A number of
retail companies report their financial results this week as the latest earnings season winds down.
Not exact matches
After nearly a two - month dispute during which time the online
retailer Amazon had stopped offering Disney DVD's for preorder, the Wall Street Journal
reports the two
companies are close to settlement.
Chief Executive Officer Bruce Broussard was asked several questions about news
reports the
company had discussed a deal with
retailer Wal - Mart Inc during a 45 - minute conference call to discuss better - than - expected first - quarter earnings.
Brand went on to share that
companies should add data to «existing
reporting and business intelligence tools that help those
retailers make sense of these massive banks of in - store data with a new layer of intel to their decision - making at the executive level.»
Other
companies reporting quarterly results today include book
retailer Barnes & Noble (BKS), which is expected to
report a decline in its fourth - quarter sales — a drop that would represent the
company's fourth - straight quarterly decline — as the
retailer faces the increasing threat of online rivals as well as underwhelming demand for its Nook e-readers.
The
company currently makes up 2.3 percent of total
retail sales in Canada, according to the Wall Street Journal's
report of the settlement.
In January, the
company's shares fell more than 6 % after One Click
Retail's 2017 Grocery
Report showed that Amazon had made impressive gains in the US grocery market.
With the excitement of earnings season slowing down, Walmart will be one of the few remaining market - moving
companies to
report its latest quarterly results this week, along with a handful of other big
retailers.
«We are pleased that a balanced agreement has been reached and that Nestle products will soon be back on the shelves of the six members of the European
retail alliance AgeCore,» a
company spokesman said, confirming a
report by Germany's Lebensmittelzeitung.
The 2015 Nielson Global Sustainability
Report found that
retail brands with a commitment to sustainability, environmental concerns and social responsibility experienced 4 - percent growth, while
companies that did not grew only 1 percent.
Despite overall strength in the apparel industry, the fashion
company is the only major specialty
retailer no trading above the five - year median right now, according to a recent
report by Morgan Stanley.
Credit card
company American Express and actor Will Smith are apparently sinking $ 53 million into online
retail service The Fancy, according to a Bloomberg
report that cites anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
Comparable sales in Barnes & Noble's
retail business, which exclude its struggling Nook digital business, rose 1.3 % in its third fiscal quarter, the
company reported on Thursday, as physical books continued to hold their own against e-books at the
company and industrywide.
Retailers have been forced to pay fees to trucking
companies to compensate for the increased time and trouble, while shipping
companies have been diverting container ships carrying Northeast - bound cargo to ports in Baltimore, Montreal and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal
reported on Sunday.
Though AudioNet started as a «sort of radio station for the internet,» CNN Money
reports that the
company soon branched out into video and music
retailing, rebranding itself as broadcast.com.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil
Company, the United Arab Emirates» state - owned oil company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people with knowledge of the
Company, the United Arab Emirates» state - owned oil
company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its retail unit, Reuters reported citing people with knowledge of the
company, has chosen First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to help with the IPO of its
retail unit, Reuters
reported citing people with knowledge of the matter.
A smattering of
companies also
report earnings, with a few remaining
retailers — Costco, Tiffany, Best Buy, Abercrombie & Fitch and Dollar General, among them.
The Container Store is doing slightly better than Bed Bath & Beyond — as
reported by
Retail Dive, in late 2017 there was an increase in both net sales and same - store sales, and the
company has been actively working to improve its web presence.
We'll also take the pulse on the
retail industry as more
companies report earnings, the real estate industry through a series of monthly
reports, and enough economic data to keep investors busy.
The potential Chapter 11 filing could be a result of the
company's suppliers tightening trade terms, including holding back on shipments unless the toy
retailer is able to make cash payments on delivery, the newspaper
reported.
Automotive
Retail portfolio
companies reported are the number of individual franchises controlled by GPB Capital, and include franchises currently awaiting manufacturer approval.
He will
report to Brad Ross, president of Highland Capital Funds Distributor, Highland's distribution
company for its
retail, publicly registered products.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims put big power
companies on notice that the agency will tackle surging
retail costs in its final
report on electricity due next month.
Not long afterward, The Seattle Times
reported that more changes were afoot for Amazon, with the
company consolidating its consumer
retail operations in order to focus on Alexa, AWS, digital entertainment and other growing areas.
Birchbox has been on the market since last summer, and
reports indicated the
company had been in talks with a wide range of
retailers, including Walmart, to see if a match could be made.
The Amazon.com Inc. founder added $ 12 billion to his fortune as the
company's shares surged 6.3 percent to $ 1,614 in extended trading at 4:33 p.m. in New York — on top of a 4 percent gain during the regular session — after the
retailer reported results that beat Wall Street estimates.
GM and its Detroit rivals have relied heavily on sales of high - margin pickup trucks and SUVs to boost profits.GM's total U.S. sales, its second - largest market, are down 3.2 percent for the first two months of 2018, reflecting a 6.8 percent drop in
retail sales to individual customers, the
company reported last month.
The CAPI
report urges Canadian food
companies to leverage our stellar international reputation and the known quality of our food products and engage with more Chinese
retailers.
The online
retail giant's stock tanked this past Wednesday following a
report that Trump is «obsessed» with the
company and muses about targeting its tax treatment or building an antitrust case against it.
For a fuller
report on the openings for foreign
companies to sell online in China, see «Open Door Policy» in the November 2015 issue of Internet
Retailer magazine.
While most of the aforementioned
companies don't entirely rely on Amazon to generate revenue, some have
reported attractive returns in the online
retail revolution.
Outdoor and sporting goods
retailer Bass Pro Shops made a $ 5.5 billion offer last month for rival Cabela's (NYSE: CAB), but after the target
company reported its third - quarter results on Wednesday,...
The
company is a joint venture between Shinsegae Group and Starbucks Coffee International,
retail news source Chain Store Age
reported.
According to a Monday (Jan. 22)
report in Telecompaper, WeChat inked a deal with Digital Retex, a
company which helps
retailers integrate with WeChat's services, and Docomo Digital, the European unit of digital payment
company NTT Docomo, to enable Chinese tourists to make transactions in Italy.
The
report noted that WeChat Pay is hoping to make inroads with all
retailers but has a particular focus on those
companies that specialize in high - end or designer products, as they represent approximately 60 percent of all Chinese purchases.
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This
report is aimed at
companies operating in the
retail Household Care industry and for new
companies considering entry into Japan's
retail Household Care industry
Cal - Maine's 2010 Annual
Report to shareholders says that the
company's shell eggs are sold to «a majority of the largest food
retailers in the U.S.» Among its customers are
retailers such as HEB and Publix.
Mr Cousins expects the consumer electronics
retailer to
report a 0.6 per cent increase in net profit to $ 129.1 million on sales of $ 3.6 billion, in line with the
company's $ 127 million to $ 131 million guidance.
In a recent market announcement, the
company quoted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its interim
report into the dairy industry last November, saying: «Wholesale and
retail non-organic milk prices have been declining in real terms since the industry was deregulated in 2000.
Based on analysis covering 1,200 business sites across 700
companies in 17 countries — representing the manufacturing,
retail, hospitality and food service industries — the
report shows that almost every time a business made an investment in curbing food waste, there was a positive return on that investment.
Companies are also looking at sustainable ingredients because of the growing importance of sustainability
reporting as well as pressure from the media and
retailers.
UK milk processors Arla Foods and Dairy Crest have had their lucrative contracts to supply fresh milk to UK multiple
retailer Morrisons extended - at the expense of rival dairy
company Robert Wiseman, Tom Armitage
reports.
Owner of Crust Pizza, Donut King and Gloria Jean's Coffee,
Retail Food Group, has experienced a significant drop in its share price with the
company attributing the fall to UBS
reports.
The
company's latest
report: «Convenience
Retailing in the UK 2017» states that the highest growth category in convenience
retail * will be food, -LSB-...]
Tesco is set to remove some John West tuna products from Tesco shelves after the
company failed to meet the
retailer's sustainability standards,
reports The Independent.
Baby Milk Action's Look What They're Doing in the UK monitoring
report profiles the major baby feeding product
companies and
retailers.
Full details of the changes required to UK legislation to bring it into line with the International Code and Resolutions are contained in the introduction to the Look What They're Doing in the UK 2017 monitoring
report, which profiles the major formula and feeding bottle
companies and
retailers.
Of the eighteen non-manufacturing sub-sectors thirteen of them
reported growth in December in the following order: agriculture; health care & social assistance; information & communication; finance & insurance; management of
companies;
retail trade; accommodation & food services; transportation & warehousing; arts, entertainment & recreation; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; wholesale trade; construction and real estate, rental & leasing.
As
reported by The Post, former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz appeared to soften his attitude toward the
company in 2011 after the
retailer donated $ 150,000 to his summer Martin Luther King Jr. concert series.