RH to restate quarterly results after errors in earnings-per-share calculations
RH, the retailer formerly known as Restoration Hardware RH, -0.99%, said in a filing late Friday that it will restate per-share earnings results for several periods after it found mistakes in the way it accounted for some pretax losses related to debt payments. RH also updated its fiscal 2022 revenue outlook, saying it expects a […]
S&P downgrades Bed Bath & Beyond, says beleaguered retailer has ‘insufficient funds’ to repay its financial obligations
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s credit Friday, a day after the beleaguered retailer said it was in default on loans that have been called in. The default filing sent Bed Bath & Beyond’s BBBY, +1.19% stock plunging, although it rallied to end Friday’s session up 1.2%, outpacing the S&P 500 Index’s […]
Ocado backs full year view after strong quarter, record Christmas performance
Ocado Group PLC backed its fiscal 2022 guidance on Tuesday supported by a robust fourth-quarter performance and said it has started the new fiscal year with a record Christmas performance. The online grocer and retail-technology specialist OCDO, +5.18% said retail revenue came in at 549.4 million pounds ($670 million) for the 13 weeks ended 27 […]
Uniqlo owner’s shares slump after Q1 net profit falls 9.1%
Fast Retailing Co. shares 9983, -7.95% fell sharply Friday morning after its first-quarter net profit dropped 9.1% from a year earlier due to higher costs and weaker sales in China. The shares were recently 6.9% lower at 74,340 yen after falling as much as 7.1% earlier. The owner of Uniqlo said that net profit for […]
The housing market is showing signs of ‘normalizing’ and IRS says ‘Tax Day’ will be different this year — put these important tax dates on your calendar
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories.IRS says ‘Tax Day’ will be different this year — put these important tax dates on your calendar Two thirds of households received income-tax refunds last year, IRS statistics show. Read More U.S. mortgage rates slip, giving some relief to homebuyers The 30-year mortgage rate is averaging at 6.33%, […]
JD Sports Fashion sees 2023 profit at the higher end of expectations after stronger Christmas sales
JD Sports Fashion PLC said Wednesday that it expects to report fiscal 2023 adjusted pretax profit toward the top end of market expectations after it booked a strong performance during the Christmas period. The sports-and-fashion retailer JD, +6.42% said that for the fiscal year ending Jan. 28 it expects to report adjusted pretax profit in […]
Powell’s in Sweden. Rates Will Likely Go Higher Still Despite Companies’ Pain.
Investors looking at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at a conference at Sweden’s Riksbank Tuesday will be tempted to carefully parse his words for any hint as to when the interest-rate increases will stop. There will probably be less nuance to his remarks than first appears. Powell will certainly utter a few on-the-one-hand, and […]
Walgreens may have ‘cried too much last year’ about theft, CFO says
After worries in the retail world about a rise in theft, at least one company — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. — said it may have been overreacting. “ ‘Maybe we cried too much last year when we were hitting numbers that were 3.5% of sales.’ ” — James Kehoe, CFO of Walgreens The drugstore chain’s […]