Thanksgiving Weekend To See More Holiday Shoppers Than Last Year

Nearly two million more people than last year are expected to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year even as consumers have continued the trend of starting their holiday shopping earlier in the year, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation.

Target’s Q3 Same-Store Sales Climb 13 Percent

Target Corp. reported comparable sales grew 12.7 percent in the third quarter on top of 20.7 percent growth last year. Brian Cornell, CEO, said, “Our third-quarter comp increase of 12.7 percent was driven entirely by traffic, and reflects continued strength in our store sales, same-day digital fulfillment services and double-digit growth in all five of our core merchandising categories.”

TJX Comps Climb 14 Percent In Third Quarter

The TJX Companies Inc. reported net income for the third quarter was $1.0 billion, or 84 cents a share, a 24 percent increase over 68 cents per share in the third quarter of Fiscal 2020. Q3 FY22 overall open-only comp-store sales increased 14 percent over Q3 FY20

Shoe Carnival’s Q3 Comps Surge 30 Percent

Shoe Carnival Inc. again raised its guidance for the year after reporting third-quarter results that came in well above Wall Street targets. Same-store sales in the quarter jumped 30 percent. Mark Worden, Shoe Carnival’s CEO, said, “This was by every measure that matters, our best quarter, of our best year, in our 43-year history.”

Retail Sales Jump In October

The U.S. Census Bureau said overall retail sales in October were up 1.7 percent seasonally adjusted from September and up 16.3 percent year-over-year.

The House Of LR&C Strengthens Advisory Group

The House of LR&C, a fashion house founded by Ciara, Russell Wilson and Christine Day, announced that the company has appointed David Adelman to its Board of Directors. The company also announced that they are bolstering internal resources with the addition of apparel industry executives Sheree Waterson and Gemo Wong as Advisors.

On Q3 Revenues Surge 68 Percent In Third Quarter

On Holding AG, in its first report since going public, reported sales grew 68 percent in the third quarter as sales continued to accelerate in all channels, regions and product categories. Adjusted EBITDA ran up 67.9 percent and the gross margin reached 60.2 percent, up from 54.5 percent a year ago.

ISPO Munich And OutDoor By ISPO Permanently Shift To New Dates

Together with sports and outdoor brands, retailers and industry associations, Messe München made two major changes effective immediately—ISPO Munich will be held permanently at the end of November, thus leaving the previous January date, and OutDoor by ISPO is moving permanently from the end of June to the end of May/beginning of June.