Q4 news and trends

RH Expands Upscale Brand as Demand for Home Furnishings Tumbles
Retail // March 30, 2023

The market for home furnishings is “likely getting worse before it gets better.” So said RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman Wednesday (March 29) during the luxury home furnishings company’s quarterly earnings call. Persistent inflation, record-high interest rates, an underperforming stock market, an unexpected banking crisis and a 45%...

Macy’s Off-Mall Small Format Stores Are Killing It and More Are Coming
Retail // March 02, 2023

Although they currently account for only 10 of its total portfolio of 722 physical locations under its many brands, Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette can’t stop talking about the big opportunity he sees in these comparatively little stores.   Specifically, the company’s eight Market by Macy’s and two Bloomies locations that...

ACI Reports Steady Growth as Management Says Real-Time Payments Revolution Accelerating  
Earnings // March 01, 2023

For ACI Worldwide, software and platform as a service remain steady growth businesses.  In the company’s most recent earnings results on Wednesday (March 1),  ACI said that SaaS and PaaS fees gained 7.8% year on year to $205.8 million. Thomas Warsop, interim president and CEO, said...

GoodRx Takes on Amazon RxPass by Building Consumer Discount Prescription Destination
Earnings // February 28, 2023

As it moves to shed issues related to a key customer loss in 2022 — believed to be Kroger — GoodRx got busy late last year, adding partnerships, integrating technologies, and taking steps to avoid a repeat of what is cryptically referred to as “the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Grubhub Pays The Price Of Keeping Its Customers

February 06, 2020
The year 2020 is off to a rocky start for food delivery platform Grubhub. Shortly after the new year began, rumors started circulating that Grubhub — facing increasingly stiff competition in a crowded food delivery service market — was actively seeking a buyer, as it had seen falling market share and rising costs. Reports indicated […]

Amazon Hits 150M Prime Users And Commits Billions To One-Day Shipping

January 31, 2020
Back to the trillion-dollar club they go. Amazon’s stock price shot up in after-hours trading, as the eCommerce company blasted past expectations when it announced its Q4 earnings results. Its...

PayPal Hits 305M Active Users In Q4, Cautions Future Economic Uncertainty

January 30, 2020
PayPal put on a strong finish to 2019, managing to beat analyst estimates nearly across the board in terms of revenue, active usership and total payments volume processed. However, despite...

Visa: Tap-To-Pay Gains Steam As B2B Volume Hits $1T, Annualized

October 25, 2019
In the continued drive to become a "network of networks," Visa finishes its fiscal year with payment volumes up 9 percent, cross-border payment volumes up 7 percent and B2B volumes...

Quick Reads
RH Expands Upscale Brand as Demand for Home Furnishings Tumbles

March 30, 2023
The market for home furnishings is “likely getting worse before it gets better.” So said RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman Wednesday (March 29) during the luxury home furnishings company’s quarterly earnings call. Persistent inflation, record-high interest rates, an underperforming stock market, an unexpected banking crisis and a 45% year-on-year drop in luxury home sales have taken a toll […]

Jamie Dimon Hopeful Economy Will Improve In Q3/Q4

May 26, 2020
Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, expressed hope that the economy will improve and unemployment will ease in the second half of the year after hitting levels near the...

Dollar Tree Plans Renovations Amid Strong Q4 Results

March 05, 2020
Dollar Tree’s fourth-quarter earnings were better than expected, as the company continues its upgrades to the Family Dollar portfolio and launches new initiatives, per reports. The discount retailer said it...

Lowe’s Posts Mixed Results Amid Online Revamp

February 26, 2020
As Lowe’s homes in on growing online shopping and bringing in more professional contractors and homebuilders, the home improvement retailer registered mixed Q4 results. Its shares increased 1.4 percent in...