Key Takeaways Lands' End posted an adjusted loss of six cents per share, wider than last year and consensus.U.S. e-commerce sales fell 11.2% on slower swim product demand, dragging overall revenues lower.Outfitters and Third Party revenues rose, driven by school uniforms, enterprise accounts and marketplaces.Lands' End, Inc. (LE) reported a wider-than-expected loss in second-quarter fiscal 2025. Revenues also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate, while both metrics compared unfavorably on a year-over-year ba ...

Bank of America Securities reported that spending during the back-to-school season in August showed notable strength across most retail categories, with apparel standing out.The firm based its findings on aggregated debit and credit card data, pointing to resilience in consumer activity despite ongoing inflationary concerns.According to the note, total retail sales excluding autos rose 1.9% year over year in August, compared with 1.1% in July.Also Read: Kroger Lifts Profit Outlook On Business Momentum, Marg ...

The fashion retailer, which operates under the Garage and Dynamite banners, says its profit amounted to 56 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Aug. 2, up from 38 cents per diluted share in the same quarter last year. On an adjusted basis, Groupe Dynamite says it earned 57 cents per diluted share, up from an adjusted profit of 40 cents per diluted share a year earlier.Revenue for the 13-week period totalled $326.4 million, up from $239.1 million a year ago, while its comparable store sales rose 28. ...

Shares of Oxford Industries (NASDAQ: OXM) jumped more than 26% on Thursday after the apparel retailer reported second-quarter results that exceeded analysts' earnings expectations, despite facing head... ...

A bleaker macroeconomic reality is setting in on investors as the Q2 earnings season passes into the rearview mirror. Consumer-facing companies, particularly in the retail sector, have been sounding off warnings since the start of the year. AndWith combined experience of covering technology companies on Wall Street and working in Silicon Valley, and serving as an outside adviser to several seed-round startups, Gary Alexander has exposure to many of the themes shaping the industry today. He has been a regula ...

Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images Tommy Bahama parent Oxford Industries exceeded earnings estimates as it took steps to offset tariff impacts Key Takeaways Oxford Industries exceeded earnings estimates as it took steps to offset tariff impacts. The parent of Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, and Johnny Was brands got a sales lift from its Emerging Brands. CEO Tom Chubb said Oxford was encouraged by current quarter same-store sales. Shares of Oxford Industries (OXM) jumped more than 20% Thursday, ...

Fashion chain Primark’s owner Associated British Foods (AB Foods) is expecting the brand’s like-for-like sales (LFL) for the second half (H2) to be approximately 2% lower than those of the previous year. In a trading update, the company stated that the decline reflects a 2.4% decrease in the third quarter (Q3) and an anticipated drop of approximately 2% in Q4. Primark will see a sales increase of 1% in H2, with a consistent growth rate of 1% in both Q3 and Q4. In the full year of 2025, Primark expects a ...

Valued at a market cap of $19.9 billion, lululemon athletica inc. (LULU) is a premium athletic apparel brand known for yoga wear, leggings, and performance-focused lifestyle products. Companies valued at $10 billion or more are generally classified as “large-cap” stocks, and lululemon fits this criterion perfectly. Its key strengths include premium, innovative products, strong brand reputation and customer loyalty, a robust retail, all of which help maintain its competitive edge in the athletic apparel ma ...

Global retail company Vince Holding disclosed a 1.3% drop in total net sales, amounting to $73.2m for the second quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2025 (FY25), down from $74.2m during the same period in FY24. The decline in sales primarily stemmed from a 5.1% reduction in wholesale revenue, partially offset by a 5.5% rise in direct-to-consumer sales. The decrease in wholesale figures largely resulted from altered scheduling of autumn product deliveries compared to the previous year, influenced by earlier uncertaint ...

Lululemon has had a rough year. Can it turn things around?Of all 500 companies on the S&P 500, none have done worse this year than Lululemon Athletica (LULU -0.93%). It's been a truly awful year for the leading athleisure and exercise apparel company, as the stock has fallen 56% year to date. It's fallen by double digits in all three of its earnings reports this year, including by 19% just last Friday, Sept. 5, as it slashed its full-year earnings per share guidance from $14.58 to $14.78 to $12.77 to $12.97 ...