Retail

Bloomberg Zara owner Inditex SA promoted Carlos Crespo to chief executive officer, naming an insider to spearhead the fast-fashion giant’s push into e-commerce. Crespo, 48, who is currently chief operating officer of the world’s largest apparel retailer, will report to Executive Chairman Pablo Isla, 55, who’s yielding the CEO position. The new chief will be responsible for technology, procurement and ...

Bloomberg Foot Locker Inc fell the most in nearly two years after it reported first-quarter sales and profit that missed analysts’ estimates. The athletic-shoe retailer’s shares tumbled as much as 19 percent in New York trading, the most since August 2017. The stock is now at its lowest level in a year, erasing a series of gains over the past ...

Bloomberg Taco Bell has set its sights on bringing more Mexican food to India, the third-largest consumer market in the world, as the fast food chain seeks new drivers of growth outside of the slowing US market. The Yum! Brands Inc unit is planning 600 restaurants in the Asian nation over the next decade with master franchisee Burman Hospitality. That’s ...

Bloomberg Massmart Holdings Ltd fell the most in three months as the troubled South African retail chain warned on profit and majority shareholder Walmart Inc sent one its own to help stem declines. Earnings may drop as much as 50 percent in the first five months of the year compared with a year ago, Massmart said, when the company also ...

Bloomberg Marks & Spencer Group Plc plans to open more large food stores, shifting away from a strategy of expanding smaller convenience outlets as it prepares for an alliance with online grocer Ocado Group Plc. The prospect of another costly store revamp as profit falls weighed on the UK retailer’s shares, which declined as much as 5.4 percent on Wednesday. ...

Bloomberg Ascena Retail Group Inc will start winding down its Dressbarn clothing chain, the latest upheaval in a continued retail shakeout. After trying to find a new owner, Ascena said that it’s preparing to close the approximately 650-store chain. No timeline was given, and stores will remain open until the wind-down commences. Ascena, whose brands have come under pressure as ...

Bloomberg Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc sold its stake in MySale Group Plc after the Australian fashion website withdrew from the UK market, another setback for the billionaire UK retailer. The sports retailer sold its 4.8 percent holding for an undisclosed amount, according to a regulatory filing. MySale shares began selling at $2.91 in June 2014, which would have ...

Bloomberg Nike Inc, Adidas AG and other footwear companies urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his tariffs on shoes made in China, saying the policy would be “catastrophic for our consumers, our companies and the American economy as a whole.” In all, 173 companies signed an open letter to the president, and posted on the industry trade association’s website. “On ...

Bloomberg Nordstrom Inc has set a date for the opening of its Manhattan flagship location as construction continues on the department-store chain’s biggest-ever bet. The retailer plans to throw open the doors of its seven-story, 320,000-square-foot store on West 57th Street on October 24, a spokeswoman for Nordstrom confirmed. With Nordstrom and rival Neiman Marcus both coming to town in ...

Bloomberg The vast supply chain that produces and sells clothing has a massive carbon footprint. That makes the clearance rack a problem, says Gap Inc Chief Executive Officer Art Peck. The carbon footprint of a blouse with an unpopular print that ultimately sells for 99 cents is “inexcusable at the end of the day,” Peck said at the Bloomberg Sustainable ...