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☆ Online pet goods retailer Chewy surges on sales forecast lift, Canada foray plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 1 (Reuters) - Shares of Chewy Inc (CHWY.N) rose nearly 20% in premarket trading on Thursday after the online pet supplies retailer raised its annual revenue forecast and said it would enter the Canadian market. The company posted a surprise profit for the first quarter as its sales benefited from strong customer loyalty, prompting at least two brokerages to raise their price target. "Canadian marketplace represents upwards of $15 billion in annual pet sales and is ~10% points underpenetrated online vs. the U.S.," said Roth MKM in a note. The company now expects its full-year revenue between $11.15 billion and $11.35 billion, compared with its prior forecast range of $11.10 billion to $11.30 billion. Excluding items, the company posted net income per share of $0.20 for the first quarter, compared with analysts' expectations of a loss of $0.04 per share.

Persons: Chewy, Roth, Ryan Cohen, Sumit Singh, Vansh Agarwal, Shweta Agarwal Organizations: Chewy Inc, Thomson Locations: Canada, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Chewy shares surge after earnings beat on top and bottom lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A dog sits in front of the New York Stock Exchange during Chewy Inc.'s initial public offering, June 14, 2019. Shares of Chewy surged more than 13% in extended trading Wednesday after the pet retailer posted earnings that beat Wall Street's estimates. Sales rose to $2.78 billion, up 14.7% from $2.43 billion a year earlier. Net sales per active customer and sales from autoship customers reached record highs in the quarter, Chewy said in a press release. The earnings beat comes after the retailer posted its first annual profit at the close of fiscal 2022 earlier this year, but noted the pet industry was seeing softness in discretionary and hard goods categories, which carry higher margins than consumables such as pet food.

Persons: Chewy Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Chewy Inc, Refinitiv

☆ Chewy and Petco earnings make it clear: Pet health care is their future
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The retailers, which both released their quarterly earnings on Wednesday, began investing heavily into pet health when the pandemic-fueled pet boom saw 23 million American households welcome a new animal into their homes. The boom turned the overall pet market into a $123.6 billion dollar powerhouse in 2021, and it's expected to grow. Pet health care – and the high margins that come with it – is a crucial component to that overall market. It changed its name to Petco Health and Wellness Company in 2020. Pet adoptions surged during the pandemic, triggering a surge in demand for pet goods.

☆ Activist Ryan Cohen Targets a Familiar Foe at Nordstrom
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Suzanne Kapner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Mark Tritton lost his job as chief executive of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. after an activist investor challenged his leadership. Now, the same activist is trying to oust Mr. Tritton again—from his board seat at Nordstrom Inc.Ryan Cohen , the billionaire co-founder of pet retailer Chewy Inc., has amassed a large stake in Nordstrom and is agitating for cost cuts amid sluggish sales. Shares of Nordstrom surged Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported on the move Thursday evening.

☆ Billionaire Cohen builds stake in Nordstrom, urges board shakeup
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Cohen has privately called Tritton, a former chief executive of Bed Bath & Beyond, "conflicted and unqualified," said the people, who were not permitted to discuss the private negotiations. Bed Bath & Beyond is preparing to file for bankruptcy, Reuters reported this week. Investors cheered Cohen's reported involvement at Nordstrom by sending the stock price up 25% in after-hours trading on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal first reported Cohen's stake in Nordstrom. As possible replacements on the Nordstrom board, Cohen has identified executives with experience at retail and e-commerce companies, the people said.

☆ Chewy's push into pet telehealth runs into regulatory hurdles, skeptical veterinarians
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Longtime veterinarians told CNBC the service can have some benefit for minor situations, or for people who don't have easy access to vet care. Because when you research pet health, you'll find that there's a specific term called VCPR," Singh said. Banfield Pet Hospital is owned by Mars Veterinary Health, a subsidiary of pet food and candy conglomerate Mars. "If you notice, there has been little to no innovation in pet health over the last decade, and yet in the last three years, there's been more innovation in pet health than in the last decade or 20 years," Singh said. Michael Nagle | Getty ImagesChewy said the program was created to make vet care more affordable and accessible to everyone.

☆ Investor Ryan Cohen builds Alibaba stake, pushes for more share buybacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has built a stake in China's Alibaba Group (9988.HK) worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is pushing the e-commerce giant to increase and speed up share buybacks, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. In his communications, Cohen told Alibaba he thought the company could reach double-digit sales growth and nearly 20% free cashflow growth over the coming five years, according to the sources. Cohen felt the company's shares were undervalued at the time, according to the people, who declined to be identified because the investment is private. The people said that Cohen is eager to have a collaborative, long-term relationship with Alibaba and that he has praised management's capabilities. Over roughly the same period, Alibaba has steadily escalated its share buyback program.

☆ Cramer's lightning round: Chart Industries is not a buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Chart Industries Inc : "This is not the time to go into a really gigantic company that's involved with making all sorts of the big tankers down there in LNG-ville." Loading chart...ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd : "I don't like the shipping services. I've been staying away from them for ages. I am still staying away from them." Loading chart...Chewy Inc : "I still worry one day that Amazon is going to say, 'you know what, we've had enough of Chewy.'"

☆ Chewy Looks to Open More Automated Fulfillment Centers in Drive to Control Costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Nina Trentmann | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Online pet retailer Chewy Inc. plans to open more automated fulfillment centers in 2023 to control costs and raise efficiency, which could help the company repurpose certain capital spending, its finance chief said. Photo: Chewy Inc.“When we think about the future of our fulfillment network, automation is at the center of that,” Mr. Marte said. The company, which had over 21,000 employees and 13 fulfillment centers in December, usually requires about 1,200 people for a manned distribution center. “Those are real dollars,” Mr. Marte said, adding that Chewy is working to grow profits and taking out costs. Over time, the company could defer or lower some of its capital expenditures, Mr. Marte said.

☆ GameStop’s Ryan Cohen Wants to Be More Than a Meme-Stock King
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Miriam Gottfried | Caitlin Mccabe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ryan Cohen is the face of an investing revolution that captivated amateur traders, punished Wall Street and favored memes over fundamentals. Many of his other bets belong to a more conservative playbook. The 37-year-old billionaire, who made his fortune with online pet retailer Chewy Inc., gained fame during a period of market frenzy last year when he used a stake in struggling videogame retailer GameStop Inc. to push out the executive team and become chairman. His enigmatic tweets—including a picture of himself with chopsticks up his nose—helped his investment gain viral popularity as a so-called meme stock and motivated his followers to seek revenge against professional traders who had bet against the company.

☆ Late Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Dropped From Shareholder Suit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Gone are claims from the original 24-page complaint that Mr. Arnal and Mr. Cohen colluded to boost the company’s share price. Bed Bath & Beyond has said the lawsuit was without merit. Bed Bath & Beyond and Mr. Cohen, along with JP Morgan Securities LLC, are still named as defendants in the suit, which seeks class-action status. Bed Bath & Beyond shares traded around $4.05 on Wednesday, down more than 70% since the beginning of the year. Mr. Toll said he hadn’t heard from Bed Bath & Beyond or Mr. Arnal’s estate leading up to the filing of the amended complaint.

☆ Late Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Dropped From Suit Alleging Collusion With Ryan Cohen
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

“There’s plenty of grief in his family, and us making it even worse didn’t seem worth it,” Mr. Toll said. Gone are claims from the original 24-page complaint that Mr. Arnal and Mr. Cohen colluded to boost the company’s share price. Bed Bath & Beyond and Mr. Cohen, along with JP Morgan Securities LLC, are still named as defendants in the suit, which seeks class-action status. Mr. Cohen unloaded his entire stake in Bed Bath & Beyond in mid-August. Bed Bath & Beyond shares traded around $4.05 on Wednesday, down more than 70% since the beginning of the year.

☆ Rep. Marie Newman and her husband are packing their stock portfolio with COVID-19 vaccine makers and other pandemic-sensitive companies
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Democratic Rep. Marie Newman's husband has an active stock portfolio. Jim Newman, chief operating officer at Figo Pet Insurance, bought and sold stock in companies that either soared or sputtered during the pandemic, including Pfizer and Moderna, the companies behind the nation's two leading COVID-19 vaccines. Financial disclosures show Jim Newman sold up to $65,000 in Moderna stock on January 2. By February, he turned his interest to Pfizer, twice trading as much as $15,000 worth in the company's stock shares that month. For instance, Newman sold as much as $250,000 in Netflix stock in January, as much as $50,000 in Apple stock in February, and as much as $50,000 in Salesforce stock in January.

☆ Агентство Bloomberg опубликовало список 50 людей с наибольшими достижениями в своей сфере в 2020 году
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: +3 min

Агентство Bloomberg опубликовало список 50 людей с наибольшими достижениями в своей сфере в 2020 годуИздание Bloomberg представило список из 50 человек, достигших самых выдающихся успехов в своей сфере в 2020 году. Перечень состоит из пяти категорий по областям: политика, бизнес, развлечения, финансы, наука и технологии, пишет Сноб. Развлечения:# Билли Айлиш, певица;# Бон Джун Хо, режиссер;# Селеста Барбер, актриса;# Донна Лэнгли, глава Universal Filmed Entertainment Group;# Swizz Beatz и Timbaland;# Сара Купер, комик;# Колин Каперник, активист;# Гай Фьери, ресторатор, писатель и телеведущий;# Джейсон Хехир, документалист;# Рене Монтгомери, активист;# Айя Кьогоку и Хисаши Ногами, руководители Nintendo Co;# Маркус Рашфорд, нападающий «Манчестер Юнайтед». Политика:# Светлана Тихановская, лидер оппоиции в Белоруссии;# Луис Лакалье Поу, президент Уругвая;# Алисия Гарза, Патрис Каллорс и Опал Томети, основательницы движения Black Lives Matter;# Джон Робертс, главный судья Верховного суда США;# Абдалла Хамдук, премьер-министр Судана;# Летисия Джеймс, генеральный прокурор штата Нью-Йорк;# Одунайо Эвенийи и Дамилола Одуфауа, соосновательницы Феминистской коалиции;# Мухаммад ибн Заид Аль Нахайян, наследный принц Абу-Даби;# Мэдисон Коуторн, избранный член палаты представителей конгресса США;# Мариа Ресса, генеральный директор Rappler Inc.;# Цай Инвень, президент Тайваня. Бизнес:# Аврора Джеймс, основательница проекта Fifteen Percent Pledge;# Страйв Масайиа, основатель Econet Group;# Рид Хастингс, глава Netflix;# Сумит Сингх, генеральный директор Chewy Inc.;# Вонг Чинг, генеральный директор Meituan;# Джон Фоли, генеральный директор Peloton Interactive Inc.;# Бюджу Равиндран, основатель и глава Think & Learn Pvt.

Persons: Swizz Beatz Timbaland, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup —, Билли Айлиш, Бон Джун Хо, Селеста Барбер, Донна Лэнгли, Сара Купер, Колин Каперник, Гай Фьери, Джейсон Хехир, Рене Монтгомери, Айя Кьогоку, Хисаши Ноги, Маркус Рашфорд, Светлана Тихановская, Луис Лакалье Поу, Алисия Гарза, Патрис Каллорс, Опал Томети, Джон Робертс, Летисия Джеймс, Одунайо Эвенийи, Дамилола Одуфауа, Мухаммад ибн Заид Аль Нахайян, АбуДаби, Мэдисон Коуторн, Мариа Ресса, Цай Инвень, Аврора Джеймс, Страйв Масайиа, Рид Хастингс, Сумит Сингх, Вонг Чинг, Джон Фоли, Бюджу Равиндран, Вийя, Форрест Ли, Кристалина Георгиева, Джеймс Горман, Байжа Бхатт, Владимир Тенев, Джейн Фрейзер, Алан Ховард, Линда Киркпатрик, Даррен Уильямс, Чанпэн Чжао, Цзэн Юйцюнь, Гвинн Шотвелл, Тим Брэй, Энтони Фаучи, Чон ЮнКен, Келлер Ринаудо Organizations: Bloomberg, Universal, Entertainment, Nintendo, Rappler Inc, Econet, Netflix, Chewy Inc, Interactive, Sea Ltd, Citigroup, Citigroup — —, Howard Asset Management, Mastercard Inc, Southern Bancorp Inc, Binance Holdings, Technology, SpaceX, годуИздание, Сноб, Манчестер Юнайтед, Верховный суд, Феминистская коалиция, Международный валютный фонд, Корейское агентство по контролю и профилактике заболевания Locations: Белоруссия, Уругвай, США, Судан, НьюЙорк, Тайвань, Северная Америка, Белый дом

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