A shopping cart sits in front of a Dick’s Sporting Goods store on August 26, 2020 in Daly City, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday said customers are spending more on new sneakers and athletic gear, leading the retailer to raise its full-year earnings guidance. The…
American Eagle on Wednesday said it’s making gains in boosting profitability as it works to improve its product assortment and tweak operations. Still, its fiscal first-quarter sales came in weaker than Wall Street expected. Nevertheless, revenue gained 6% year over year and marked a record for the first quarter, the company said in a news…
Foot Locker surged Thursday after its quarterly earnings report showed signs that CEO Mary Dillon’s turnaround plan is starting to pay off. The sneaker retailer isn’t out of the woods just yet, but we’re removing the stock from our penalty box and upgrading its rating. Revenue declined 2.7% year over year to $1.879 billion, slightly…
GameStop, the video game retailer currently riding another wave of trading enthusiasm spurred on by the meme trader “Roaring Kitty,” showed no signs of an operational turnaround in its dismal fiscal first-quarter results. The company on Friday posted net sales of $881.8 million for the period, down 29% from $1.237 billion a year prior. The…
Shares of Best Buy were popping Thursday as management made their case that an artificial intelligence upgrade cycle for personal computers and devices was starting to play out. Revenu e in the company’s fiscal 2025 first quarter fell 6.5% year over year to $8.85 billion in the three months ended May 4, missing the $8.96…
A shopper enters Spanish retail store Zara, a brand under the umbrella of multinational apparel conglomerate Inditex. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Zara owner Inditex grew its sales by 7% in the first quarter of its fiscal year, it said on Wednesday, in line with analysts’ expectations. The performance represented a slowdown from…
Lululemon‘s growth in the Americas, its largest market, appears to be stalling after the retailer on Wednesday reported flat comparable sales in the region and weak guidance for the current quarter. The athletic apparel retailer handily beat Wall Street’s earnings estimates, but only narrowly topped revenue expectations. Lululemon’s full fiscal-year guidance suggests the company is…
An exterior view of a Dollar Tree store in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. Paul Weaver | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Dollar Tree announced Wednesday it is considering a sale of its more grocery-focused Family Dollar brand. The company had recently shared plans to close almost 1,000 Family Dollar stores in an attempt to revamp…
Foot Locker’s turnaround is starting to bear some fruit. The sneaker giant saw comparable sales decline 1.8% during its fiscal first quarter, far better than the 3.1% drop-off that analysts expected, according to StreetAccount. The company also reaffirmed its fiscal year guidance, which projects sales to be between a 1% decline and a 1% gain,…
Best Buy on Thursday missed Wall Street’s quarterly sales expectations but stressed higher profits and lower costs as softer demand for consumer electronics continues. Shares of the retailer gained 13% Thursday. The retailer beat on earnings per share and stuck by its full-year forecast. It expects revenue to range from $41.3 billion to $42.6 billion…
