June 3, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Millennials and BeautyMillennials, born between 1980 and 2000, are particularly important for the beauty market due to the sizeable consumer base they represent and their growing spending power.
May 30, 2019 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) 1Q20 Results: Company Beats Expectations and Raises Full-Year GuidanceTJX Cos. reported fiscal 1Q20 revenues of $9.28B, up 6.8% YoY and beating the consensus estimate of $9.22B. The company’s EPS grew 1.8% YoY to $0.57, exceeding the high end of its guidance of $0.53-0.54.
May 30, 2019 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) 1Q19 Results: Company Misses Expectations and Lowers GuidanceNordstrom reported 1Q19 revenues of $3.3B, down 3.5% YoY and below the consensus estimate of $3.5B. The company’s EPS declined 55% year over year to $0.23, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43.
May 24, 2019 Insight Report Premium April 2019 UK Retail Sales: Late Easter and Warm Weather Drive Jump in SalesThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a strengthening of year-over-year retail sales growth to 7.2% in April, with a 7.4% increase in volumes.
May 17, 2019 Insight Report Premium April 2019 US Retail Sales: Growth Decelerates in Most Sectors with Major Slowdown in Home Improvement and Clothing StoresTotal US retail sales excluding gasoline and automobiles increased 5.1% year over year in April, strengthening from the revised 0.9% year-over-year rise in March. A late Easter pulled some spending from March into April.
May 14, 2019 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) 1Q19 Results: Revenue Beats Estimates, Strong 2Q19 GuidanceJD.com reported 1Q19 revenue of ¥121.1 billion ($18.0 billion), up 21% year over year and beating the StreetAccount estimate of ¥120.2 billion.
April 29, 2019 Insight Report Premium US Mother’s Day Preview: 2019 Spending is Expected to Reach Record High of $25 BillionAccording to an annual Mother’s Day spending survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, about 84% of US consumers plan to celebrate Mother’s Day this year, broadly in line with last year’s 86%.
April 17, 2019 Insight Report Premium March 2019 US Monthly Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics Report: Traffic Decline SteepensUS store traffic declined 7.9% year over year in March. Year over year, the conversion rate fell 0.4 percentage points, average transaction value (ATV) grew 3.3% and the product return rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points.
April 2, 2019 Insight Report Premium February 2019 US Retail Sales: Slowdown Seen Across Sectors with Major Softening in Home-ImprovementTotal retail sales excluding gasoline and automobiles increased 2.7% year over year in February 2019, a substantial slowing from the revised 4.9% year-over-year increase in January.
April 2, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Reviewing America’s Retail Bankruptcies: What Can We Learn from the Slew of Recent Retail Failures?This report discusses notable US retail bankruptcies in 2017-2018 and examines key factors that led retailers to collapse.
March 19, 2019 Insight Report Premium February 2019 US Monthly Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics Report: Traffic Decline EasesUS store-based traffic and sales declined in February, while the conversion rate grew 0.4 percentage points. Average transaction value (ATV) grew 1.8%, slower than the 5.5% growth reported in January.
March 15, 2019 Insight Report Premium February 2019 US Same-Store Sales: Costco Comps Decelerate, Buckle and Cato Comparable Sales FallIn February, Costco’s same-store sales growth showed a sequential slowdown. The company posted accelerated growth in e-commerce comparable sales. Adverse weather conditions, holiday shift and forex currency fluctuations negatively impacted Costco’s performance.
March 15, 2019 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2019, Week 11: Charlotte Russe Closing 500 Stores; Burlington Plans 50 New Stores; AEO to Open 60-75 StoresYear to date, US retailers have announced 5,279 store closures and 2,395 store openings. This compares to 5,726 closures and 3,243 openings for the full year 2018. Year to date, UK retailers have announced 310 store closures and 327 store openings.
March 13, 2019 Insight Report Premium January 2019 US Retail Sales: Retail Rebound, Supported by Strong Sales at Home-Improvement StoresTotal retail sales excluding fuel and automobiles increased 3.7% year over year in January, growing substantially from the revised 0.1% year-over-year decline reported for December.
March 1, 2019 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2019, Week 9: Southeastern Grocers Set to Close 22 StoresYear to date in 2019, US retailers have announced 4,309 store closures and 1,586 store openings. UK retailers have announced 285 store closures and 327 store openings.
