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...Today, Victoria’s Secret remains far and away the largest intimate apparel brand in the US, with more than $6bn in annual sales. “We’re on a journey,” Waters told analysts in August....
...There’s the new Alex Eagle Sporting Club, for instance, which offers fencing, dancing, boxing and yoga classes, and has accompanying athletic apparel inspired by the greens and whites of Wimbledon’s tennis...
...Reiss, which describes itself as “a global affordable luxury apparel brand” trades from 160 stores, concessions and franchises in 15 countries including the UK, the US, France and Germany as well as its...
...Noting the “updated timeline”, the statement said only that Mystic was “an event-driven clinical trial and continues per protocol”....
...L Brands turned softer in after-hours trading after its quarterly results showed that sales at its lingerie brand, Victoria’s Secret, continued to erode after shedding its apparel and swimwear businesses...
...A decision to to ditch its swim and apparel offerings has also weighed on like-for-like sales....
...“An improvement in pricing power has been a missing ingredient for retailers,” he said, pointing to the latest consumer price index data, which included an uptick for apparel prices....
...However, AstraZeneca remains confident of the drug’s potential even if the Mystic trial fails entirely — as do some analysts....
...The decision to depart from the swim and apparel categories lobbed 6 percentage points off total comparable sales and 9 percentage points off Victoria’s Secret comparable sales....
...Strong demand for Calvin Klein dresses and Tommy Hilfiger sportswear helped G-III Apparel weather the wider retail slump and deliver better than expected sales gain during the first quarter....
...The company, best known for colourful and quirky apparel and accessories, was urged to put itself up for sale by New York-based hedge fund Caerus Investors in November, citing the decline in shares over...
...L Brands said the exit by Victoria’s Secret from swimwear and apparel reduced the brand’s comp. sales by 10 percentage points, and the company’s by 7pp....
...As you can see, both apparel stocks and retail malls are taking a pounding. We had disappointing results from Nike today, and that trend shows no signs of abating. And that's the "New York Minute."...
...“Specialisation is also a better asset these days, because it insulates them a bit more from encroaching channels like apparel specialists....
...Quarterly earnings are also due out from Nike, the athletic apparel maker, along with semiconductor group Micron, and General Mills, which is known for its cereals....
...Standard & Poor’s cut Gap’s credit rating into junk territory late on Thursday, following a similar move last week by Fitch, leaving the struggling apparel retailer as one of the credit market’s most recent...
...However, we decided that now is the time to focus even more on our core strength in the athletic footwear and apparel market,” he said....
...much-needed total of about $1.5bn of liquidity this year as it attempts to reinvent itself amid stiff competition and a consumer base that has long lost interest in its vast array of products from tools to apparel...
...“We believe apparel industry trends will remain soft in 2016, given the heightened industry competition, declining mall traffic, and the shifting trend in consumer spending away from department stores to...
...And Valentino’s broad selection of modest, full-length gowns and apparel has contributed to the Qatari-owned house’s booming revenues (reported last month to have been $1bn in 2015, up 48 per cent from 2014...
...‘The Program’, in cinemas now 20 Rapha doffs its cap to Liberty with a one-off collection of cycling apparel that sees the store’s rich archive of prints applied to everything, from leggings and jerseys...
...Nike led the benchmark S&P 500 on Friday, rising 4 per cent to $109.70, after the athletic apparel and footwear maker reported better than expected results in its latest quarter as it benefits from the trend...
...Mr Charney remains American Apparel’s largest shareholder with a 42.7 per cent stake....
...FWIW Corrie appears throughout in standard issue “do no evil” apparel — perhaps because there’s nothing like a goofy corporate T-shirt to take minds off critically evaluating the underlying dialogue in favour...
...Apparel sales rose 8.2 per cent last year in China, to 36.6bn units. In contrast, apparel sales in the U.S. rose 2.2 per cent last year to 17.1bn units....
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