Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Talbots hires former Pottery Barn executive Sue Walsh for J. Jill brand.
Just Style (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Women's wear retailer The Talbots Inc has named Sue Walsh as senior vice president of stores for the J Jill brand.
The Boston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Two Massachusetts companies have hired new executives. (TLB)
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
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Women's Voices for Change (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Chasing that Forever 41: This week, USA Today checks in as retailers try again to develop clothing lines for the elusive boomer market, between Bloomingdale's Portfolio boutique and Talbots' new effort to Reclaim the Chic: What's a forty- or fiftysomething woman to do if she isn't ready to shop at Coldwater Creek (CWTR) with her own mother but feels too mature for spaghetti straps and miniskirts'...
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The following CEO roundtable on the NYSE Euronext 2009 CEO Report featured commentary by: Daniel Amos, Chairman & CEO of Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL ), Trudy F. Sullivan, President & CEO of The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE: TLB ) and Leigh Abrams, CEO of Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW ). Each year the report looks at issues and challenges CEOs of NYSE Euronext-listed companies face as they chart...
Boomer Girl stories (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
USA Today confirms it. Retailers are finally realizing that women in their 40s, 50s and 60s aren't into frump. And even tired, old Talbots is undergoing an extreme makeover to win its boomer consumers back.
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Ad Age reports on a new Ipsos study that investigated where the rich shop. On the retail front, 2.4% of affluent respondents said they had shopped at a Prada store in the past year, 12.6% had shopped at Saks Fifth Avenue, 15.8% had shopped at Talbots, 45.2% shopped at Victoria's Secret, 68.2% at Macy's, 80.2% at Wal-Mart, 84.9% at Target and 85% shopped at Home Depot. The 2008 survey, the results of...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Shares of Talbots posted their biggest-ever one-day gain after the women's clothier raised its profit outlook, spurring hopes that the struggling company's fashions are finally on the mend. The Hingham, Mass., specialty chain's shares soared $2.82...
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
US retailers deliver mixed results amid economic slowdown. 28 Aug 2008 7:15 AM
Direct (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
"This was a challenging quarter to drive top line sales, predominantly due to the change in our Talbots brand annual June clearance strategy, coupled with a difficult macro environment," said CEO Trudy F. Sullivan, in a statement. “While a year-over-year shortfall in retail sales affected the quarter, results were largely offset by the Talbots brand merchandise gross margin expansion. However, given...
SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
The Talbots, Inc. (TLB) F2Q08 Earnings Call Complete Story »
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Talbots Inc. shares jumped 33% Wednesday after the women’s clothing retailer raised its full-year outlook to a profit instead of its previous projection of a loss.
The Triangle Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Clothing retailer Talbots Inc., which earlier this year closed three stores in the Triangle, posted significantly wider net losses during its fiscal 2008 second quarter. (TLB)
Business Week (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Movers: Amylin, Eli Lilly, Dollar Tree, J.Crew, Borders, TalbotsStocks in the news Wednesday Amylin Pharmaceuticals () and Eli Lilly's () diabetes drug Byetta reportedly was linked to four more deaths in patients with pancreatitis, adding to two deaths announced by federal regulators last week. Baird reportedly downgrades to neutral from outperform. Cowen maintains neutral. Dollar Tree () posts $0.42,...
