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Winter Holidays

  • Kohl's to dip its toes into outlet stores, smaller formats

    Kohl's plans to make a lot of interesting moves this year with new formats and underperforming stores after the company reported another lackluster quarter of financial results.

    For the fourth quarter ended Jan. 30, Kohl's said same store sales rose 0.4%. Total sales rose only 0.8% as unseasonably warm weather hurt sales of cold-weather goods. Revenue totaled $6.39 billion, up 0.8% from a year ago. Net income was $296 million, down 20%. Earnings per share for the quarter came in at $1.58, down from $1.83 a year ago.

  • Pandora mixes old with new in promotional campaign

    Specialty jewelry retailer Pandora found that combining a leading-edge marketing technique with a tried-and-true advertising format paid dividends during the recent holiday season.

    From November 2015 – January 2016, Pandora leveraged the mobile network from location-based marketing provider Outfront Mediato drive traffic to four Miami-area stores. Pandora’s omnichannel approach included nine billboards in Miami, as well as a geo-fencing area that consisted of a five-mile radius around nine local out-of-home assets owned by Outfront Media.

  • Lowe's goes high with growth in 2015

    Lowe's rode the same wave of recovery in the housing market as its rival Home Depot in the fourth quarter, topping its own expectations with substantial gains.

  • Macy's expanding beauty, discount chains

    Macy’s says cold weather in January helped the retailer report a better than expected decrease in same store sales for the fourth quarter even as the company explores an expansion of its off-price and beauty formats.

    For the period ended Jan. 30, same store sales fell 4.3%, slightly less than the 4.7% fall it had estimated. Total sales declined to $8.87 billion.

  • Macy’s closes books on ‘challenging’ 2015; will expand beauty, off-price chains

    Cold weather in January helped Macy’s report a decline in same-store sales for the fourth quarter that was less than analysts had expected. In other news, the chain announced plans to expand its off-price and specialty beauty formats.

    For the period ended Jan. 30, Macy's net income fell 31% to $543 million, dragged down by store closings and other costs.

    Adjusted profits were $2.09 per share, better than the $1.86 per share estimate from analysts, according to Zacks Investment Research,

  • Most Americans not spending refunds

    Retailers used to be able to count on Americans spending every penny of their tax refund, but that’s not the case anymore according to new research from the National Retail Federation.

  • Cabela's posts stronger than expected profit, revenue

    The CEO of Cabela’s, Tommy Millner, said warm winter weather hampered same-store sales in the fourth quarter, but he did not provide details about any potential sale of the company.

  • Walmart delivers uneven growth amid ongoing profit pressures

    Photo: Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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