Sentences with phrase «of apparel retailer»

Shares of apparel retailer Chico's FAS popped more than 12 percent in intraday trade Wednesday after better - than - expected earnings.

Take the example of apparel retailer American Apparel.

As part of my due diligence on Impinj, I started reading conference calls of apparel retailers (Impinj's largest customer base), and I was surprised to find myself liking what a lot of these management teams were saying.

Hit up one of these apparel retailers to get the gear you need for your team.

Your resume can also show your ability to operate the latest textile and apparel machinery, or display your understanding of the apparel retail world.

A dose of science to temper the art of apparel retailing.

Not exact matches

Cottonwood Heights, Utah - based Cotopaxi — named after a volcano in Ecuador that Davis frequented as a child growing up in South America — is an outdoor gear and apparel retailer that donates 10 percent of all profits to charitable causes in the developing world.

And Macy's, Kohl's and J.C. Penney continue to work on their house brands, so expect apparel to remain one of retail's most difficult areas.

«Lulu enjoyed several years of extremely strong growth as a faddish demand for its product produced record setting levels of sales productivity and the highest ever operating margins we've seen for a specialty apparel retailer.

«I think men's (apparel) will be a home run,» said Jennifer Black, a retail analyst and president of Jennifer Black & Associates.

«They're still not tapping into a huge component of the overall apparel market,» says James Smerdon, the director of retail consulting at Colliers International, in Vancouver.

Last year, former J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler invested in and became the chairman of the board of the four - year - old athletic apparel retailer.

Nike is one of the more resilient apparel and retail brands out there but even CEO Mark Parker knows that the athletic brand isn't impervious to a slump in brick - and - mortar traffic.

The spunky British apparel retailer, famous for its Japanese design flare, now has a handful of locations in the Northeast and on the West Coast.

Online shoe - and - apparel retailer Zappos gained popularity with Internet customers in part because of its generous shipping policies.

Now, the number of international retailers — apparel brands, grocers, cosmetics companies and more — looking to move to America is growing at a rapid clip, industry experts have told CNBC.

By contrast, stocks in the S&P 500 Apparel Retail Index are changing hands at the fastest clip since 2012 — an average of 700,000 times more a week than they did last year.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with him, Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos, a customer service company that happens to be an ecommerce shoe and apparel retailer, based in Las Vegas.

Tony Hsieh, CEO of online apparel retailer Zappos, is famous for calling branding and culture two sides of the same coin.

This past summer, the record - setting 11 - time World Surf League champion realized a long - held aspiration to helm a designer surfwear startup with the launch of Outerknown, which joins a growing wave of apparel brands and retailers embracing sustainable philosophies.

No one has a better understanding of this than American Apparel CEO Dov Charney who was quoted in The Village Voice lamenting the death of the fad his retail chain championed, if not started.

Gap said on Tuesday that Jeff Kirwan, president and chief executive of its eponymous brand will leave the apparel retailer, pushing its shares down 5 percent.

All this underscores the struggles of brick - and - mortar apparel and retailing companies that have been upended by fickle consumers and online competitors such as Amazon.

Of those who are purchasing from U.S. retailers, more than half have bought clothing, apparel, and footwear.

Probably the third part of this for apparel retail is the way that apparel manufacturing has been reshaped with fast fashion.

Foot Locker — The athletic footwear and apparel retailer reported adjusted quarterly profit of $ 1.26 per share, beating estimates by a penny a share.

That kind of thinking guided Rendle's career decisions and explains how he rose to the top job of VF (VFC), the giant retailer known for its Lee Jeans, Timberland footwear, and North Face outdoor apparel.

«Apparel retailers should be concerned regardless of what market they're entering,» says retail advisor Doug Stephens.

Teen apparel retailer American Apparel LLC is laying off hundreds of workers as it overhauls its production process, which could include outsourcing part of its production to another U.S. manufacturer, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tapparel retailer American Apparel LLC is laying off hundreds of workers as it overhauls its production process, which could include outsourcing part of its production to another U.S. manufacturer, the Los Angeles Times reported on TApparel LLC is laying off hundreds of workers as it overhauls its production process, which could include outsourcing part of its production to another U.S. manufacturer, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.

«The incident at the Bangladesh apparel factory that claimed 1,000 lives is less an issue of domestic versus foreign manufacturing than it is about fast fashion and the hidden costs of disposable retail,» he wrote in his blog on the company website.

That behavioral shift has resulted in hundreds of store closures and higher promotions, putting pressure on major retailers and apparel and footwear makers like Nike that depend on them for sales.

THE BUSINESS: Retailing western - style apparel and accessories OPENED: October 1963 CLOSED: May 1999 PRIMARY CAUSES OF DEATH: Poor relationships with suppliers; California earthquake; market downturn

Other than Nike however, which was about flat in early trading, shares of almost every major sports apparel company and retailer were in retreat.

«Everybody in this world of innovative apparel and retail startups is talking about how to be relevant and exciting for customers in a world where the perfection and ease of online commerce will ultimately dominate most purchases.

Retailer American Apparel has announced a new code of ethics.

He's active in the retail world through his roles as nonexecutive chairman of Cost Plus and as a board member of True Religion Apparel.

The key to that success: constantly adapting to figure out what sells, at a time when many of the businesses that fill its malls — especially department stores and apparel retailers — aren't selling.

Her promotion last year to head of merchandising for the retailing juggernaut's $ 37 billion apparel and housewares division means she may well have the largest shopping budget of any woman alive.

For the launch of the now - shuttered Virgin Brides — a wedding - apparel retailer — Branson shaved his beard and gamely donned a gown.

And you look across the landscape, there's a variety of areas where I think the company has, what I might call, the core infrastructure to enable them, whether it's live ticketing, for example, or even pharmaceuticals distributorship, apparel, other segments or categories within retail where the company could potentially take the next level and invest aggressively and disrupt the traditional players, which is what they do best.

Big Idea: Driving forward the rapid international expansion of the world's second - largest fashion apparel retailer founded by his grandfather, particularly in its largest markets, the U.S. and China, and expanding the Stockholm - based group's global online presence.

In fact, the investment bank Cowen reported that e-commerce leader Amazon is on pace to become the number one U.S. apparel retailer by the end of 2017.

The apparel retailer raised its full - year profit forecast ahead of its meeting with Wall Street analysts on Tuesday, citing strength in its Tommy Hilfiger business in North America as well as its Calvin Klein line of clothing.

Indeed, there's plenty of room for growth in the specialty apparel retail sector — even if investors and analysts can't seem to make up their mind between what's a bear and what's a bull.

Here in Canada, the $ 7.4 - billion men's apparel industry grew by 4 % between July 2011 and July 2012 (the women's side of things slumped by 1 % over the same time period), and on both sides of the border, men's accessories is the fastest - growing retail market out there.

To find out I talked to Richard Jalichandra, the recently - appointed CEO of Bodybuilding.com, the number one online retailer of sports nutrition products, apparel, and equipment.

«Our concern is that the new set of tariffs will turn to more consumer products not on the list and will now include things like apparel, home goods, shoes, all of those basic retail goods coming in from China, Gold said.

Expected volatilities are based on a review of a peer group of publicly traded apparel retailers.

One recently published estimate put Canada's luxury apparel market at about $ 1.6 billion — 6 % of overall retail apparel sales — but that's a relatively small segment.

David Danziger, co-chairman of American Apparel's board, said in a statement that the retailer «needs a permanent CEO who can bring stability and strong leadership in this time of transition, and we believe Ms. Schneider fits the bill perfectly.»