downtown walnut creek is known for nordstrom, neiman marcus and nightlife, but last night a brazen crime may have weakened the feeling secret that many have at broadway plaza. >> there was a woman at the corner tavern who was robbed at gunpoint of her purse. >> reporter: the woman left the restaurant and walked to her directly outside when the armed man demand her purse and pulledded it from here. >> the victim saw what appeared to be a black handgun. >> reporter: the robber got in a small red getway car driven by another man and sped away. the victim was unhurt. >>> across from the movie theater in pleasant hill police say there was an tempted robbery inside the parking structure. the robbery was unsuccessful and victims have since told investigators that the robber armed with a black handgun got into a red honda accord and took off. >> we always tell people safety in numbers and don't walk your car by yourself,

sitse tesla showroom between lily pulitzer and nordstrom. they have done their research. they are folks were shopping at nordstrom's were picking up a new handbag who aren't as familiar with tesla. they see the beautiful car in the shop and are compelled to come in. >> the real reason they set up shop at their local mall is because it would be expensive to build a national chain of dealerships. just like at a dealership, you could take a test drive before you commit to what is likely to be a six-figure purchase. tesla's are kept in the mall's parking garage. you get to drive them on the open road. insane. it's like a spaceship. there's no sound. i am super impressed with the pickup. we can waste this mustang right now if we want. then it was back to the store to configure my dream tesla. out yournted to max car so we have a button for that. for those who would like everything included. ofmy car cost just north $130,000. and little out of my budget. i get a raise, i will be back rate. -- i will be back. >> you design your vehicle in the store and then go to a service cente

got a well-made, beautiful shoe, but i didn't have to spend my entire paycheck. >> you mentioned nordstrom's about direct selling to the consumer? >> she hasn't done that yet. this is a specific thing they're doing, by partnering with one department store. they think that that way they're going to somehow connect with the consumer more and she's doing a store tour and they're helping with the marketing costs too. so it's a real partnership between them. >> what about the success or failure of this venture? would that then lead to an extension of the line in offering fashion as well as shoes? >> right now they have a few trench coats and a few bags and i think if it does do well, she sort of indicated that they'd be interested in expanding the offerings. >> can we expect to sarah jessica parker pushing this line and selling it all over the airwaves? >> oh, yes. she's been on a huge publicity blitz for the shoes. >> the quality of these shoes. you mentioned the price point. but is there any notion as to whether the quality of the shoe is going to be something that people say, gee, i got a barg

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downtown walnut creek is clone for nordstrom, female an marcus and night life. >> about 11:15 there was a woman in front of the corner tavern who was robbed at gun point. >> reporter: the woman left the restaurant and walked to her car outside when the man demanded her purse and pulled it from her. police say something similar happened last weekend outside yogurt land on california. >> she works in the city. you work in the city, you get mugged, that's supposed to happen. but not in walnut creek. >> reporter: there was an attempted robbery inside the parking structure. >> it's concerning that these guys are out here. >> reporter: it happened last night, but the robbery was unsuccessful. the victims even went to see a movie afterwards. >> i work in downtown wall nought career in a bar. we always tell people safety in numbers. >> reporter: these crimes have many people being careful. >> you have to be aware of what's around you. not spending your time looking down at your phone and be aware of your surroundings. >> reporter: after the crime outside corner's tavern, the robber got in a car

. >> far cry from nordstrom's jewelry. >> right! ha! yes. this its no nordstrom's or macy's. for now i have to settle for this. ♪ >> individuality is also alive and well in the men's protective custody unit. where laila arguetta is serving out his time. >> i live my life as a female. still thinking about the sex change. it requires a lot of counseling, therapy, money. budgeting is not the best thing i can do. >> but arguetta's means of obtaining money is what brought him to jail. three years earlier convicted of robbery. after serving nearly a year in jail he was released on parole. arguetta recently violated by being out past his court ordered curfew. >> by violating my curfew, i am committing a crime. prostitution. i get in the car with undercover, think it's a john, and, hey, it's a cop. i get arrested. i'm thinking i am going home 30 days later. no they gave me six months. >> starting at age 18, arguetta has had numerous days at santa rita, robbery, prostitution, drug possession and parole violations. >> i sell my beauty. i sell my beauty. >> another word for prostitution

i was like may company and nordstrom's. everybody who got the catalog knew me.n, they knew me in seattle, san francisco. southern california. like, i was every day, every day, i was in the papers every day in los angeles. >> she gets some tv spots too. like this one, for coke. >> she got my message. >> i see i'm not the only one. >> the commercials are enough to give her the message. she wants more. >> i went into my commercial agent's office and saw a script laying on her desk. >> when the studio new line sinema is casting for "the mask," cameron trips into a life-changing opportunity. >> i made a joke about being ready or capable of handling a feature comedy. of course, i was joking, and she took me literally. the director liked me and they eventually convinced me that i was capable of playing this part and they should take a chance on me. >> they rolled the dice. and the gamble on the unknown pretty girl from long beach pays off exponentially. >> hi. >> with that first part, cameron immediately develops an identity as an actress, according to entertainment wr

paul products are found all over the country including at nordstrom, macy's and at dozens of high endoutiques they credit for giving them a boost. >> if we didn't have the 45 to 50 different stores we probably would have never gotten in to some of the high end box retail stores. they needed to see success, see sales. so we proved ourselves at each level. >> sales of travel raisers and anti-aging line are rising, but the pair is humble when talking about the launch. >> there are times where you throw up your hands and say i'm done, other times you feel like hey, we're nailing it. >> they admit they made some mistakes along the way. >> you just have to be willing as an entrepreneur and as a business owner to be willing to make the mistakes. >> one of the first challenges involved the development of packaging. at first, the entrepreneurs turned to china. >> it's a lot less expensive and you can get a lot more for your dollar. >> that just took too much time. >> what we found was that part of being in china is you have to wait six weeks for every iteration of the packaging you're getting

we watch what walmart is saying versus nordstrom.ou get a sense the higher and guys are still doing far better than the lower end. wage growth at the top has been a lot stronger than wage growth at the bottom. housing has been stronger. the economy is doing a lot better at the high end. obviously that tends to be a trend normally but high-end is growing better than the low end. >> talk to me about the internet retailers. did they reap the benefits of consumers taking indoors? >> we will find that out of a couple of weeks when we hear from amazon. the numbers were pretty good. even those numbers, online nontraditional retailers, seems to be spreading out. a lot of the brick and mortar out growth. what is the likelihood today's numbers will translate into more hiring? will we see a boomerang effect into the jobs market? >> i think the retailers will take a wait and see. they know the calendar shifts are weird. they know march felt better than february. i think people will wait a couple of months to make sure they are comfortable that t

this time she's partnering with in order strom's and so far -- with in order strum's and so far -- nordstrom'sr the shoe is doing well. >> where's the competition? who loses as a result of this? who do they have to take market share from? >> it's interesting. very luxury shoes have kind of crept up to sort of the four figure mark -- >> the four figure mark? over $1,000? >> yes. yes. this kind of range of sort of $200 to $500, this has been not really that populated in terms of other branledses. there's j. crew, there's l.k. bennett which is a sort of british export that's popular with people in england because of kate middleton but there's not a lot there. she's pretty savvy for getting in at this price point. >> there's a hole in the market right there. luxury is growing. luxury foot wear especially is doing really well. and there's a market for this. there's a consumer ma thank really wants nicely made goods but can't afford a $1,200 boot or an $800 high heel. she's partnering with the president ofmy knollow planic. there's room for someone to buy a $400 shoe and think, i got a well-made, be

the nordstrom's. >> they're later. >> they're very much later in the season.a better view of the consumers with those reports. you want to pay attention, this is company stories will still matter in the bigers picture. >> so these are deeper after next week. >> thank you very much. >> sue, over to you. >> the gold market moved higher. on the escalating -- and instead much of the global community. as we go into the close. palladium continues its march higher. russia is a leading exporters, and any interruption, if those tensions do escalate would move it pretty dramatically. the ukraine fears playing out in the markets all the way across the board. let's get the trading acfrom bob pisani. i'll be back next week, i promise. >> i hope so. it's a little lonely down here without you. and few weeks ago, i said signs of cracks showing up. now it's unmistakable. then all of a sudden, everything popped big. this is what happened. if you were a retail guy, you -- at the end of the first day, this is where you were. these are only five, six, seven, eight weeks old, what

over the years, danny myer index contains chipotle, whole foods, apple, amazon, american express, nordstromhouse, southwest airlines, mattell, google, bed, bath & beyond, goldman sachs and salesforce.com. we got a chance to check in with danny earlier today at one of his restaurants to see if this thesis still holds water. how did the hospitality index do? we'll tell you after we run the tape. take a look. >> danny, we care tremendously about success. and i know you know success, this is the 20th anniversary of grand mercy. what have you learned that defined success for you. >> first thing i learned about success, jim, is don't believe in it. you've got to go in and do better because there's always someone out there that wants to eat your lunch. so what we try to do is become the company that if only it existed would put us out of business. >> okay. if you had to start over, would you do it the same way? >> i would never ever do anything different. >> really? this is it? >> i think it's really critical to learn from your mistakes, and we make a ton of them every day. they're the greatest re

liz: nordstrom. >> yep.rtainly seen it from companies in the transportation space such as fedex. during fedex's conference call, weather was mentioned 41 times. seems like more of a legitimate issue this earnings season. liz: because our investor audience owns some of these companies we're putting them on the screen. you mentioned fedex. if we look at the actual sectors, industrials, consumer discretionary, is there anything actually looking good here, mr. butters? >> in terms of earnings growth there are a couple sectors expecting growth this quarter. the telecom sector is expecting growth of 24%. liz: telecom. >> utility is expecting growth of 7%, exactly. so those are two sectors expecting solid earnings growth this quarter. isn those two sectors often pay the highest dividends? >> exactly and you know if we look at the negative side of the equation the energy sector is expecting the lowest growth at 7 1/2% and industrial sector we talked about being impacted by weather and is at the second lowest growth

u.k.ct, if you're in the or from the united states, all of the designs of kate moss from nordstrom, itbe out before the rest is out good you can go online and start ordering. it will be interesting to see how many are there for ebay. still buy some of those dresses for 130 pounds. she does seem to be a bit of an icon. it launches across the world later. back to you. >> thank you. i look forward to that. think the the people strategy was to drink wine. [laughter] i'm sure that something a dangerous combination. coming up, the world's biggest supplier.er -- cork a decision hasre been made when we come back. ♪ boiler room in london. ♪ >> time for today's company news. air france has its first-quarter loss as their field drops. increased.ng loss says second-quarter revenue will be lower than analyst estimates. net loss after taking a $3 billion charge. that gives ebay about $6 billion in u.s. cash for possible acquisition. a bank build out an italian bank with 5 billion euros of capital from investors next month. the money will be used to repay a great a capital buffer. bloomberg spoke wit

he is pushing hard into the united states, unveiling more stand-alone stores, not just those with nordstromeeds the brand that is kate moss to help them drive off the competition. a u.k. retailer is opening its first stores in the united states. he wants something to set it apart. he hopes kate moss and her iconic brand will do that. she has designed for other labels as well. we will be talking to philip green in a moment to see how much sales have gone already. the rails are already restocked here downstairs in the flag shop. internationally they go live this morning across 40 countries worldwide. able to get your mitts on some 40 different designs. guy, i am not sure how many they made for you. friends. caroline, thank you so much. it is amazing how iconic eight moss still is. i was reading somewhere, every time she is on the cover of a 20%zine, it outsells by anybody who would have been on that magazine the previous month. >> good for her. let's go from top shop to transport. increased density is ushering in new vehicles designed for commuters. in london we have a rail strike underway. t

we also have folks who are shopping at nordstrom ticking of a new handbag that are not as familiar. >> the real reason tesla has shut -- set up shop at the mall would be a it would be expensive to build a national chain of dealerships. just like a dealership, you can take a test drive in what is likely to be a six-figure purchase. >> we will go out that exit. >> you get to drive them on the open road. class that is insane. class of is like a spaceship here there is no sound. i am super impressed with the pickup example. i want one. class then it was back to the store to configure my dream tesla. class you wanted to max out yours. you have a button for that. everything included. class it cost just short of $130,000. it is a little out of my budget but next time i get a raise, i will be back. >> takes is about two or three months to custom build a car. most people design it in the store and then go to a service center. what is nice is we have folks blocking it through the car, how to clean it. i think you hate owing to the mall, you can even use paypal to pay for it. account.s a big pay

we also have those that are shopping at nordstrom's that are not as familiar with tesla. >> of coursethe real reason that tesla set up shop at your local mall is that it would be prohibitively expensive to build a national chain and dealerships. just lot at a dealership, you can take a test drive before you commit. the testers are kept down in the parking garage. you get to drive them on the open road. >> that is insane. >> it is like a spaceship. there is no sound. i am impressed with the pickup. you could waste this mustang right now. back to the store to configure my dream tesla. >> you mentioned you wanted to max out your model s. we have a button for that. >> with all the bells and whistles, my car costs north of $130,000. it is a little bit out of my budget. the get a raise, i will be back. >> it takes us about 2-3 months to cut my's the car. must customize and a scar and then you go to a service center and pick it up. >> not here at the westchester mall? >> no, here we will tell you how to take care of it, how to clean it. >> if you hate going to the mall, you can always do thi

you get a gift card of $40 to go back and get a gift card for $40 to shop at nordstrom and a tax receipts april 15th. how are you valuing. if i give you this lovely tie -- there will be no proceeds. >> when you donate through fashion project, it prices it for whatever that secondary market price is. so that is a lovely tie. it would go for maybe 30% of value. but since it's coming from you, we can probably get more. >> most of this is women's stuff. >> right. >> tell us approximate this purse. who donated this purse. you're going to list it for how much. which charity will get how much? >> so this is a valentino purse donated by one of your very generous dough norse. it is originally 1345. >> $1,345? >> yeah. >> you need to say. i thought it was $13. >> somebody donated it. >> used? >> yeah. >> $1,345. you're going to list it for how much? >> $499. >> $500, let's call it. what's going to happen. >> it gets listed, sold for $263.45 will go back to make a wish foundation. >> do i get the money or the deduction only if it's sold or it doesn't matter? >> it doesn't matter. >> the minute you

as i say it's to avoid that two thousand and six situation and there was actually the nordstrom introduced which actually directs gas it bypasses and goes straight through to germany as we know before this eighty percent of germany's russian gas deliveries came via ukrainian pipelines so there was that introduction and now this talk of the south stream is will be in store because of what's happening but because there's been tensions in the partly due crane there's been alternative deliveries to counteract not only go to europe via ukraine will be affected will hopefully not say europe are worried at the moment that that could happen or because ukraine haven't been paying their bills so it's a potentially pecial situation that we're looking at right here and we know that kiev has lost their gas discounts from moscow not because they didn't pay their bills as i say they had until the beginning of april to do so and they didn't manage that so at the moment europe's concerned that deliveries won't get to them they have been stockpiling to counter-act. will certainly see. do you think there's g