Skip to main content

Seasonal

  • Retail circular advertising trends, February 2016

    Market Track compared retail circular advertising in February 2016 vs. February 2015 and noted trends occurring across top retail chains.

    Kohl’s added four comparable circulars in February 2016, promoting mainly short duration sales like “50% Two-Day Sale,” “Doorbusters,” and “Make a Point to Shop.” They attempted to leverage their rewards program with 3X the points during the “Make a Point to Shop” sales.

  • Weather boosts sales at Big 5 Sporting Goods

    Cold winter weather in the Western states helped Big 5 Sporting Goods post an increase in same-store sales and profit in the fourth quarter.

    For the fourth quarter ended Jan. 3, the retailer said net sales increased to $275 million from net sales of $250.3 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. Same-store sales increased 0.1% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 and 1.4% for the full year.

  • Disney Springs gets big retail infusion — one with a Michael Jordan connection

    The expanded Disney Springs (formerly called Downtown Disney) center in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., unveiled 30 new retail tenants that will be moving in when the project is completed.

  • Ross Stores beats Q4 estimates; cautious about 2016

    Ross Stores reported strong results for its fourth quarter. But similar to many other retailers, the off-price retailer sounded a cautious note with regards to sales and earnings for its new fiscal year.

    Ross on Tuesday reported earnings per share for the fourth quarter ended January 30, 2016 of $.66, up 10% from the prior year, on net earnings that rose 6% to a better-than-expected $264 million.

  • A sparkly fourth quarter for Signet Jewelers

    Signet Jewelers attracted large numbers of Christmas shoppers over the fourth quarter as the parent company of Zales, Kay and Jared posted a jump in same-store sales.

    The world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry reported that for the period ended Jan. 30, same-store sales increased 4.9%. Diluted earnings per share grew over 20%. Adjusted EPS increased over 18% and ahead of the guided range.

  • 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.

  • Zappos leaps into new holiday

    Most people do not get a paid holiday for “Leap Day,” Feb. 29.

    Then again, most people do not work for online footwear and apparel retailer Zappos. Known for doing things a little differently, such as replacing the traditional bureaucratic management structure with decentralized “holacracy,” Zappos is taking a novel approach to Leap Day.

  • 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.

X
This ad will auto-close in 10 seconds