we talk nick lister's top picks. ♪ francine: welcome back to the pulse. live on bloomberg tv.disasters, no fireworks. that is the assessment of his this is, arcadia group which is the parent company of top man, top shop. i spoke to the man. >> it is ok. some bits better than others. europe, we are doing well. francine: we surprised? -- were you surprised? >> it developed. building. nordstrom, very good. generally, no disasters. online u.k. strolled. we killed softer. -- retail softer it in the mix, ok. we got a lot of things going on. we are launching a new athletic brand. -- a new athletic brand with jan beyonce.ith francine: how about asia? how is aged doing compared to the u.s. -- how is aged doing compared to the u.s.? high-end, being a little bit overexposed, now they want to come out. now would be a good time to go in when they want to come out. francine: overall, you seem like a lot of world leaders saying it is not that bad, it is not that great. are you worried about a recession at all? think.n't i think we could spend an hour talking about all the things going on in