Bloomberg Amazon.com subsidiary Zappos laid off more than 300 employees — about 20% of its workforce — in January, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, citing people familiar and a company memo. The cuts, described as being part of broader layoffs at the company, included customer-service representatives at the online shoe and clothing retailer, which Amazon bought in 2009, ...

Bloomberg Tapestry Inc shares jumped the most since November after the high-end retailer raised its full-year earnings outlook, citing more moderate currency headwinds and a sales pickup in China. The Coach owner now sees earnings per diluted share in the range of $3.70 to $3.75. That’s up from its previous range of $3.60 to $3.70 and above the average estimate ...

  Bloomberg Inditex SA shares dropped after the owner of the Zara clothing chain agreed to raise the pay of its store workers in Spain by an average of 20%. The retailer agreed to pay all store workers in Spain a minimum of €1,500 ($1,610) per month, Spanish union UGT said in a statement. That’s a hike of up to ...