The Cincinnati-based company is a bellwether for the consumer products industry. Its quarterly earnings, scheduled for Friday, set the tone for its peers like Dove …
Shoppers
Fashion’s Golden Opportunity With Older Shoppers
In June 2021, a 55-year-old shopper, headed to Europe for her first post-pandemic trip, walked out the doors of J.McLaughlin’s Naples, Florida store with a …
Shoppers Share 7 Stylish Summer Outfits From Walmart — Best Life
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Walmart Wants in on Luxury Beauty. Will Shoppers Follow?
Walmart wants to lure the luxury beauty shopper. High-end brands such as the skincare line Skinceuticals and hair care line Color Wow, and added services …
H&M Profit Beats Estimates as Spring Range Draws Shoppers
Hennes & Mauritz AB posted better-than-expected profit in the first quarter as it cut costs and introduced new spring looks that proved more attractive to …
Next Expects £1 Billion Profit From Higher-Spending Shoppers
Next Plc expects profit to expand to nearly £1 billion ($1.3 billion) this year as rising wages free up British shoppers to spend more on …
Temu Spent Millions on Six Super Bowl Ads as It Tries to Win Back US Shoppers
Temu spent big at the Super Bowl on Sunday night, airing its advertisement six times and offering $10 million in giveaways as it hopes to …
Watches of Switzerland Dives as Watch Shoppers Retreat
Shares of Watches of Switzerland Group Plc slumped nearly 30 percent after the top seller of Rolex watches in the UK cut its sales and …
Under Pressure From Shein, H&M Reaches for Upmarket Shoppers
During Paris Fashion Week, pop icon Cher, Swedish singer Robyn and South Korean DJ Peggy Gou performed at Silencio nightclub to a crowd of actors …
Can AI Predict What Shoppers Will Buy?
Of the services that Sparkbox, an AI-centric retail planning platform, offers to customers, one seeing demand uses AI to place quick in-season reorders of products …
Temu Extends Lead Over Shein in US as Shoppers Embrace a Bargain
This year’s Black Friday sales may have disappointed a number of US retailers but for online marketplace Temu, November was another banner month. Sales on …
Will Bridal Shoppers Say Yes to Body-Scanning Technology?
Welcome to BoF’s Weekly Technology Briefing, penned this week by senior correspondent Tiffany Ap and delivered every Wednesday. Not yet a subscriber? Sign up here. …
Nordstrom Revenue Sags as Inflation Turns Holiday Shoppers Picky
Nordstrom missed Wall Street targets for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday as sticky inflation pressured consumer spending in the months leading up to the all-important holiday …
Kohl’s Sales Miss Estimates as Shoppers Trim Spending on Non-Essentials
Kohl’s posted a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly sales on Tuesday as cost-conscious shoppers chose to spend less at its department stores amid still high inflation, …
Major Brands Fret as ‘Dupes’ Lure Holiday Shoppers
Lauren Maginness is a fan of Lululemon. But the 31-year-old product marketer in New York City is increasingly supplementing her activewear with less-pricey brand duplicates …
Walmart Lifts Targets as Shoppers Pick Low-Priced Items for the Holiday
Walmart raised its annual sales and profit forecast on Thursday for the second straight quarter, signalling a strong start to the holiday season. The U.S. …
The Business of Beauty’s Haul of Fame: Red Hot Chilli Lip Gloss Makes Shoppers Feel the Burn
Welcome to Haul of Fame, a roundup of the biggest beauty moments of the week, what hype is actually helping, and what trends are likely …
Klarna Returns to Profitability As More Shoppers Borrow
Klarna Bank AB reported its first quarterly operating profit in four years as it attracted more consumers to buy-now-pay-later loans, giving the firm a boost …
The Hunt for Aspirational Shoppers Continues
The fashion industry is consumed with the question of what happened to aspirational shoppers: consumers wealthy enough to buy luxury goods in happy times, but …
BoF Masterclass | Dynamic Journeys: China’s Luxury Shoppers at Home and Abroad
Join us on Thursday, July 27 at 14:00 BST / 9:00 EDT for our next BoF Insights Masterclass as BoF’s director of research and analysis …