Valentine’s Day is just a few days away. I wanted to see how various retailers are promoting the holiday in order to see how they are working to increase last minute sales. Below you’ll see screenshots of various e-commerce sites that are ready for the Holiday: from department stores, to jewelry, candy, and lingerie.
I find it interesting to see a holiday like Valentine’s Day play out over the web. On one hand, there is the traditional retail focus on jewelry, flowers, and accessories but they are interspersed with free shipping promotions, shipping guidelines, and gift finders. Throw in a lot of red, red, and more red and you have the state of e-commerce as we run full force into the Valentine’s Day holiday.
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As always, I’m looking at a ton of e-commerce sites lately. Decided to run through some of the landing pages that I am seeing around the web right now to show off the variety of promotions and marketing going on. Though it’s not as denim-centric as it was two years ago, it’s obvious denim is still the #1 push in the back to school season.
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CNBC television is reporting that Limited Brands has made three headlines:
- Limited Brands has reached an agreement with private equity firm Golden Gate Capital to sell a 67% stake in the Express brand for $548m
- They are still exploring “strategic options” for Limited Stores
- They have slashed their Q1 earnings forecast in half from $0.25 – 0.28/share to $0.12 – 0.14/share.
LTD Stock has reopened after being halted at $27.14 at 2:27 and has immediately dropped to around $26.
More from CNBC and a just issued press release by Limited Brands.
CNBC television is reporting that Limited Brands stock (LTD) has been halted on the NYSE pending breaking news.
Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Street Signs” speculates that they could be going to announce some sort of spinoff.
Speculation lately has been that the chain was shopping the under performing Express Fashion and Limited stores to potential sellers. Previous spinoffs from Limited Brands have included Abercrombie & Fitch, Lane Bryant, Lerner New York, & Limited Too/Tween Brands.
Could be an interesting shakeup to the mall landscape.
