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Latin America propelled Casino Group’s third-quarter sales, as French same-store sales proved broadly flat.
On October 15, 2019, Amazon announced via a blog post that it had finished migrating its internal consumer databases from Oracle database software to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
ASOS FY19 profits plummet, management notes it had “underestimated the impacts of large-scale operational change…on two continents simultaneously” and that the company was “not adequately prepared for the additional complexities of planning and trading across our expanded warehouse footprint.”
In the two-plus years since its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Amazon has gained valuable insight into consumer behavior and physical retail. The e-commerce giant is now taking action to increase its presence in the grocery sector.
From 2017 to 2019, Macy’s undertook meaningful steps to reinvent its business. We examine key events from the company’s recent history as part of our Retailers’ Timelines series.
In this report, we dive into the digital outlook for US retailers for the 2019 holiday season, including a cross-channel shopping trend and the dominance of e-commerce giant Amazon.
“Unstaffed” is a new store format that has emerged in recent years around the globe. In this report, we look at the development of this concept and associated technologies, as well as the challenges that unstaffed stores present to retailers.
Costco’s global September same-store sales growth decelerated from August but beat the consensus estimate. Its e-commerce growth came in at 17.8% in September, lower than August’s 23.9% growth.
LVMH reported 3Q19 sales of €13.3 billion, a 17.0% increase on a reported basis, and the Fashion & Leather Goods business grew sales 22.2% compared to the year-ago period. By region, Japan was the best-performing market over the quarter.
Fast Retailing reported FY19 revenues of ¥2.29 trillion ($48.1 billion), up 7.5%, and operating profit of ¥275.0 billion ($2.55 billion), up 9.1% from ¥225 billion ($2.09 billion) in the year-ago period.
Both Flipkart and Amazon announced record-high sales in their respective festive season sales in 2019, driven by significant growth in non-tier-one cities and towns. In this report, we look at the success of this year’s Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival shopping holidays.
In this report, we review the global market for male grooming products. We also look at consumer survey data to analyze US shoppers’ habits and shopping preferences.
(To be completed by Editor) Costco Wholesale reported 4Q19 revenues of $47.50 billion, up by 7.0% and comfortably above the consensus estimate of $37.33 billion. EPS was $2.47, up 4.9% compared to the year-ago quarter and easily beating the $1.71 consensus estimate.
On September 26, 2019, Brookfield Property Partners hosted its investor day at Brookfield Place in New York City.
Ascena reported 4Q19 revenues of $1.27B above consensus of $1.20B. The company considers options to optimize its balance sheet and said that bankruptcy of Ascena is not an option being evaluated.
