Company Profile | January 1, 2019 Premium Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX: ATD.B) Company ProfileAlimentation Couche-Tard Inc., founded in 1980 and headquartered in Laval, Quebec, operates convenience stores and fuel stations under banners such as Circle K, Couche-Tard, Holiday, Ingo, Mac’s, Re.Store and Topaz. The company offers grocery items, food and beverages, fuel, lottery tickets, automated teller machines and car wash services. Alimentation Couche-Tard operates in North America, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Lithuania. As of Oct. 14, 2018, the company operated 9,943 convenience stores in North America that employed around 105,000 staff and 2,718 convenience stores in Europe that employed around 25,000 staff. Read More
Company Profile | December 31, 2018 Premium Dufry (SIX: DUFN) Company ProfileDufry AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the travel retail business under the Dufry, Nuance, World Duty Free, Hellenic Duty Free and Hudson banners, among others. The company operates more than 2,300 duty-free and duty-paid retail shops located in airports, cruise liners, seaports and other tourist locations. Its product assortments include beauty, confectionery, liquor, tobacco, watches and jewelry, electronics, toys and apparel, and publications such as newspapers, magazines and books. Dufry operates in five geographic divisions: Southern Europe and Africa; UK and Central Europe; Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia; Latin America; and North America. Read More
Company Profile | December 31, 2018 Premium Casino Group (ENXTPA: CO) Company ProfileCasino Guichard-Perrachon SA is a French multinational food and general merchandise retailer that operates hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, cash-and-carry outlets and e-commerce stores. The group’s banners include Monoprix, Casino Supermarchés, Carulla, Pão de Açúcar, Franprix, Vival, Spar, Le Petit Casino, Minuto Pão de Açúcar and Assaí. As of December 2017, the group owned more than 12,200 stores in France, Latin America and the Indian Ocean region, including more than 9,200 stores in France alone. It operates the general merchandise website Cdiscount in France. Read More
Flash Report | December 14, 2018 Register for Free Access Under Armour Analyst Day: Company Introduces 2023 Strategic PlanFollowing two years of transformation, Under Armour has built its new five-year plan around two strategic priorities: protect and perform. Read More
Event Presentation | December 13, 2018 Premium 2018 Holiday Homestretch (Planalytics)US 2018 Holiday Homestretch:- Favorable Macro Backdrop Continues 2. Estimate 3%–4% Holiday Sales Growth 3. Early Results Bode Well for Holiday Spending 4. Sales Up, Store Traffic Down & much More Read More
Flash Report | December 13, 2018 Register for Free Access Water, Sustainability and Virgil Abloh; A New Hire at EvianVirgil Abloh, Founder of fashion brand Off-White and Creative Director of Louis Vuitton’s men’s line is joining mineral water company Evian (owned by Danone), as Creative Adviser for Sustainable Innovation Design. Read More
Flash Report | December 10, 2018 Register for Free Access Walmart Spruces Up Its Portfolio with the Acquisition of Art.comOn Thursday, December 6, Walmart published a blog post announcing it had acquired the assets of Art.com (including its catalog, intellectual property, trade name, and US operations) for an undisclosed figure. Read More
Company Earnings Update | December 7, 2018 Register for Free Access Five Below (FIVE) 3Q18 Results: Beats Consensus Estimates and Raises GuidanceFive Below reported 3Q18 EPS of $0.24 (including a $0.02 accounting benefit), up 35.3% year over year and beating the $0.19 consensus estimate. Revenues were $312.8 million, up 23.7% year over year and beating the $304.1 million consensus. Read More
Company Earnings Update | December 7, 2018 Register for Free Access The Kroger Co (KR) 3Q18 Results: Mixed Results, Maintains Guidance for Second HalfKroger reported 3Q18 adjusted EPS of $0.48, beating the $0.43 consensus estimate and up 8.6% year over year. Revenues were $27.67 billion, slightly ahead of the $27.65 billion consensus estimate and down 0.3% year over year. Read More
Company Earnings Update | December 6, 2018 Register for Free Access Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) 3Q18 Results: Revenues Up; Completed Real Estate Deal and European TransactionHBC reported fiscal 3Q18 revenues of C$2.2 billion, up 5.6% from the year-ago quarter of C$2.1 billion. Read More
Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium Kroger: A Timeline of Key Events – November 2018This is the third report in our Retailers’ Timelines series. In this report, we examine a timeline of key events in Kroger’s recent history that have shaped it into the retailer it is today. Read More
Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium Ahold Delhaize: A Timeline of Key EventsThis is the fourth report in our Retailers’ Timelines series. In this report, we chronicle key events in Ahold Delhaize’s recent history. Read More
Company Earnings Update | November 22, 2018 Register for Free Access The TJX Companies (TJX) 3Q19 Results: Strong Comparable Sales, In-Line EPSIn 3Q19, the TJX Companies grew revenue 12.1% year over year to $9.83 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $9.5 billion. Adjusted EPS of $0.54 was inline with consensus. Read More
Company Earnings Update | November 22, 2018 Register for Free Access BJ’s Wholesale Club (BJ) 3Q18 Results: Beats Consensus and Raises GuidanceBJ’s Wholesale Club reported 3Q18 adjusted EPS of $0.39, up 53.1% year over year and beating the $0.34 consensus estimate. Revenues were $3.22 billion, up 4.5% year over year and beating the $3.17 billion consensus. Read More
Company Earnings Update | November 21, 2018 Register for Free Access Target Corp. (TGT) 3Q18 Results: Misses Consensus Estimates, Raises 4Q18 Revenue GuidanceTarget reported adjusted 3Q18 EPS of $1.09, missing the $1.11 consensus estimate. Sales were $17.59 billion, missing the $17.70 billion consensus estimate. Read More
