Customers at a Lego store in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 3, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images An inflation-fueled sales slump hit the toy industry in the first half of 2024, but one company is gaining market share brick by brick. On Wednesday, Lego said revenue during the first six months of the year...
Flutter reported phenomenal second-quarter earnings this week, wowing investors and sending shares up about 8% Wednesday as the company’s FanDuel betting platform captures market share and grows revenue dramatically, even in well established states with sports betting and online gaming. But it was the declaration that FanDuel will not add a surcharge to offset an...
A sign advertises meal deals at a McDonald’s restaurant in Burbank, California, on July 22, 2024. Mario Tama | Getty Images Restaurant CEOs have become obsessed with the word “value” in explaining to investors why their sales lagged this quarter while sharing plans to revive traffic in the coming months. On McDonald’s quarterly conference call...
Procter & Gamble on Tuesday reported mixed quarterly results, but the company’s volume increased for the first time in more than two years. Volume excludes pricing, making the metric a more accurate reflection of demand than sales. Over the last several years, P&G’s price hikes across its portfolio, from diapers to detergent, fueled its sales...
Pedestrians walk past a German luxury fashion house Hugo Boss store in Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images) Hugo Boss shares plunged as much as 10% Tuesday after the company cut its sales outlook, becoming the latest high-end fashion line to warn of persistent woes in the...
Shoppers line up to enter a Cartier store, a unit of Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, on Canton Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. Billy H.C. Kwok | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Swiss luxury group Richemont climbed as much as 6.3% Friday after the company reported record full-year sales, even...
Home Depot on Tuesday posted quarterly revenue below Wall Street’s expectations, as shoppers postponed bigger discretionary projects like bath and kitchen remodels because of higher interest rates and made spring purchases late. Still, the home improvement retailer reaffirmed its full-year guidance, which includes an additional week from the prior year. It said it expects total...
HONG KONG, CHINA – 2021/08/07: Pedestrians cross the street in front of the Swedish multinational clothing design retail company Hennes & Mauritz, H&M, store in Hong Kong. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of H&M leapt 14% in early deals on Wednesday, after the Swedish...
Mannequins display men’s suits inside a Hugo Boss showroom. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Hugo Boss plunged 18% before paring losses slightly Thursday, after warning that it may fail to meet its 2025 sales target amid weakening consumer demand. The German high-end fashion brand was on course for its worst trading day...
Chinese-founded online retail giant Shein is not positioning itself as an Amazon “clone,” the company told CNBC, as it prepares for a U.S. public listing later this year. The e-commerce company’s product categories are likely to “grow over time,” as the business entrenches itself deeper into the U.S., Peter Pernot-Day, head of strategic communications, U.K....