Staples and childrens place, well break them all down for you. Paypal cofounder reed hoffman fires back at carl icahn and ahead of tomorrows big jobs number weekly jobless claims did decline slightly as we said. Well start with retail. As we mentioned three big misses, costco biggerthanexpected fall in profit as deep discounting during the Holiday Season hurt margins. Childrens place announcing an 18 drop in Fourth Quarter earnings. Highly promotional market in Severe Weather and then staples missed on revenues said its going to close more than 200 stores by the end of the year now that nearly half of its sales are generated online. People are calling it a triple whammy in retail and obviously tough news for obvious reasons. Disconcerting mostly by costco because costco when i saw the number, hey, thats not so good but when i read the release they were telling you they were unhappy with their performance. Its the new pattern where someone says, look, its not just the weather, we didnt
Nike has sued footwear brands New Balance and Skechers for infringing on Nike’s Flyknit technology and upper portions of sneaker manufacturing patents.
Nike has sued footwear brands New Balance and Skechers for infringing on Nike’s Flyknit technology and upper portions of sneaker manufacturing patents.