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...“The management of ESG issues is part of the ratings process,” said Lauren Dillard, head of investment intelligence at Nasdaq....
...at a higher percentage of their float are: the biotech company Polarityte; Health Insurance Innovations, which operates a technology platform focused on health; and life insurance and department store Dillards...
...Two of its department store rivals — Macy’s and Dillard’s — had set the bar high by reporting better than expected results earlier this week....
...Gross margins also declined at Kohl’s and Dillard’s....
...JCPenney’s disappointing sales figures follow upbeat sales from fellow department stores Macy’s, Kohl’s and Dillards earlier this week....
...Upbeat results from Macy’s and Dillard’s on Thursday helped trigger a rally in shares on rivals such as Kohl’s and JCPenney....
...The Dillards chain is getting similar advice. The natural reaction would be for groups to combine. But complicated liabilities and integration constrain that....
...The declines come as shares of Macy’s, Kohl’s and Dillard’s remain in a free-fall after reporting another quarter of steep declines in comparable sales, a key industry metric....
...Arkansas-based Dillard’s said same-store sales fell 4 per cent, the seventh consecutive quarter of decline, sending its shares down 17.5 per cent....
...The results come after a grim day of earnings for fellow big US department-store chains Macy’s, Kohl’s and Dillard’s....
...The results come after department stores like Macy’s, Dillard’s Kohl’s and JC Penney all reported last week that same-store sales and profit margins fell in the second quarter....
...JC Penney is down 4.6 per cent, Sears is off 2.2 per cent; Kohl’s has fallen 6 per cent, Nordstrom declined 4.2 per cent and Dillard’s is nearly 5 per cent lower on the day....
...The figures that were revealed by Macy’s, Kohl’s, Dillard’s, Nordstrom and JC Penney were below most analysts’ forecasts, suggesting Wall Street has still not got a handle on how fast things are deteriorating...
...Department stores Macy’s, Kohl’s and Dillard all saw their shares fall on Thursday after the three reported falling profit margin....
...Department stores Macy’s, Kohl’s and Dillard’s all saw their shares fall on Thursday after reporting weaker profit margins....
...Yesterday, rivals Macy’s, Kohl’s, Dillard’s and Nordstrom also missed expectations on this key sales metric, prompting a sell-off that has spread to companies across the sector amid rising concerns about...
...The sales miss echoed weak results from Macy’s, Kohl’s, Dillard’s and JW Nordstrom, released on Thursday that have sparked concern that consumers’ shift away from traditional bricks-and-mortar retail may...
...If Simons has his way, shoppers at mid-American Macy’s and Dillard’s will come around to his point of view. But it was a gamble....
...JC Penney has been a bright spot in the department-store sector — with same-store sales declining 4.8 per cent at Macy’s, 2 per cent at Dillard’s and 7.1 per cent at Sears Holdings — amid the rise of ecommerce...
...Liongate was founded by Randall Dillard and Jeff Holland in 2003. Principal wrote down its $44m investment in Liongate in 2014, and the group’s co-founders both left the fund this year....
...Rival chains fell on Monday, with Dillard’s down 0.3 per cent to $92.51 and Sears Holdings dropping 2.2 per cent to $26.71....
...JC Penney shares rose 5.5 per cent to $8.52, while shares in rival department store Dillard’s remained little changed....
...“Our checks suggest inventory for Michael Kors is building at retailers like Macy’s & Dillard’s,” Erinn Murphy, an analyst at Piper Jaffray said....
...Shares of Nordstrom declined 5 per cent to $65.11, Macy’s fell 1 per cent to $57.45, Sears fell 2 per cent to $35.16 and Dillard’s, which also reported results, fell 8 per cent to $106.11....
...Rival Dillard’s edged up 0.2 per cent to $115.60 while JC Penney climbed 4 per cent to $9.74, ahead of stronger results which lifted the stock another 5 per cent to $10.24 in after-market trading....
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