Hints and tips:
...Williams-Sonoma, which sells high-end kitchen goods and high-ish-end home furnishings, more or less echoed that sentiment and emphasised its efforts to sell more value-priced items....
...William Cohan, ‘The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co’ (2007) Favourite: Point of No Return, by John Marquand....
...Retailers reliant on a broader range of income groups pointed to a weakening of discretionary spending, with Target, Macy’s and Home Depot all reporting comparable sales declines in their latest quarter....
...update, CMC Markets HY, Crest Nicholson trading update, Dole Q3, Gap Q3, International Distributions Services HY, Investec HY, Kier Group trading update and AGM, Lenovo Q2, Liontrust Asset Management HY, Macy...
...But may I just suggest the UK’s successful opponent of Louis XIV, William III, widely known as William of Orange or “King Billy” in protestant unionist circles in Northern Ireland?...
...Results: Autodesk Q2, Bath & Body Works Q2, Footlocker Q2, Grab Q2, Kohl’s Q2, Mowi Q2, NetApp Q1, Nvidia Q2, Ooma Q2, Peloton Q4 Snowflake Q2, Splunk Q2, Williams-Sonoma Q2, Woolworths Group FY, Zuora Q2...
...Luxury fashion retailer Ralph Lauren and high-end home goods retailer Williams Sonoma this week reported strong earnings in their most recent quarters, a sign demand from less price-sensitive consumers remains...
...Retailers such as Kohl’s and Macy’s reported recently that high inflation had damped consumer spending on apparel....
...Some companies — including Amazon, American Express and Macy’s — are technically complying with New York legislation, but have been criticised for posting salary ranges that are too broad....
...Although soaring inflation has hit the buying power of customers at companies such as Walmart and Target, luxury retailers such as Macy’s, Ralph Lauren and Williams Sonoma have been more resilient....
...Rival Macy’s warned yesterday that inflation was outpacing wage growth and that it was “not sustainable for the consumer”....
...“I want to be a billionaire,” she says, pointedly diminishing the achievements of host Richard (William H Macy) — a mere impoverished millionaire....
...Today, investors will look to department stores Macy’s and Kohl’s, as well as upmarket furniture and homewares retailer Williams-Sonoma, to see how they fared and for their outlook on the crucial holiday...
...One of WME’s clients is Beth Macy, whose book Dopesick, about the opioid crisis and the involvement of Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family, became a Hulu streaming series, starring Michael Keaton...
...But the study that most caught my eye this year comes courtesy of Jeff Galak, Elanor Williams and the aptly named Julian Givi....
...Felicia Williams, interim chief financial officer, said luxury “proved to be strong across almost every category” for its Bloomingdale’s chain....
...Recent works fared well elsewhere, including by George Condo, Rashid Johnson and Simone Leigh at Hauser & Wirth, and William Kentridge and Cassi Namoda at Goodman Gallery....
...William Taubman, the chief operating officer of mall operator Taubman, which owns the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, likens the shifts by consumers away from department stores to the declining ratings of...
...“In the old days [department stores] acted as a curator of other people’s products under one roof,” said Peter Williams, former chief executive of Selfridges in the UK and now chairman of Superdry....
...Roger Macy London N1, UK Letter in response to this letter: Linguistic judgment / From William Pridie, Leominster, Herefordshire, UK...
...Roger Macy is right in stating it was a weapon of racially-motivated mass slaughter. The word should be used carefully. William Pridie Leominster, Herefordshire, UK...
...Macy’s, which suffered a downgrade in its credit rating to junk status, normally grants executives options in late March....
...Wall Street will focus on retail earnings, while reports from Royal Mail, easyJet and bookmaker William Hill will be of interest to UK investors....
...According to reports, Huffman was accompanied by her actor husband William Macy and broke down as she told a judge in Boston she was ashamed of her behaviour....
...Final thought The post-apocalyptic world envisioned by William Gibson is already here, writes John Thornhill, FT Innovation Editor, in an interview with the cult sci-fi writer....
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