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☆ Wall Street shows ongoing frustration with an entertainment giant, sees gains ahead for 2 retailers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

DIS YTD mountain Disney's year-to-date stock performance. Over the past 12 months, Disney's performance has been worse, falling nearly 8%. So, it's easy to understand KeyBanc's frustration with Disney's stock. TJX YTD mountain TJX Companies' year-to-date stock performance. AMZN YTD mountain Amazon's year-to-date stock performance.

Persons: Walt Disney, KeyBanc, Piper Sandler, Piper Sander, TJ Maxx, TJX, it's, we're, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Joe Raedle Organizations: TJX Companies, Disney, Management, Wall Street, Burlington Stores, Ross Stores, Marshalls, UBS, JPMorgan, Bloomberg, Federal Trade Commission, Amazon, Google, FTC, CNBC, Walt Disney World, Getty Locations: Orlando , Florida

☆ 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday, including bank stress tests and a possible chip trough
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. banks go 23 for 23, passing this year's Fed's stress test, including Club names Wells Fargo (WFC) and Morgan Stanley (MS). KeyBanc downgrades Club name Disney (DIS) to sector weight from overweight (hold from buy) without a price target. Piper upgrades to neutral from underweight (hold from sell), Bank of America increases price target to $76 per share from $68. Piper Sandler initiates coverage on the off-price retailers, starting Club holding TJX Companies (TJX) with a buy-equivalent overweight rating and a $110-per-share price target. Cuts price target to $40 per share from $47.

Persons: Premarket, Wells, Morgan Stanley, KeyBanc, Sanjay Mehrotra, McCormick, Piper Sandler, Piper, Eli Lilly, Warren Buffett's Berkshire, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Dow, Nasdaq, Citi, Disney, Micron, Bank of America, Netflix, TJX Companies, Marshalls, Ross Stores, Burlington Stores, Pfizer, Credit Suisse, Occidental Petroleum, Warren, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire, Energy, Halliburton, HAL, JPMorgan, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: Big, Maxx, HomeGoods

☆ This map shows where Bed Bath & Beyond stores are being replaced by other retailers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"In aggregate the Bed Bath & Beyond locations were some of the best that I've seen become available. The leases are for both Bed Bath & Beyond and Buy Buy Baby locations. Leases for the Buy Buy Baby outposts could be clawed back depending on what happens at an auction for the chain's assets, Bed Bath said in a court filing. Bed Bath raked in $24.41 million in all from the lease auction. A portion of those proceeds will likely go to unpaid rents at the locations and the rest will go to Bed Bath to pay the retailer's many creditors.

Persons: BURL, Bill Read, Read, Macy's, Noble, they'd, weren't Organizations: Burlington Stores, Burlington, Specialists, Target, CNBC, Factory, Barnes, Bed Locations: Burlington, America, , Florida, Concord , North Carolina, Bed Bath, Bath

☆ Oracle extends its flagship database to Ampere's computing chips
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoMENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - Oracle on Wednesday said that it has modified its flagship database software to work on a new category of computing chip, starting with chips from Ampere Computing, a startup founded by former Intel executives. Oracle’s database software is used by major banks and corporations to track transactions. On Wednesday, Oracle said that the database will now also run on chips made based on a technological architecture from Arm Ltd, the same underlying technology that is in mobile phones. Ellison said Ampere’s chips are much more power efficient than offerings from its other two major chip suppliers, Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia. By upgrading to Ampere, we’re able to take that room, double the compute and stay within the same power envelope,” Ellison said.

Persons: Brian Snyder, Ampere, Intel’s, “, We’ve, we’ve, Larry Ellison, Ellison, we’re, ” Ellison Organizations: REUTERS, MENLO, Oracle, Ampere Computing, Intel, Arm Ltd, Ampere, Amazon Web Services, Devices, Nvidia Locations: Burlington , Massachusetts, U.S, , California, Ampere

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Tesla, Moderna, Alphabet, PacWest and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading:Tesla — Shares dropped 1.9% after Goldman Sachs became the latest Wall Street bank to downgrade the electric vehicle maker to neutral from buy. Goldman cited the difficult pricing environment for electric vehicles, as well as the stock's recent run up, for the call. Moderna — The drugmaker gained 2.5% following an upgrade by UBS to buy from neutral. Alphabet — The Google parent slid 1.4% after being downgraded by UBS to neutral from buy. PacWest — The regional bank jumped nearly 6% following the announcement that Ares Management acquired $3.5 billion specialty finance portfolio from PacWest.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Aston Martin Organizations: Moderna, UBS, Google, Pfizer, Ares Management Locations: South Burlington , Vermont

☆ MOVEit hack claims Calpers and Genworth as millions more victims impacted
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

News reports said information from more than 700,000 Calpers members and retirees was taken. The MOVEit software is widely-used by organisations around the world to share sensitive data. Genworth Financial was harder hit, saying personal information of nearly 2.5 million to 2.7 million of its customers was breached. "The personal information of a significant number of insurance policyholders or other customers of its life insurance businesses was unlawfully accessed," Genworth said. The MOVEit hack has hit several state and federal agencies.

Persons: PBI, Calpers, Genworth, Niket, Chris Sanders, Maju Samuel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Genworth, PBI Research Services, U.S . Department of Energy, Washington DC, Thomson Locations: Calpers, Burlington , Massachusetts, Russia, Bengaluru, Washington

☆ Online brands and companies like Nike are going old-school and returning to brick-and-mortar department stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Online brands like Warby Parker and Allbirds are also opening brick and mortar shops. Brands that have moved away from department stores and physical shops in recent years are now pivoting back to traditional retail tactics after experiencing first-hand the difficulty of acquiring and retaining customers directly online. And they're not alone: even digital-first brands like Warby Parker and Allbirds have also opened new physical storefronts. A recent study by UBS predicted that retail stores would continue to close over the next five years and estimated that 50,000 shops would disappear by 2028. Nike has also recently announced that it's expanding partnerships with other physical retailers like Designer Brands and Foot Locker after years of steadily cutting its wholesale relationships.

Persons: it's, Warby Parker, Allbirds, —, they're, Simeon Siegel, Noble, Locker Organizations: Nike, Service, Brands, Journal ., Interim, Getty, BMO Capital Markets, International Council of Shopping Centers, Ross Stores, Barnes, Body Works, Walmart, UBS Locations: Macy's, Burlington

☆ Take a look inside the McNeal Mansion, an abandoned 10,000-square-foot home from the 1800s that nature is reclaiming
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The McNeal Mansion, located in Burlington, New Jersey, is a ghost of its former grandeur. The 10,000-square-foot mansion was damaged over the years by fires and nature taking over. The decrepit property was captured in a photo series by photographer Richard Lewis. New Jersey-based photographer Richard Lewis explored and photographed the crumbling mansion in 2016. Here's a look inside the crumbling McNeal Mansion, which is a ghost of its former grandeur.

Persons: Richard Lewis, —, Andrew McNeal, it's Organizations: Service, Nike Locations: Burlington , New Jersey, New Jersey

☆ Hackers use flaw in popular file transfer tool to steal data, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Zeba Siddiqui | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (Reuters) - Hackers have stolen data from the systems of a number of users of the popular file transfer tool MOVEit Transfer, U.S. security researchers said on Thursday, one day after the maker of the software disclosed that a security flaw had been discovered. Software maker Progress Software Corp (PRGS.O), after disclosing the vulnerability on Wednesday, said it could lead to potential unauthorized access into users' systems. The managed file transfer software made by the Burlington, Massachusetts-based company allows organizations to transfer files and data between business partners and customers. Such "zero-day," or previously unknown, vulnerabilities in managed file transfer solutions have led to data theft, leaks, extortion and victim-shaming in the past, Mandiant said. Pitt did not have a comment on who might have been trying to steal data by exploiting the flaw.

Persons: Ian Pitt, Charles Carmakal, Mandiant, Carmakal, Rapid7, Pitt, Zeba Siddiqui, Christopher Cushing Organizations: FRANCISCO, Progress Software Corp, Software, Reuters, Rapid7 Inc, Mandiant Consulting, Google, Thomson Locations: Burlington , Massachusetts, San Francisco

☆ Facebook is this creator's primary platform. Here's how she makes money with 285,000 followers, and what she earns.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Brown, now 26, is a content creator on the platform with 285,000 Facebook followers. Unlike many creators who have taken to TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube to build a career, Brown's audience is primarily on Facebook. Brown started making money as a creator through Facebook's Reels Play Bonus program in July, which paid creators a monthly sum for accumulating views on their reels. But come March, Facebook paused its bonus payouts to focus on its ad-revenue-share program Ads on Reels. Reels Play Bonus: Though Meta ended its Reels Bonus Program, Brown earned about $1,200 each month from Facebook through this while it lasted.

Persons: Shaniece Brown, Brown, she's, Meta, she'll Organizations: Facebook, Brown, Walmart, Burlington Coat Factory, Target Locations: Burlington, strategize

☆ Kohl's shares jump as retailer reports a surprise profit
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Kohl's shares spiked Wednesday as the struggling retailer posted a surprise profit and affirmed its full-year guidance while it chases a turnaround. Kohl's surprise quarterly profit comes after multiple quarters of disappointing sales and a sinking stock price. Since then, Kohl's has tapped its new CEO Kingsbury, former chief executive of off-price retailer Burlington Stores . That contributed to a big loss in Kohl's holiday quarter and weak outlook, which the Wisconsin-based company reiterated Wednesday. During the quarter, Kohl's had its strongest sales performance in February.

With the end of another earnings season in sight, Wall Street's attention has turned to Washington and the debt ceiling deadline. Republican negotiators on Friday walked out of talks on raising the debt limit , abruptly ending a positive week of discussions that appeared to be leading toward a deal. Democrats and the White House have been pushing for a "clean" hike to the debt limit that would push the next deadline past the 2024 presidential election, while Republicans are pressing for spending cuts. Many investors believe this ongoing game of chicken over the debt limit is largely for show, since the U.S. has never defaulted on its debt obligations. U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023.

☆ Consumer spending trailing consumer sentiment lower. Look at Home Depot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Recent consumer sentiment reports have been poor, so it's reasonable to assume the consumer spending backdrop has softened. The company is cutting guidance due to the weaker lumber prices, weather and is also citing "further softening of demand relative to our expectations, and continued uncertainty regarding consumer demand." If we are on the side of the American consumer (I am), then lower lumber prices are good, right? Running shoes are hot. Second case in point: On Holding (ONON), which makes the trendy ON running shoes, is up 94% YTD.

☆ Here's what to expect when Club apparel retailers TJX and Foot Locker report this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Apparel retailers TJX Companies (TJX) and Foot Locker (FL) are set to deliver quarterly results this week, as consumers continue to be squeezed by a slowing economy and still-persistent inflation. Sneaker retailer Foot Locker reports Friday before the opening bell, with Refinitiv estimates showing revenue should have fallen by 8.3 % annually, to $1.90 billion, with EPS falling 49 % to, 81 cents. Foot Locker is going through a transitionary period as it reinvents itself, so our expectations are low for the first quarter. "Don't expect anything from Foot Locker," Jim Cramer said Monday. Foot Locker Inc. signage is displayed in the window of a store in New York, U.S. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images

☆ Premarket stocks: What happens if the debt ceiling and banking crisis collide?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —President Joe Biden said over the weekend that debt ceiling negotiations were moving along and that talks between the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would resume on Tuesday. It may become more difficult to access credit, further exacerbating the challenges individuals and companies are already facing because of the banking crisis. Before the Bell: What do the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations mean to small and medium businesses? Do you think bank executives and members of the business community can put pressure on Congress and the White House to come to a deal? The White House has estimated more than 8 million jobs would get wiped out if there is a protracted default.

☆ Pickleball is replacing Bed Bath & Beyond and Old Navy at malls
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Pickleball is coming to your local mall, replacing shuttered Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, and Saks Off 5th stores. Malls need new tenants to fill vacant spaces and draw customers beyond their traditional department store anchors and clothing stores. Backers of the game and developers are desperate to find vacant spaces to build courts. The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis, an outdoor mall, plans to fill the space once occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond with a pickleball club. A pickleball facility recently opened in a former Burlington store space at Shore Mall in New Jersey, and a pickleball club took over an Old Navy space at a New Hampshire mall.

☆ As shoppers look for savings, Nordstrom hopes Rack stores can fuel its revival
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The success or failure of the Nordstrom Rack turnaround effort could shape the company's future. Those chains such as T.J.Maxx , Ross Stores and Burlington Stores , have opened more stores and wooed new customers, driving higher foot traffic than Nordstrom Rack has seen. Nordstrom Rack stores outnumber the company's namesake stores, with 241 locations across the country, according to company filings. Nordstrom Rack stores accounted for more than 40% of new customers in 2022, CEO Erik Nordstrom said on the March earnings call. As it pins its growth hopes on the off-price locations, Nordstrom has turned Rack stores into e-commerce hubs, too.

☆ Using Forensic Evidence to Solve Crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Amanda Foreman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Historian Amanda Foreman searches the past for the origins of today’s world. Read previous columns here. In February, police in Burlington, Vt., announced they had solved the city’s oldest cold case, the 1971 murder of 24-year-old schoolteacher Rita Curran. Taking advantage of genetic genealogy using DNA databases—the latest addition to the forensic science toolbox—the police were able to prove that the killer was a neighbor in Curran’s apartment building, William DeRoos.

☆ Bank of America details 3 retail stocks that have more than 20% upside as they benefit from mass closures of Bed Bath & Beyond stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bed Bath & Beyond is closing hundreds of stores this year after filing for bankruptcy. Another 360 Bed Bath & Beyond locations and 120 buybuy Baby locations are set to shutter their doors by the end of June. BoA expects these hot spots to be gobbled up by off-price retailers that have near-term plans to expand. TJX's HomeGoods subsidiary is a runner-up, with only 38% of BBBY stores being within a one-mile radius and 52% within two miles. Off-price retailers' store proximity to Bed Bath & Beyond store locations.

☆ Factbox: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway at a glance
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

[1/2] Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File PhotoMay 4 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people are descending on Omaha, Nebraska to attend the annual shareholder weekend for billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N). Susan Buffett and Howard Buffett are Berkshire directors. His Berkshire stock will go to philanthropy after he dies. (Interview with CNBC, April 12, 2023)Abel on Berkshire managers' relationship with him: "It's not the same as working for Warren.

☆ This is the best off-price retailer to own in this shaky economic environment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Analysts at a major Wall Street research firm see multi-year growth and share gains ahead for off-price retailers. Under this scenario, lower-income consumers will choose to spend their money at off-price retailers. The analysts like Ross Stores (ROST) best, and called Burlington Stores (BURL) high-risk, high-reward, with a multi-year turnaround story. Bank of America, in a note this week, emphasized that the off-price retailers, including TJX, will be eager to take over the additional closed Bed Bath & Beyond locations. Bottom line We're encouraged to hear from Bernstein that lower-income consumers might be ready to spend more at off-price retailers, leading the analysts to say they would view "Q1 off-price weakness as an entry point" into the stocks.

☆ Barclays downgrades a string of retail stocks as its hopes for a V-shaped recovery fade
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Consumers across all income levels are pulling back on spending, according to a Barclays Capital promotions tracker, prompting analyst Adrienne Yih to downgrade a host of retail stocks. However, Yih said, the pace of sales and discounting suggests that this scenario — a V-shaped recovery — is now less likely. FIGS 6M mountain Barclays downgraded Figs shares to underweight from equal weight. Figs shares shed 6%, Canada Goose fell more than 5% and Victoria's Secret was down more than 3%. CPRI YTD mountain Capri shares have fall 31% since the year started.

☆ Off-price retailers to get cheap inventory and real estate from Bed Bath & Beyond's bust, BofA says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

When Bed Bath & Beyond shuts its doors for good, certain retailers should benefit from both the real estate and inventory opportunities, Bank of America wrote in a note Tuesday. Bed Bath & Beyond will close its remaining 360 namesake and 120 Buy Buy Baby locations by June 30 after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. In addition, its assortment of home decor and baby products could flow through to off-price retailers at significant discounts, she noted. Bed Bath & Beyond vendors will also likely redirect products to off-price retailers as a way to diversify the business without seeing a drop in sales, she added. She estimated TJX could see a 1% sales lift if it can capture 5% to 10% of Bed Bath & Beyond's sales.

☆ Ben & Jerry’s Paves Way for Union at Vermont Store
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Noam Scheiber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ben & Jerry’s announced Friday that it had reached an agreement with workers at its flagship store in Burlington, Vt., on a set of rules to ensure a fair union election, after the workers’ announcement last week that they were seeking to organize. The agreement is likely to pave the way for the store to become the only unionized Ben & Jerry’s location in the United States. All of the nearly 40 workers eligible to join a union at the store have indicated their support for doing so. The company indicated that the agreement could make the store a better place to work. Rebeka Mendelsohn, a shift manager who has helped lead the organizing campaign, said she hoped the agreement would encourage workers at other Ben & Jerry’s stores to consider unionizing.

☆ One online retailer will get a sizable sales boost from Bed Bath & Beyond's demise, Telsey Group estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The shuttering of Bed Bath & Beyond stores should provide a significant sales boost to online retailer Wayfair, according to Telsey Group. Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and is trying to auction its namesake and Buybuy Baby brands. W 6M mountain Wayfair's year-to-date performance Telsey based its analysis on several factors, such as size, store proximity to Bed Bath & Beyond locations, the mix of online sales versus store sales, and consumer demographic. Wayfair was also named by Oppenheimer as among those poised to benefit from Bed Bath & Beyond's demise. Shares of the online retailer are up nearly 9% so far this year.

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