Retail

Bloomberg After clearing up unwanted items last quarter as sales slumped, Macy’s Inc said it is now geared up for improvement in the crucial holiday quarter. The department-store offered mixed signals, cutting its full-year profit outlook after a key sales metric fell more than it anticipated last quarter. With some of the bad news now past and inventories cleared, the …

Bloomberg Target Corp reached a record high after raising its full-year outlook again on strong sales and profitability, providing a safe haven after several retailers unnerved investors. Third-quarter comparable sales, a key retail metric, rose 4.5%, a full percentage point above what analysts polled by Consensus Metrix had projected. Profit this year excluding some items will be between $6.25 and …

Bloomberg Europe’s wealthiest man is spending more than $1 billion on a Paris department store at a time when other shops are going out of business and consumers are turning to Amazon.com Inc. La Samaritaine, part of billionaire Bernard Arnault’s LVMH luxury empire, is set to reopen next April after a 15-year renovation. The company gave reporters a tour of …

Bloomberg Nestle SA expects to get about a quarter of a billion dollars in extra revenue from Starbucks-branded products this year after it began selling items including Nespresso-compatible capsules under a partnership with the US coffee giant. Starbucks-branded merchandise will add about 250 million Swiss francs ($252 million) to sales this year, a spokesman said in response to questions. Last …

Bloomberg Coty Inc agreed to pay $600 million in cash for a majority stake in Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics line, the latest move by a major beauty company to acquire trendy brands that appeal to a younger clientele. The makeup and fragrance giant will have overall responsibility for the portfolio, while Jenner, part of the Kardashian clan, will lead creative efforts …

Bloomberg Estee Lauder Cos agreed to buy the two-thirds of Have & Be Co, the South Korean owner of Dr. Jart+ cosmetics, that it didn’t already own for about $1.1 billion, its first acquisition of an Asian beauty brand. Founded in 2005 in Seoul, Dr. Jart+ sells moisturisers, masks, cleansers and serums under names like Cicapair and Ceramidin and will …

Bloomberg Snacks chain Best Mart 360 Holdings Ltd has seen revenue drop by double digits as its stores come under attack by radical Hong Kong protesters in the ongoing anti-Beijing movement that’s gripped the city. As protests become increasingly violent, more than 70 of its 102 stores have been vandalised in over 180 instances, chairman Lin Tsz Fung said in …

Bloomberg QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd’s owners are considering a sale of the fast-food operator, which runs KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in Southeast Asia, after shelving an initial public offering earlier this year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Malaysian company’s major shareholders, which include private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, are working with an adviser to …

Bloomberg JC Penney Co shares surged after the company raised its profit forecast, even amid another quarterly sales decline, as the battered department-store chain’s turnaround plan gains more time to play out. Excluding some items, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation will exceed $475 million this year, up from a previous forecast of between $440 million and $475 million. …

Bloomberg Nike Inc is breaking up with Amazon.com Inc. The athletic brand will stop selling its sneakers and apparel directly on Amazon’s website, ending a pilot programme that began in 2017. The split comes amid a massive overhaul of Nike’s retail strategy. It also follows the hiring of ex-EBay Inc Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe as its next CEO — …