nejra: did ralph lauren help with the gold medals?the athletes were fantastic and if you help them -- if it helps them, you have to ask them. nejra: a great -- vonnie: a great start for ralph lauren, when will you make wearables more of your collection? >> it is about understanding the consumer. we knew the place needed something to keep them warm on the global stage in freezing environments. -- the athletes needed something to keep them warm on the global stage in freezing environments and hope to have something for consumers this fall. vonnie: a hint of what it may be? >> the jacket technology is cutting edge, silver and carbon fiber that heeds at it -- heats and it is conductive, a new way to take her consumers. vonnie: well that come when your collection come later in the year? >> it will be a cool jacket in the mix of a lot of different things we do. we will celebrate our 50th anniversary and will look at all parts of the company to make sure we are innovated and telling our story with consumers. vonnie: will you have wearables a

everyone wearing the beautiful open ceremony outfits that ralph lauren made. a crazy sense of comradery. >> reporter: events under way. earlier, usa's 18 phenon nathin chen fell during his short program. he has never been on this big stage. can he handle the magnitude of the moment? nathan is a favorite for individual gold. team usa in second place after the first day of the team event. our friends, you heard gus talk about the outfits. ralph lauren allowed me to don the gear the athletes will be wearing. i have a heated parka on. it is rain proof. the sweet gloves. they got mixed reaction on social media. everyone i talked to, it is their favorite part. this is right up dave briggs' alley. >> i feel like i'm in the wild west. >> i don't think they go with the jacket. i like it. >> it says god bless america. >> we could use gear. just saying. thank you, coy. >>> a case involving the president's border wall heads to court today and you won't believe which federal judge will hear the case. the one the president has gone after before. that's next. you wo se e fo

fashion legend, ralph lauren. >> at what point did you realize what your father did?hought about them being world famous. a lot of people come up to me still. i have this sthirt wihirt with n on it kwancan i get another one. speaking of shirts. >> as a kid seeing my dad have these jars of fabric and swatches to design his shirts. i wanted to eat the fabric. i thought it looked like cannedy the was so beautiful. >> what did your father teach you in terms of how to approach business? >> what i love is my dad has very much stuck to his gut and stuck to his guns. i believe that's really important to, to follow your gut. and also, to not be a follower. my dad is a, trendsetter. i, i see come pecome pelt tors . dent look at them. you watch them it will slow you down. go your path. but don't be threatened by it. >> reporter: good advice. dylan's candy bar just celebrated its sweet 16th birthday with 16 locations nationwide. and plans to open soon in dubai and japan. >> just looking at one more time. >> dylan lauren is more than just the face of the brand. she is a working ex

we are looking at ralph lauren. abigail doolittle joins us with details.uren in the news olympic costumes, but a disappointing quarter. this retailer did less well stands out. they beat earnings and sales estimates, but work disappointment came -- we hopped into the bloomberg, we see that trend because cell stores for this company has been down since their fiscal fourth-quarter in 2014. ago fory equating years the company, and there has been hope of a turnaround and come back for the new ceo who was appointed last may. the idea that he could drive growth, a bit of their strategy has been to be more selective as to where they sell, so they are cutting distribution by 25%, but it seems less product on the market has also dragged on sales. vonnie: how do they get the company back? abigail: they need take get it together fashion wise and get the consumer that they lost years ago. ralph lauren was the preppy brand, but now there's all sorts of product, so there is a thought they have to reconnect with consumers. relative to sales growth, that see how bad it is.

the friends at ralph lauren allowed us to show the heated parka.se tweet gloves with the fringe. you mean nice and toasty right now. >> coy wire looking sharp in fringe, which i know you like to wear. thank you for that, coy. sports but also really important historic diplomacy at work. kim jong-un's sister just shook hands with south korea's president. north korea's presence at all has led to protests outside the stadi stadium. ivan watson joins us now. ivan? >> reporter: good morning, john. the government here in south korea call this the peace games. what was always going to overshadow these games is north korea. the demille tearized zone is 60 miles away from here, the land mines, the bashrbed wire. the sister of the north korean leader arrived on a private plane that landed at the airport. she shook hands with moon jae-in. they have a lunch scheduled together saturday. meanwhile, they are most likely in the stadium behind me where this light show is taking place among 40,000 other plus spectators there also believed to be the u.s. vice presiden

everyone wearing these beautiful matching opening ceremony outfits that ralph lauren made.zy sense of comradery. >> reporter: opening ceremony around the corner. events under way. earlier, usa's 18-year-old figure skater nathan chen fell during his short program of the team event. what in the world? this guy is a two-time u.s. champ already. he is young. he has never been on the big stage like. this can he kconquer the demons? he is a favorite for the individual gold here. team usa in second place after the first day of the team event. you heard gus talking about the ralph lauren gear that the olympians will wear at the opening ceremony. they allowed me to wear this and test it out. i have the sweet suede leather gloves getting mixed reviews on the social media. this is my favorite part along with the heated parka. i feel great. >> coy could still be an olympian. he is in that kind of shape. >> the gloves remind me of the old west. thanks, coy. >>> right now, on capitol hill, the house is voting on the spending bill to end the government shutdown. it began when senator rand

that he had mental health issues and during the entire episode he was ranting about the pope and ralph lauren. >> okay. uhm -- >> yeah. well, i guess the judge took some compassion on this guy. >> however, the department store, they'd like to be compensated for the damages. the judge also cleared him of those as well. >> wow. >>> if you use the interweb you might be aware that back in december last year the sec repealed net neutrality laws. internet providers could charge for the different services. if you're still confused, rob bliss found a way to make this point. >> i'll create slow lanes of traffic right on the street. >> he's going outside the sec create literal slow lanes of traffic but not just going to slow down traffic. he's going to give them freedom to choose. >> for just $5 a month, drivers can upgrade themselves to priority access and as chairman said himself, consumers can pick the plan that's best for them. >> so how will these drivers take to the newfound freedom? >> road rage! >> he got himself some cones and blocks off one of the lanes and gets to work. he has that sign on h

him because he said he had mental issues and during the episode he was rant being the phone and ralph laurenokay. >> yeah. well, i guess the judge took some compassion on this guy. >> however, the department store, they would like to be compensated for the damages. so the judge has also cleared him of those as well. while police were able to handle that administration in australia, they are looking for these fellows in england. we have seen it before. they go ramming right into that store with the land rove. >> not the land rover. come on. >> what's their excuse, the dali lamby and eaves saint laurent told them to do it. >> nope. they got the truck stuck. >> they are trying to push it back through the framing and then they drag the atm out. once they get outside, they ditch the land rover. they take it to another car, a volkswagen gulf, and then they all take off. >> oh, my gosh, and this was the day the atm was empty. >> the authorities are looking for them. i'm not sure what the return on investment on this one going to be. >>> a cow chases a truck. when you see what it's carrying -- >> th

more than 200 members of team usa rocked the heated ralph lauren polo uniforms. we spotted a bobsledder and asked her how special the opening ceremonies is. >> it's amazing to be part of team usa and the rest of the world walking into the opening ceremonies, seeing everyone's outfits. >> here's behind the scenes video she posted on social media. >> reporter: for a lot of olympia olympians, this is the moment they realize they made it. they walked in with the heated parkas, the suede, the gloves. they were looking pretty fly. one report suggested the price of that, each individual outfit was almost $6,000. i thought about it. i was like i'm going to go to the store, pick up two of them, but alas, they were sold out. i'm just going to it .company card, of course. >> they looked good last night. thanks a lot, keith. >>> at last night's opening ceremony, mike pence sat with the south korean delegation just one row in front of the sister of north korean leader kim jong-un. pence did not interact with her. history was also made earlier yesterday when south korea's pres

. >> ralph lauren designed coats and partnered with tech companies to add in the heat. fewer than 100 jackets were released to stores. they were so popular they sold in and out less than 0 minutes despite a price tag of 2500. >> if you have been involuntary bumped from a flight you now how frustrating it can be. they're reporting record lows for airline bumping. airlines last year reported average of .34 passenger out of every 10,000 were bumped or kicked off. they had tickets and were den denied seats because of over booking. transportation department says the 016 statistic is lower than it has been since 1995. spirit was worst culprit and delta had lowest pumping rate. >> miss rabl warm across the country has multiple states dealing with flooding. firefighters had to rescue two people from a car in springfield massachusetts when overcome by water at a cemetery. this sedan stalled out and rescue crews were able to get everyone out and safely. >> heavy rainfall causing severe flooding in southwest virginia counties today. the big stone gap fire department had to conduct

. >> reporter: weeks before a enzy to get inside ralph lauren in soho. >> people get hyped about it and it creates the buzz. >> reporter: ralph bringing back a popular line called snow beach, a limited collection of shirts and sneakers. >>> couldn't afford>>it. eporter: it's called a drop, number of ited products are released to the public. sometimes without any official ustice. what creates this to buy? we sat down with daniela vitale, the ceo of barney's new york. >> for us, and barney's has always been so goodt this. how do we create something in the store that really is incredible? >> reporter: for the luxury retailer it was a recent initiative called the drop at barney's. >> not only exclusive merchandise but we had a host of amazing designers, music. there were 10,000 people that came in that saturday. >> reporter: and she says 20% were new to the reiler. what does the future look like? >> i think that becomes a permanent part ofur vernacular barney's. >> reporter: some retailer exclusives are so hot they end up on secondary markets wheth sell way above the original price. >> this

. >> ralph lauren, like many retailers is seeing a drop in sales. the company is now trying to wean customers off the deals they have grown accustomed to.r that's eas said than done. they rrted a bigger dline in revenue during the holiday season. online sales also fell that pressured the shares, which fell more than 2%. >>> as more retail moves and out of shopping malls, lond landlords areki l for ways to bring more buyers in. restauran diana olick is in hyattsville, maryland >>> he is not a fan of shopping o lls. >> i only comee mall when i come to the gym. otherwise i don't stop by the mall at r:l. >> repor which is precisely why mall landlords like if phil base's breathe which owns space in malls across the mid atlanti and northeast are actively recruiting fitness spaces to lease in their malls. >> people are not just taking up time at the gym here. they are goi to the gym. they are cross shopping. they big clothes. they are dining out. they are doing things more than just working out. >> reporter: their working out and walking into both retail a

the s&p 500 is down 1.2%. ,attel, nielsen, ralph lauren seems that apparel companies and retailers areng so well today. the nasdaq is also lower. this is bloomberg. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: 30 minutes left in the trading day in europe, today. i'm a mark barton. vonnie: and in new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is "the european close on burp -- on bloomberg markets." mark: top stories we're covering from the bloomberg, majors are down 1%. the stoxx 600 is also trading lower today. then we ask the t-mobile chief executive about his strategy for dealing with slowing subscriber growth. is online television the answer? shutdown,overnment the latest on tense negotiations to reach a deal that the house and the senate can live with. check out what's happening to european equities. thet of deja vu, down for eighth day and night after the biggest increase yesterday since april of 2017.

. >> while figure skater adam rippon tackles the gear from ralph lauren. >> i'm in good shape. gloves. >> i never had gloves to give me bangs. >> to the heated jackets over $2,000. the red, white and blue outfits making it official. they are now part of team usa. >> it hits you when you put on the stuff and look in the mirror. i'm actually here and doing it. >> it only gets more real with the olympic rings. >> shaun white getting the fourth ring for the fourth games and eyeing a fifth. >> i hope to see you in japan. >> while kelly clark has him beat with pyeongchang. she has one for every finger. >> i have gone all in. it's worth it. >> the most popular item on the list. the least glamorous. >> this is the hottest. the team usa onesie. you can dance. go to the cafeteria. whatever i want. >> after two hours of dress up. >> this is great. thank you. >> the hoodie, footie and items packed in two big bags. destination? pyeongchang. that is an olympic size swag bag, folks. meantime, the ice dancing competition is getting under way in pyeongchang shortly. evan bates and madison are o

she did some modelling for ralph lauren and that's her as cover art on "the it girl." she graduated from smu and worked in pr here in new york and then for ivanka trump's fashion line. that got her into the trump orbit and she's been at donald trump's side going back the length of the campaign. those who have any questions about her loyalty should remember this statement she put out last year in response to an article about trump in the "washington post" and we quote, "president trump has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. he has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. he has built great relationships throughout his life and treats everyone with respect. he is brilliant with a great sense of humor and an amazing ability to make people feel special and aspire to be more than even they thought possible." hope hicks has been seen, she has seen and heard a lot in her job, and as a result she may be, as we discussed tonight, in some legal jeo

a source tells nbc news that hope hicks, the former ralph lauren model, who is now the white house communications

team usa clad in custom ralph lauren outfits led by luger erin hamlin but amid some controversy.peed skater shani davis tied hamlin in a vote to carry the flag and lost in a coin toss. davis tweeting team usa dishonorably tossed a coin to decide its 2018 flag bearer. how are you feeling about the controversy and is that going to overshadow at all what you're doing tonight? >> i had nothing to do with the process. it has nothing to do with me aside from the fact that i'm the flag bearer and i'm going to enjoy the moment. >> reporter: vice president mike pence touching down in south korea thursday to lead the u.s. delegation in the opening ceremony. pence facing criticism today from openly gay freestyle skier gus kenworthy. >> i think it's unfortunate that mike pence is leading the delegation because he has active stood against lgbt issues in the past. >> will you get 0 meet with him beforehand. >> i sincerely hope not. >> reporter: the guest of his, the father of otto warmbier. north korean leader kim jong-un's sister, kim and it got off to a rough tart before the opening festivit

ralph lauren partnered with design companies from around the country to create the perfect parka. >>battery pack has to marry engineering with design. in order to allow our athletes to be able to use the battery pack. >> reporter: the battery pack was designed by the company t -- key tech. >> we wanted -- needs to be worn for an entire day if we want it to be. we wanted to make it fit in the palm of their hands. >> reporter: the heating panel is an american flag. fewer than 100 jackets were released to stores and the fashion function combo was so popular it sold out in under 20 minutes. dana jacobson, pyeongchang. >> those jackets cost $2500 and prosise -- proceeds will fund team usa athletes. >>> there is a push in sacramento to make surfing california's state sport. a test -- a pair of democratic assembly members are spearheading this move. >> nothing represents the california dream better than surfing. >> this is incredibly important financially, strategically for our state. and i encourage everyone to vote for it. >> as you might expect, surfing is the state sport of hawaii. >>>

team usa were given those ralph lauren parkas. there's an electronic heating pad inside of it.i mentioned on the show, a bit of a mild night, only feels like, oh, 30 degrees or so. not too bad as the "today" show gets set to kick off in a few minutes after "nbc 10 news today." >> we don't feel bad for you. we were in minnesota. that set has been in italy. in greece. all over the place. keith, thank you very much, my friend. take care. nbc10, of course, is your home for the winter games, download the free nbc10 app. a preview of five things you won't want to miss before the games. if you're away, you can watch the live stream of the entire event. >> ten minutes before 7:00 right now. a live look outside. take a look at the wilmington skyline. a "first alert" meteorologist bill henley with the forecast. >> we're just five minutes away from seeing sunrise this morning. skies are clear. you see a lot of sunshine, a quick warmup. a live view of boathouse row. notice the flags are moving. it's a steady wind. not terribly strong, 8 miles an hour in wilmington. just enough to make it f

coach is doing this with their bags, gap is doing it with clothing, ralph lauren is releasing a lineby a wu tang video. in the 1990's. julia: that is a lot of older products coming back to the market. chris: totally. they are bringing back full patterns, prints, they are re-releasing shoes that are 30 years old. julia: these brands are trying to play to their strengths, but isn't this a tough retail environment? unfortunately if you cannot beat them, you go with them. chris: you look at j.crew and they are releasing their rugby shirts. things that are what j.crew was. they are realizing that trying new things in this uncertain time maybe isn't the best thing. maybe they should retreat to their core strength. carol: "bloomberg businessweek" is available on news stands now. julia: and online and the mobile app. carol, a whole array of stories this week, what is your favorite story? carol: we talked a lot about the north korean army of hackers. our reporter was able to track one of these guys down who works for the north korean hacker army. he's now defected from the country, but we get

a source tells nbc news that hope hicks, the former ralph lauren model, who is now the white house communications director, is slated to appear before the house intelligence committee tomorrow 10 a.m. hope hicks was, to coin a phrase, present at the creation. she traveled with donald trump from the very start of the campaign. she has seen and heard and participated in a lot, including that air force i flight home from europe, the meeting on board that resulted in the drafting of a cover story for the meeting don jr. had with the russians in trump tower. she plays a critical role for this president on a daily basis still. the "new york times" reporting that's her handwriting on those so-called empathy cards the president brought into the room with him to the listening session on gun violence last week. it's unknown if the white house has put any kind of restrictions on the questions hope hicks can or cannot be asked. tonight on this network, democratic congressman adam schiff, top democrat on intel gave this warning. >> it should be made owe abundantly clear if anyone comes in and improperly enfor

them i wouldn't even call them retailers, i would call them more brands, like michael kors and ralph laurenhe overall sales number was weak, but if you dig into the details, the retail i'm talking about was strong the clothing and accessories up 1.2% in january from december. department stores up 0.8%. miscellaneous stores up 1.6% non-store retail, where online falls, that was unchanged. so really interesting patterns i'm starting to wonder if some retailers have started to find equilibrium point between online an in store. what percentage of sales will come from each once they can figure out what that is, they can optimize those two business models. so i think it's interesting the patterns that we're watching it might be too early to call the trends totally shifting, but we might be getting there. we'll hear from wal-mart next week >> that will be important. >> not just for retail but the health of the consumer >> yeah. the impact of online that's always been a big concern. one of the reasons we saw that under-performance for retail last year. >> for certain, that's often a product drain.

airlines being a super hero in their campaign and i signed with audi this year i'm working with polo ralph lauren working with procter & gamble i'm like holy moly how did all of this connect? but dream sponsor? it would be cool to work with like a big solar plant or some company that would deck out my house with sustainable energy. i'm all about trying to be efficient. >> really? elon musk, get on it >> call me >> can i maybe have a little meeting? because you're amazing >> you never know with ee lon th -- elon, that may happen. the united states with four medals so we've done well in some specific disciplines we'll see if we can get that overall medal count up in the days ahead back to you guys >> yeah, carl, it really seems like particularly with the winter olympics the endorsement possibilities are where it's at for the athletes what is your sense of the business savvy that is grown among some of the athletes who get such a spotlight around this time >> i think -- i mean, it's light years ahead of where it was 20, 30 years ago we talked to apollo ono who exploded on the scene 20 years ago. at

. >> she was a one-time ralph lauren model. she worked for ivanka in ivanka's business. in public relations. she comes from a family very, very close to the trump family. to the trump children. she has operated in the white house with increasing authority because of her closeness, her proximity to the president. >> increasing prominence but whether she is exercising is hard to say. because the workings of the white house are opaque to me and i suspect to a good many people in the white house. the claim of executive privilege is preposterous. you can't claim skebexecutive privilege on someone you had at the time who was not an executive. he was confused about that because during transition he was exercising essentially presidential power as with the carrier episode where he flew to indiana and pressured a company into doing something it didn't want to do. >> the executive privilege, as legal legally defined, involves conversations with the president of the united states. >> well, it can't be among his advisers. but let's be clear. the trump administration has not unwillin

jacket is symbolic of the america's melting pot, ralph lauren partnered with design companies around the country to create the perfect park a battery pack, half of the mary high tech engineering , with the design, in order to allow our athletes to be able to use the battery pack while they have gloves on >> reporter: battery pack used to heat the jacket was designed by baltimore base cod detect, and two buttons control the temperatures setting. >> we wanted the athletes to be warm for an entire day if they wanted it to be and we wanted it to be fit in the palm of their hand. >> reporter: heating panel is an american flag made with conducted ink. fewer then 100 were released to stores and fashion combination was so popular, it sold out in under 20 minutes n pyeongchang, south cover re, dana jacobson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> i like a heated jacket for work purposes but we do not need to it day today will be really mild, well above average for this time of the year. it wouldn't surprise me in some locations they made it in the lower 60's, but, we have to deal with the rain, thro

jacket is symbolic of the melting pop ralph lauren partnered from around the country to create the perfectka. >> battery park, high tech engineering with design in order to allow our athletes to be able to use a battery pack with gloves on. >> reporter: battery pack used to heat the jacket was designed by baltimore base cod detect, two buttons control the temperature setting. >> we wanted the athletes to be warm for an entire day if they wanted to be and we wanted to it fit and on their hand. >> reporter: heating panel is an american flag made with ink fewer then 100 were released to stores and fashion combination was so popular it sold out in under 20 minutes n pea on change south korea, dana jake on son for cbs "eyewitness news". >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" the story of this little guy and his dramatic entrance into the world, why his parents say he is a miracle and why they gave him a very special or should we say, super name, we will explain after the break. >>> stripping down to their sk ivies for a good cause why dozens beared all almost in west philadelphia this weekend >

also gap stars, ralph lauren among tech leaders, target this sector is neck in neck with technology as best performing sector of 2018 year to date. certainly ones to watch. home builders is a big part of that also. keep an eye on all of the retail business back to you. >> thanks very much. >>> heard a lot about sexual harassment since the me too movement gained steam. no business or industry is immune to it a survey of the confidence index gives an interesting look at the harassment problem faced in small business kate rogers joins us with more on that. hi, kate >> hi. cnn and survey monkey looked at harassment policies at small businesses, what we found is quite interesting. at all businesses polled, half have an official policy in place. but the smallest business owners that make up the majority of small businesses in the country or much less likely to have an official policy. only 39 with 0 to 4 employees have a policy in place, compared to 85% with 50 or more workers and what's more, at the smallest businesses just over two-thirds said the owner is often the one handling harassment

other snowboarder who won gold here, jaime anderson, who by the way, guys, is sponsored by visa, ralph lauren & gamble but she really wants to have a conversation with eloan musk. guys >> chipotle hitting a 52-week low. they could change this watching the olympics like everyone else in america this weekend, has something changed here i can't believe the events i thought at the end are happening right now. it's such a great thing. like the big stuff is happening when it starts didn't something change with the olympics >> reporter: you know, that's a good question. i mean, summer, usually you get swimming the first week and then track the second week. i don't know how the ioc schedules that or how much input the broadcasters have in putting and stacking those events. but yeah, i mean, it's definitely started off with a bang >> it sure has i love it. thank you, carl. >> carl, thank you very much see you again soon when we return, pulitzer prize columnist jim stewart is joining us onset with a historical perspective on the recent volatility in the markets. more "squawk on the street" after this y

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it looks like it's working ralph lauren, michael kors, owns men as warehouse and jos a.ank and more, they already said items have increased because they let it do to. retail sales go out today too, the ideal raw number was disappointing. look inside. clothing sales increased 1.2% last month, and department store sales improved .8%, but shoppers are buying srt up 2%. department stores, macy's up 3%, kohl's up 2.5% specialty players are up, urban outfitters up 5% higher prices are being toler e tolerated by shoppers, and for retail, that's a good thing. kelly? >> they are loving it, thank you. inflation fears spooking the market a little bit, but now the dow is up, so who knows. an array of things could be keeping inflation in check like robots taking jobs, keeping wages down, global competition, online shopping, and it's the era of low inflation really over >> let's talk about it now with observers of that, julia coronado is here at post nine, and also with us, chris, managing director and chief financial economist at mufg union bank good to see you both julia, what do yo

athletes rely on corporate sponsors i was lucky to have incredible companies like coca-cola and ralph lauren but i paid a lot of money to train year over year over year. >> does that mean debt or where did the money come from. >> not necessarily debt but when it ended after three years unsuccessfully, and with no medal in sochi, therefore, not being able to reap the financial benefit of success at the olympic games, it was tough pill to swallow. >> what happens. do the sponsors kind of then just drop you? that must be extremely difficult after having been at the absolute sort of peak of where you can be. >> it's difficult anyway it's difficult standing on the podium and then stepping down and knowing you probably will never experience that personal high again in your life. i'm trying i'm trying to find that in business but it's such a private victory which to me superseded the public finding that again is hard i'm opportunity to have had the backing of some of the most incredible multinational corporations in the recalled would. when i competed i didn't expect that to go on forever. i know t

in luxury retail, ralph lauren was up s10% in january michael kors was a outperformer last week. take a look at coach parent tapestry, up two straight weeks, now up 6.5% for the month of february two big online consumer names -- paypal up 16% in january, has recovered about half of its losses its former parent, though, ebay, on pace for its third straight month of gains you see the number of stocks where they were okay in january and suddenly coming back so, people definitely picking their spots, kelly. >> that's for sure bertha, thank you. that's a good point. bertha coombs keeping an eye on market. >>> the dow is on pace for the fifth -- five or six >> six straight day of gains record highs in january 26th let's bring in cnbc michael commentator michael santoli along with peter costa i think it's higher than record highs. >> the sectors you want to lead are leading. cyclical, tech, financials you've gotten more back than expected we were saying maybe tentatively that was a good trading low. here are some tests, i think, that still lie ahead of the market the s&p 500 has come ba

extraordinary athletes they have got a few that have won medals i know the shibutanis are sponsored by ralph laureney won bronze earlier tonight the answer s yeah, you want to be associated with the best in the world. >> want to talk about the retail businessment wa men business walmart came out with their numbers. everybody trying to gauge what happened over the holiday season you're not in the chair but watching closely what do you think happened >> walmart is up 2.6%. earnings are up. everybody is excited about they didn't hit this number or that number their stock was $75 in november or late october. 102 now. i think they're a long-term focused organization they'll do what's right for them in the long-term we have had a definite setback from the last few years in our industry there's reasons for that i think no one is sitting still. we're all working extremely hard to correct the situation and be more responsible consumers >> what do you think the impact of the tax cut is going to be on the kochb tsuna the consumer >> it's a big positive for retailers. now they'll have ammunition to aim at the

have to go >> oh gosh what about the people who have to perform at the opening ceremonies >> so ralph lauren is outfitting everybody, as usual, as usual. they this year, their coat is heated with a battery-powered heat in the front and the back >> you guys need those adaptions. >> i am looking forward to seeing the wardrobe in korea >> any thought going into that >> battery-powered heat? i have been looking into elect track -- we actually had a guy on recently, remember it was freezing out a month ago -- from the warmingcompany we have been looking at vests and electric socks >> i hope they don't have lithium batteries. >> in minneapolis, it was negative, when i went into that studio it was negative 7 degrees. >> it was negative 14 win walked out of the super bowl, that was either the temperature or it felt like that it was negative 14 one way or the other. >> hey, half fun. >>> the market's getting a huge dose after several sessions. dom chu is with us with the wild swing. >> first of all, i can tell you i own two pieces of clothing that have battery powered fleece mostly for golf. they do

. >> you guys are sponsored by ralph lauren, you are wearing the coats. >> and nike for you personallyt calls? >> i hope so >> we have a lot of ceos who watch the show >>wa >>way. >> what itself the ideal sponsorship? >> i am currently with nike. >> who can we get for you? >> i'm so college. >> anything afterwards anyway, congratulations, guys. it's an amazing thing. thanks, thanks so much guys, i will send it back to you. >> andrew, they're amazing that's fantastic so glad to see them, thank you for that we will get back to andrew in a bit. in the meantime, a conversation, our millennials losing taste for casual dining. we will ask david novak next at 8:30 eastern time, we will speak to commerce secretary wilbur ross. wilbur ross. stay tuned today, innovation in the finger lakes is helping build the new new york. once home to the world's image center, new york state is now .leader in optics, photonics and imaging. fueled by strong university partnerships, providing the world's best talent. and supported with workforce development to create even more opportunities. all across new york

this is a ralph lauren model for new york fashion week. competition, yesterday. that is still rumbling on. also the 0xfam story on the front page of the guardian. have a look at the front page of the times this morning, 0xfam the main story but this is on the front page of some of the papers this morning —— times. this is from the grand ca nyon —— times. this is from the grand canyon helicopter crash, which killed three yesterday, and a survivor running clear. it is amazing footage. we have a piece of dasha from america with details in here —— from america. that's on the front page of the metro. more allegations coming out about 0xfa m more allegations coming out about 0xfam from helen evans, who worked there, talking about those a moment ago and meghan markle has visited the grenfell tower site alone to comfort victims of the fire. when it comes to pancakes, it is shrove tuesday, do you carefully planned, pa nca kes tuesday, do you carefully planned, pancakes tonight? we had them on sunday. what? i know it is two days early. do you go cla