JCP News and Press, J.C. Penney Company Inc. From 10/15/19

By Jharonne Martis The Refinitiv U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q3 earnings index is expected to rise 2.5% - considerably below last year's 18.6% Q3 2018 earnings growth. When looking at the earnings growth rates for Q3 for the 209 retailers tracked by Refinitiv, the Hotels, Restaurant & L...

Levi Strauss ( LEVI ) recently reported Q3 earnings, delivering a beat across both their top and bottom line. Revenue came in at $1.45 billion, up 5% year-on-year (constant currency). Earnings per share came in at $0.31 (adjusted diluted), and topped analyst estimates by ~$0.03. Source: Ax...

Bed Bath & Beyond 's (NASDAQ: BBBY) stock recently surged after the retailer hired Target 's (NYSE: TGT) chief merchandising officer Mark Tritton as its new president and CEO. Tritton will succeed Mary Winston, who held the interim CEO position after Steven Tamares' resi...

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) is the top beauty destination for U.S. teens, according to Piper Jaffray 's latest "Taking Stock With Teens" survey. Ulta claimed a 38% mindshare in the fall survey, compared to a 26% share for its closest rival, LVMH 's (OTC: LVMUY) Sephora. That gap has...

The bankruptcy of Forever 21 marks the 35th major bankruptcy this year, and over two-thirds of them have been in the retail industry. Not every one of the businesses will close their doors and liquidate their inventory. Many -- like Forever 21, a fast-fashion icon -- will seek to restructure.&#x...

Written by Robert Kovacs Introduction As we continue our series of articles on high shareholder yield, I take a look at Kohl's ( KSS ): a stock which the investment community cannot seem to agree on. A large part of the crowd fears that the stock will never recover. The other part of the...

Sales at U.S. department stores have been declining since the early 2000s. Early in that decade, Americans were spending close to $20 billion each month at department stores like Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) , Macy's (NYSE: M) , J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) , and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) . Today, that...

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J.C. Penney's ( JCP ) potential debt moves may buy it some more time or reduce its overall leverage. It still needs to deliver noticeable improvements in gross margins and sales in order to get its EBITDA up to a decent level though. The gross margin progress has been pretty good so far, but...