
By Nate Delesline III • June 27, 2024 -
Levi’s DTC growth speeds up in Q2 as wholesale improves
The iconic jeans maker is responding to demand for looser fits and non-denim categories and plans to expand its global footprint by 70 new stores.
By Daphne Howland • June 27, 2024 -
Consumers splurge on cosmetics online despite inflation: report
While shoppers are trading down in categories like electronics and apparel, they’re continuing to buy luxury goods like fragrances and lipsticks, Adobe Analytics found.
By Howard Ruben • June 27, 2024 -
Lawsuit claims Nike CEO John Donahoe misled investors about the success of its DTC strategy
The lawsuit alleges that Donahoe and Chief Financial Officer Matt Friend continually touted the strength of its strategy when in fact it was “unable to generate sustainable revenue growth.”
By Cara Salpini • June 25, 2024 -
L Catterton acquires Naomi Watts’ Stripes Beauty
As part of the deal, the brand has named ex-Revlon CEO Debra Perelman as executive chair.
By Howard Ruben • June 25, 2024 -
DTC EBIT margins ‘meaningfully below’ wholesale, per report
BMO Capital Markets found that brands that grew DTC did not see a notable increase in revenue, merchandise margins, EBIT margins or EBIT dollars.
By Howard Ruben • June 24, 2024 -
Under Armour to pay $434M to settle lawsuit that claimed Kevin Plank misled investors
If approved, the agreement requires the retailer to keep its CEO and chair roles separate for three years and install a performance-based condition for some executive stock benefits.
By Cara Salpini • June 24, 2024 -
Arc’teryx, Stanley among fastest-growing outdoor brands
A report from Circana found the two brands led the apparel and equipment accessories segments, respectively, with strong year-over-year growth.
By Cara Salpini • June 24, 2024 -
J.C. Penney Q1 loss widens as sales fall 8%
The department store’s start to the year was fairly weak, though improvements to merchandise and some stores have paid off, GlobalData said.
By Daphne Howland • June 24, 2024 -
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The Weekly Closeout: Big Lots issues ‘going concern’ warning and Amazon ditches plastic air pillow packaging
The discount retailer said it may not meet its credit and term loan obligations, while Amazon aims to drop plastic air pillows in North American shipments by the holidays.
By Retail Dive Staff • June 21, 2024 -
Care/of is shutting down
The vitamin and supplement company said it no longer has the needed funding to operate and has canceled all existing subscriptions.
By Caroline Jansen • June 17, 2024 -
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The Weekly Closeout: GameStop raises $2B and Bark Air has a ruff start
The meme stock frenzy continues to be kind to the gaming retailer, while Bark’s new airline effort faced a lawsuit within its first month of operation.
By Retail Dive Staff • June 14, 2024 -
Torrid moves toward 50-50 mall split as sales fall 5%
CEO Lisa Harper said that while 65% of the apparel retailer’s stores are currently inside malls, shoppers are increasingly going off-mall.
By Nate Delesline III • June 14, 2024 -
Adults account for more toy sales than preschoolers: report
Nearly half of shoppers over the age of 18 purchased a toy for themselves in the past year, according to a report by Circana.
By Kaarin Moore • June 13, 2024 -
Ryan Cohen dodges Bed Bath & Beyond shareholder lawsuit
Claims that the activist investor collected “short-swing” profits, leaving shareholders holding the bag, are moot, a judge ruled Tuesday.
By Daphne Howland • June 12, 2024 -
Five Below wants employees to handle 75% of checkouts
Despite Q1 performance that missed expectations, the company still sees a path to more than double its store count by 2030.
By Nate Delesline III • June 11, 2024 -
Qurate faces Nasdaq delisting
The struggling company, which runs home shopping networks QVC and HSN and a small brand portfolio, has until Dec. 9 to regain share price compliance.
By Daphne Howland • June 11, 2024