Neil Saunders
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Capri prospects ‘ugly’ as Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo underperform
US luxury group Capri has ended its fiscal year on an unsurprisingly gloomy note, largely due to the negative impact of ...
Jul 3, 2020

How a fast digital pivot saved Williams-Sonoma’s top line when Covid-19 hit
Take a look at US kitchen and homewares retailer Williams-Sonoma’s latest sales figures and you would hardly know there ...
May 29, 2020

Bargain rate for Victoria’s Secret proves it was ‘asleep in a woke market’
That L Brands has opted to sell a majority stake in Victoria’s Secret is a tacit recognition that the brand was on the r...
Feb 21, 2020

Lululemon bucks trend thanks to ‘strong brand, great products’
While some retailers lost momentum in the third quarter, Lululemon firmly bucked the trend and continued its run of stro...
Dec 12, 2019

Tiffany in ‘a difficult position’ on lacklustre sales
Both overall and comparable-store sales growth at Tiffany came in flat during the last quarter, neither metric helped by...
Dec 6, 2019

Poor sales, weak profit: Gap’s outlook is gloomy
There is no real surprise from Gap’s third-quarter figures: sales are poor, profit is weak although marginally better th...
Nov 25, 2019

Bath & Body Works delivers ‘blistering performance’ for L Brands
As usual, the latest results from L Brands show a tale of two companies: Bath & Body Works put in a blistering performan...
Aug 22, 2019

Ralph Lauren now ‘headed in the right direction’
After a long run of fairly mediocre performance, Ralph Lauren has finally delivered a solid set of numbers.
Feb 12, 2019

Abercrombie & Fitch results shows brand on ‘road to recovery’
Abercrombie & Fitch is on the right road to recovery.
Nov 30, 2018

‘Anemic’ Ralph Lauren results shows more work to be done
The Ralph Lauren results are “characteristic of a brand that is still not entirely confident about its place in the fash...
Nov 7, 2018