Sentences with phrase «lululemon wunder»

It's also trying to manage the availability and consistency of Lululemon's 46 other specialty fabrics (up from the original seven), so that there's enough inventory of, say, the Silverscent material, which is spun out of silver fibres that reduce bacteria and make workout bags less stinky.

While Lululemon's goods are in the higher end of the sector, customers see value in the products.

(Lululemon representatives declined to comment for this story.)

Still, with the company trading at 45 - times projected earnings, it seems that investors are confident of Lululemon's ability to walk that rope.

Sidwell had never met Christine Day when he read in a newspaper that she was stepping down from Lululemon.

«It's the same at Lululemon.

She just wishes Lululemon would recognize that there's a bigger community of yoga lovers who would love to wear Lulu.

If Lululemon's snap back from the $ 5 range a year ago proves anything, it's that this corporate phenomenon, with a $ 2.5 - billion - plus market capitalization and aiming for sales of between $ 570 million and $ 585 million this year, is for real.

In 2007, Lululemon was forced to remove tags that said some of its fabrics contained a seaweed that fought inflammation, bacteria and stress, after a New York Times test found no trace of the stuff.

Lululemon ended fiscal 2010 with 13 more stores than the year prior, and has plans to open up 30 new stores in 2011.

Though the company's lingo rolls off her tongue effortlessly, the 46 - year - old has never worked for Lululemon.

To handle increasing demand, Lululemon has found a second manufacturer of Luon (its unique stretchy fabric now famous for supporting women's derrières) and is working on better planning with its factories.

John Zolidis, of Buckingham Research Group, recommended that investors «reduce positions» in a note published Tuesday regarding Lululemon's performance.

As Lululemon continues to work toward an international expansion, Potdevin's language skills and overseas experience will likely endear him to global business partners.

Laurent Potdevin, a former executive with TOMS Shoes and Burton who began his career at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A., will start at Lululemon in the new year.

Part of the reason Lululemon experienced stock shortages this year is a just - in - time model that allows the company to carry scant inventory.

As the months went on, Beauchesne turned shopping at Lululemon into her reward for continuing her commitment to spinning classes and the gym.

He also says he'll be keeping an eye on whether Lululemon has the capacity to accelerate investment, and maintain the pace of growth.

Like Starbucks and Lululemon, Luvo inhabits the «New Luxury» space identified by Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske in their 2003 book, Trading Up.

Lululemon has pretty much met them.

Opened the year after he sold Westbeach and just up the hill from its flagship outlet in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, the first Lululemon store, alongside a yoga studio, was a calming refuge for Wilson after his wild ride as a globe - trotting stylemaker to the board culture.

They feel just like normal jeans, but have a clear stretch that makes them really comfortable — almost like the Lululemon ABC pants.

Lululemon is the first mainstream clothing company to really adopt the «salon» business model.

As Lululemon continues to grow and surpass estimates, this is a warning they would do well to heed.

When Thompson returned to her affluent neighbourhood, she noticed the same symbol on a store in the mall, and promptly bought some outfits to continue her yoga practice in the U.S.. She's been practising ever since, and yet she calls herself a Lululemon outlier.

To the casual observer, the return of yoga to the mainstream and the concurrent success of Lululemon

In the case of Lululemon, the employee (which the company calls an educator) talks to the shopper (called the guest) about her passions and pursuits, and they work together to select the ideal garment.

There are two stories about Lululemon, though: a feel - good tale of growth in the real world, and a potentially scary one surrounding its stock.

Lululemon sends employees to attend local workout classes and show off the latest collection, the stores sometimes host community events, and local yoga instructors teach free, in - store classes.

Canadians can cheer on Lululemon for bringing home - grown design and market insight to the world, and learn from its strategy and staying power.

Can Lululemon conquer the big time without selling its soul?

The accumulation of expertise and financial wherewithal along the way has allowed Lululemon to shrug off things like the departure of CEO Robert Meers (the one - time Reebok International president was replaced by Day, a 20 - year veteran of Starbucks and doubtless a better representative of the company's core customer) and the seaweed scandal of 2007, when clothing touted for its supposedly skin - friendly properties was found to contain none of the marine ingredient.

Fraser often cites Lululemon's attributes in his presentations, from its recruitment of real athletes and customers to test its products to its unobtrusive, wordless logo that is recognizable most for its placement on the back of the pants: «From 10 feet away this logo is just a white dot but people understand that that dot means quality.»

In this case, Lululemon has taken the category of women's athletic apparel — which has been an afterthought for women's fashion brands like La Senza and Bebe, and an «also - ran» side of the business at Nike and Adidas — married it to mainstream casual and turned it into a high - performing category all its own.

«Wearing Lululemon is largely a fashion statement — one likely to become less so when everyone and her aunt wears it.

Thinking back to her time with Apple, Thompson says it's easy to see why Lululemon has been so successful, because both companies «think about the experience they want to create through the whole life cycle of the product.

It's Sunday afternoon at Lululemon Athletica in Toronto's Eaton Centre mall, and though there's no big sale, customers have swarmed the store.

In May 2013, Carolyn Beauchesne, a blogger who runs a site called Lululemon Addict, wrote that «Day has ruined everything special about Lululemon.

Lululemon's efforts to heal its relationship with some customers will have to be more blatant, he says, or the company risks losing clientele to other brands such as Under Armour and Nike.

And Gap (GPS) is placing a big bet on Lululemon's biggest direct threat, Athleta.

And just like Lululemon, Vega is in the business of selling more than what's on the shelves.

But the Lululemon wave might now jibe well with the Nike swoosh.

Investors were left scratching their heads Wednesday after Lululemon (LULU) reported another disappointing round of results.

Since Laurent Potdevin took over as Lululemon's CEO early in 2014, shares have slipped 20 %.

«Buying Lululemon would not be a substitute for building a branded women's business,» wrote Sterne Agee CRT analyst Sam Poser in a note to clients.

Sometimes the share price drop is swift — witness Air Canada's 20 % dive on Feb. 12 — other times it's more gradual, as in Lululemon's case.

Examples of such supposed brushes with oblivion are almost too numerous, from little goof - ups like Tropicana's package redesign, Gap's short - lived new logo and Lululemon's transparent stretchy pants to big stuff like BP's oil spill, Chipotle's food poisoning and Samsung's self - immolating phones.

For years Lululemon could do no wrong, but in the past 12 months it has tumbled by 25 %, thanks to ongoing problems with quality control.

Lululemon also trimmed profit and sales targets for the full year.

Lululemon should be knocking sales targets out of the park.