Cara Salpini
Senior Editor at Retail Dive
Senior Editor @RetailDive | College basketball fan and @UVA alum | Travel, hiking, and dog lover | The Oxford comma brings me joy | Views are my own
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3 weeks ago |
buff.ly | Cara Salpini
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lululemon is raising prices and prepping for a hit to gross margin as tariffs sweep the industry, executives said on a Thursday earnings call. CFO Meghan Frank said the price increases would be modest, strategic and apply to just a small portion of its assortment. They’ll go into effect in the second half of Q2 and into Q3.
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4 weeks ago |
retaildive.com | Cara Salpini
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After a year of mixed performance, Ulta Beauty showed some positive momentum in the first quarter, with net sales up 4.5% to $2.8 billion. Comps in the quarter also increased 2.9% in the period, per a company press release. Ulta is seeing improvement in the performance of stores that were hit by competitive openings, like Sephora’s Kohl’s shop-in-shops, CEO Kecia Steelman said Thursday on a call with analysts.
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4 weeks ago |
retaildive.com | Cara Salpini
It’s been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week and what we’re still thinking about. From birthday cake-scented trash bags to the latest on tariffs, here’s our closeout for the week. Sally Beauty nails itSally Beauty is “investing in the future of nails,” the company announced Thursday in a press release.
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1 month ago |
retaildive.com | Cara Salpini
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As it grows its skin care assortment, E.l.f. Beauty on Wednesday announced it would acquire Rhode, Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand, for $1 billion. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions and should be complete in E.l.f’s Q2 of fiscal 2026. The acquisition consists of $800 million at closing and an additional $200 million payout based on performance over the next three years.
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1 month ago |
retaildive.com | Cara Salpini
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Weeks after announcing its plans to acquire Foot Locker, Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday reported its fifth-straight quarter of 4%-plus comp growth. The retailer saw net sales increase 5.2% in the first quarter to nearly $3.2 billion. Net income fell 4% to $264 million.
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“Traditionally the types of yoga apparel you could find were strictly for you to wear, but not to impress. And Lululemon made yoga apparel sexy. It made it stylish and it made people want to wear it, whether they did yoga or not." https://t.co/joBaR248pt
"Once you get into any world, there are hidden languages, which are meant to appeal to a specific audience … I think a lot of the dropping of letters is just another way to signal that you’re a part of a specific community.” https://t.co/jdg17U9Oez