CFO Dive

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Nordstrom’s CFO is stepping down as retail financial leaders battle profit pressures, a glut of inventory and rising costs.

CFO 260

CFO Retail 260

Navigator SAP

JULY 26, 2024

As a man of the Millennial generation, I rarely visit brick-and-mortar retail stores. But there I was at a shoe store in New York City because Nike was letting me design a custom red shoe via its Nike by You retail program.

Retail 219

Retail Technology SAP 219

CFO Dive

AUGUST 15, 2023

Surging borrowing costs and declining pandemic-era savings have not triggered a downturn in retail spending.

Retail 245

Retail Sales Marketing 245

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Recent signs of vitality have prompted some economists to mark up growth forecasts, despite weakness in manufacturing and a hiring slowdown early in the summer.

Forecasting 329

Forecasting Economics Sales Retail 329

CFO Dive

JANUARY 26, 2024

The departure marks the fourth finance chief to leave the troubled retailer in a half-decade.

Retail 256

Retail Marketing CFO Finance 256

CFO Dive

APRIL 25, 2023

Walmart, Amazon and especially Target have already been taking market share from the struggling home goods retailer for quite some time.

Retail 239

Retail Marketing 239

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Jay Stasz will replace retiring CFO Tom Fitzgerald, who has held the role at the health club chain for more than four years.

CFO 270

CFO Retail 270

CFO Dive

MARCH 17, 2025

A report of weak retail sales in February aligns with a 0.5% decline in overall consumer spending in January.

Sales 166

Sales Retail 166

CFO Dive

JUNE 18, 2024

“Inflation and higher interest rates are straining low- and moderate-income households,” St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said Tuesday.

Sales 281

Sales Retail 281

CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Recent signs of robust consumer spending and persistent inflation prompted Wall Street to reduce the odds that the Fed will cut the main interest rate by a quarter point at its December meeting.

Sales 301

Sales Retail 301

CFO Dive

JUNE 7, 2024

Walmart, Target and Kroger executives pointed to price and technology improvements that they are using to offset cost pressures.

Retail 288

Retail Technology 288

CFO Dive

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While growing at a slower pace, global mobile robot sales are still projected to reach $5.5 billion in 2024 and rise more than 20% annually up to 2030.

Forecasting 259

Forecasting Retail Sales 259

CFO Dive

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Fed’s fight against inflation, while showing some recent signs of success, may dim prospects for economic growth.

Manufacturing 271

Manufacturing Sales Retail Economics 271

CFO Dive

JANUARY 20, 2023

CFOs are weighing costs more closely — even as they seek to trim the environmental impact of everything from packaging to shipping and return practices.

Retail 271

Retail 271

CFO Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Irving, Tex.-based based company is swapping in a new CFO just under a year after the outgoing finance chief took the finance reins.

CFO 253

CFO Retail Finance 253

CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Williams-Sonoma CFO Julie Whalen will move to the top financial seat for travel and hospitality service Expedia Group as it looks to enact a new sustainability strategy.

CFO 260

CFO Retail 260

Navigator SAP

JULY 15, 2022

The retail industry is growing exponentially year-over-year, partially due to the substantial profit margins that attract investors.

Retail 169

Retail 169

CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Gradual declines in consumer spending, hiring and inflation suggest that the Federal Reserve may achieve a “soft landing” for the economy.

Sales 304

Sales Retail 304

CFO Dive

MAY 12, 2023

Standards for gauging sustainability are gelling amid a backlash against government plans to require corporate disclosure on climate risk.

Retail 259

Retail Planning 259

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

billion in retail inventory losses in 2021 was not “attributable to organized retail crime.” That line is just another in a long series of falsehoods put forth by the professional b *s at the National Retail Federation. This costs retailers anywhere between $15-20 billion annually in the US. No, “ nearly half ” of $94.5

Retail 141

Retail Profit and Loss Forecasting Accounting 141

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Total Halloween spending is forecast to hit $12.2 billion this year, but rising wage and sugar costs are cutting into profits.

Retail 271

Retail Forecasting 271

CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Dynamic pricing helps CFOs protect company margins but is increasingly subject to scrutiny.

Retail 215

Retail 215

CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Either way, retailers won’t quit talking about EBITDA. Is it the 'Wild West' of measures or a fair predictor of long-term success?

Retail 143

Retail 143

CFO Dive

JULY 5, 2022

based retail chain B&M European Value Retail is tapping Mike Schmidt to serve as CFO and executive director as top companies pull out more incentives to snare financial executives.

CFO 143

CFO Retail 143

CFO Dive

MARCH 26, 2025

Stores are open, inventory is flowing and inflation is down. But today’s uncertainty and destabilization are making consumers anxious.

Retail 143

Retail 143

CFO Dive

MAY 31, 2024

The retailer’s new finance chief Gary Millerchip is staying the course on the company’s popular $1.50 hot dog and soda combo pricing.

CFO 280

CFO Finance Retail 280

CFO Dive

APRIL 27, 2023

The home-goods retailer’s mixed signals remind some of Toys “R” Us. The toy retailer filed to reorganize in 2017, only to liquidate its U.S. operations months later.

Retail 269

Retail 269

CFO Dive

JULY 1, 2024

The watch and jewelry retailer is bringing in a Radisson Hotel and Icahn Enterprises alum as interim CFO after reporting a 22% drop in net sales for its most recent quarter.

CFO 281

CFO Finance Sales Retail 281

CFO Dive

JULY 11, 2024

The long-anticipated increase marks the first time since 2017 that the global retailer has raised its membership fees.

Retail 271

Retail 271

CFO Dive

JUNE 17, 2022

The suit comes as the pandemic accelerated changes in shopping and work habits that drive how retail and offices are used and valued, leaving financial executives to grapple with rising uncertainty around how to assess commercial real estate holdings.

Marketing 304

Marketing Retail 304

CFO Dive

JULY 9, 2024

The subscription-based retailer’s $60 million new credit facility with PNC Bank will be secured by its global wine assets.

CFO 266

CFO Securities Retail Banking 266

CFO Dive

MARCH 18, 2024

The craft retailer’s long-anticipated bankruptcy follows a $400k cash retention bonus paid out to its CFO.

Securities 289

Securities Finance CFO Retail 289

CFO Dive

MARCH 15, 2024

The struggling craft supplies retailer approved the bonus as it continues its hunt for a permanent CEO while facing liquidity and inventory challenges.

CFO 290

CFO Retail 290

CFO Dive

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The issue is complex and often clouded by imprecise data — sometimes from the industry itself.

Numbers 143

Numbers Retail 143

Navigator SAP

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Multi-channel sales are the norm for most businesses, with direct-to-consumer sales, distributor and retail channels, and online marketplaces such as Amazon. So is multichannel customer support, which often requires phone, chat, and email along with social media customer service.

eCommerce 266

eCommerce Sales Retail 266

CFO Dive

MAY 26, 2023

As consumer spending slumps, the bulk retailer is holding back on its plans to boost membership fees and aiming to grow e-commerce and mobile sales.

Sales 281

Sales Retail Planning 281

CFO Dive

JANUARY 19, 2024

The long-time Amazon veteran will step into the top financial seat for AWS as the e-commerce retailer looks to bolster the cloud segment’s stale revenue growth.

CFO 280

CFO Retail 280