Foot Locker (FL) earnings Q1 2024

Foot Locker (FL) earnings Q1 2024

Foot Locker’s turnaround is starting to bear some fruit.  The sneaker giant saw comparable sales decline 1.8% during its fiscal first quarter, far better than the 3.1% drop-off that analysts expected, according to StreetAccount.  The company also reaffirmed its fiscal year guidance, which projects sales to be between a 1% decline and a 1% gain, … Read more

Costco earnings and 3 others and the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge

Costco earnings and 3 others and the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge

There was a good deal of divergence this week as higher bond yields on a hotter-than-expected reading on manufacturing activity slammed the economically sensitive Dow Jones Industrial Average , while an incredible quarter from Nvidia powered the Nasdaq . The S & P 500 , which leans more tech than the Dow and less tech … Read more

E.l.f. Beauty (ELF) earnings Q4 2024

E.l.f. Beauty (ELF) earnings Q4 2024

E.l.f Beauty products. Courtesy: e.l.f Beauty E.l.f. Beauty posted its first billion-dollar fiscal year on Wednesday as sales spiked 77%, but the retailer’s shares fell as it said it expects its growth to slow. The eyes, lip, face company, known for its viral marketing and prowess in winning over younger consumers, issued guidance that came … Read more

Organized theft ring that targeted Macy’s charged in NYC

Organized theft ring that targeted Macy’s charged in NYC

The Macy’s company logo is seen at the Macy’s store on Herald Square on January 19, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A New York beauty store just blocks away from the Empire State Building resold more than $1 million worth of goods that’d been stolen from Macy’s and a … Read more

Oddity Tech (ODD) earnings Q1 2024

Oddity Tech (ODD) earnings Q1 2024

As Ulta Beauty says it expects a slowdown in retail’s most resilient category, an upstart says it’s bucking the trend.  Oddity Tech – the newly public Israeli cosmetics platform that uses AI to develop products — posted first quarter results that blew past expectations and raised its full-year guidance.  Here’s how the beauty retailer behind … Read more

Previous mistakes shape my thinking on our latest stock gone wrong

Previous mistakes shape my thinking on our latest stock gone wrong

When you make a mistake in this business you can do one of two things: You can cut your losses and move on or you can stand your ground while rethinking where it went wrong. I am on the fence about which one is better, but it’s easy to see why the first approach — … Read more

P&G’s initial decline had nothing to do with earnings. Investors agreed

P&G’s initial decline had nothing to do with earnings. Investors agreed

Procter & Gamble shares were down sharply early in Friday’s session after the consumer products giant reported a mixed quarter. We viewed the action as a bit of profit-taking — and not a reflection of the results. The stock entered the session on a four-day winning streak while the broader market declined. Late Friday, as … Read more

Good news is good news for the market. Palo Alto Networks may be a buy

Good news is good news for the market. Palo Alto Networks may be a buy

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Good news is good news: The … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

My top 10 things to watch Thursday, April 4 The Dow bounces back Wednesday after a three-session losing streak. As of Wednesday’s close, the 30-stock average is on pace for its worst weekly loss since October. Is activist investor Nelson Peltz done with Club name Disney ? Does it matter to the stock? Disney shares … Read more

Ulta shares fall as CEO warns beauty demand is slowing

Ulta shares fall as CEO warns beauty demand is slowing

People walk past an Ulta Beauty store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 8, 2022.  Carlo Allegri | Reuters Ulta Beauty shares tumbled about 13% on Wednesday as CEO Dave Kimbell warned of cooling demand for beauty products. Other stocks in the segment, including E.L.F. Beauty, Estee Lauder and … Read more