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Weekly Retail Promo Update Nov 06, 2016

Bloomingdale’s is offering fewer promotions this week than it did during the same week last year. The retailer offered up to four online-exclusive sales during the same week last year, but no in-store-exclusive promotions. This week, it is only offering one online-exclusive sale and one in-store Veterans Day sale. The retailer is using text message marketing this week, which it did not use during this week last year.

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Adidas Group (ETR: ADS) 3Q16 RESULTS: STRONG RESULTS; FY16 GUIDANCE MAINTAINED

German athletic and sportswear company Adidas Group reported 3Q16 net sales of €5,413 million, up 13.8% on a reported basis and up 17.0% on a constant-currency basis. Net sales for the quarter were above the consensus estimate of £5,368 million. The strong revenue increase was underpinned by double-digit sales growth in all the group’s geographic markets except Russia.

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L Brands [LB] Annual Investor Update Meeting: Key Takeaways

Ahead of its Annual Investor Update Meeting, L Brands updated its third-quarter 2016 expectations, guiding to the low end of its EPS range of $0.40–$0.45 for the quarter, which is roughly 13% below the consensus estimate. The company said that weakness in Victoria’s Secret October comps (which were down 2.0%) and lower merchandise margins drove the guidance revision.

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Next [LON: NXT] 3Q17 TRADING RESULTS: SOFT SALES TREND

British fashion retailer Next reported 3Q17 revenues for the three months ending October 31, 2016. Next Retail full-price sales declined 5.9% and Next Directory full-price sales were flat. Next Total brand full-price sales declined 3.5%, of which sales from newly opened space contributed 1.3%.

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