for williams-sonoma down 2%.ention the retail environment softened in the quarter and notes a caution consumer inventories they continuing the trend we have seen with others down 6%. so that actually is good for williams-sonoma. and if we can flip to pvh. owner of tommy hilfiger and calvin klein. they beat the street by a wide margin for $1.47 adjusted and revenue about in line to slightly light at 1.93 billion. looks as if pbh is above consensus currently seeing range of 6.55 to 6.65 there. however, ceo did still cite an environment of traffic and trends of u.s. stores for calvin klein and tommy hilfiger were pressured in the cities that are key international tourist destinations. still able to raise the guidance in pvh share answers higher by about 1.6%. kelly? >> thank you. to me, williams-sonoma, brand of stores, 16% when expectation is less than 2. >> remember when we were talking about eating at home versus eating out? people might need more kitchen stuff. >> a nice tray. >> maybe wedding season and all of

after hours williams-sonoma trading down a bit.you comparable brand revenue growth in the second quarter, pottery barn, a lot of people know that, down 4.8%. williams-sonoma was flat. west home brand doing incredibly well. comparable brand revenue up 15.8%. pottery barn kids essentially flat and pottery barn team down .2%. melissa: adam, thank you very much. david: keeping us safe from terror. deadly attacks at american university in afghanistan leaving americans vulnerable. kt mcfarland talks about which candidate is fit to take on all the threats worldwide to minutes. >>> why one school is under fire for asking permission to i have got pledge of allegiance. >> what next? american flag out of the schools? the currency, it is coming if we don't make a stand now. ♪ [announcer] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the summer of audi sales event is here. get up to a $5,000 bonus on select audi models. david: we're getting reporting one dead at least 25 wounded after an attack at american university in cob fuel. witnesses say the

williams sonoma issued a weak outlook for the quarter. the kitchen wear retailer reporting the most recent quarter. shares were unchanged after they ended the ta down 13 cents to weaker printer sales dragged down profit and revenue at hp. the company is also forecasting profit growth below estimates because of the slowing demand for printers. that news sent share down in afterhours finished the regular session down to 14.40 and pvh, which owns the tommie hill figger brand saw its profits rise. revenues that the company rose and the retailer listed its full year earnings guidance. shares rose marichally after enng 73 cents to 108.82. >>> ride hailing service uriber is now offering a new perk for some drivers. the fast growing start up is partnering with an online investment company called betterment to help employe drivn certain markets open up an ira or a roth ira without a required minimum balance. the first year will be free. silicon valley based uper says it's working with betterment to roll out the plan nationwide. >>> and also in sil

'cause i talked to guy named williams-sonoma three times yesterday. we was at a dice game.-- but then they approached me. they wanted 25 pieces for their top 12 stores. we couldn't make the demand. right now i have a-a 2,000-square-foot shop on my property. we need to move out to a production facility so i can grow the business. i can't keep selling if i can't produce. why wouldn't you focus on the one thing that you can differentiate yourself in being-- the best chopping block in america, made from the trees of vermont, and just focus on that? why do you need to make these? he has to offer more. thank you, lori. do you know how inexpensively these are made in asia? there's thousands of them. they are. they are. absolutely. and you know what? they crack, they drop, they're thin, they're bamboo. yeah, yeah, but they sell! they sell. yeah, kevin, you can't just offer chopping blocks. i sell to the premium market. why not? that sells--the-- the cheap ones sell to the-- to the people that want to walk into walmart and pay $2.99. okay. people--but people who are giving wedding g

williams-sonoma light on same-store sales.umbers weren't that bad but look at the number here. 0.6% for them. the number i had was 2.8% on same-store sales. that's again a little bit of a disappointment. that e-commerce number 51.7%. holy mackerel that company is flying at the top of their speed there for e-commerce. never seen a number that high for any other retail. that's good. but the ceo said the overall retail environment has softened and we are being impacted by a more cautious consumer. so again you get the slowdown that we've heard from everybody else in the last few days around retail here. guess is doing great, really up big right now. they had better than expected. the european results a bit on the surprising side so that's a 21% move up in guess. but again, the same story with comp store sales the numbers keep disappointing. compp store sales down 2.5%. believe it or not that was better than expected overall. this is a good number. but we've had 23 straight quarters of negative quarterly comp sales decline. this a

winners, williams sonoma and tiffany. williams-sonoma up, even though they lowered their full year guidance. 50% of the sales of williams-sonoma now online. tiffany did well. they reaffirmed guidance. that's the most important thing, reaffirming the guidance for them. but they've had a tough year. they're down about 10%. if you take a look at the same store sales, this isn't anything to write home about. they talk about tourists not buying as much as they used to. meantime, dollar general and signet jewelers. that's not a typo. double-digit declines from both. they talked about a competitive environment that has intensified. that's their word. and that means wal-mart. that's what's got dollar general down. signet jewelers, you really want to see how the oil patch weakness is hurting some companies? they had a big miss. look what the ceo had to say here. the decline was fairly broad-based across merchandise categories and was particularly pronounced in energy producing regions. not buying a lot of jewelry in those energy-p

charles: investors spit out high-ends investors like williams sonoma while crushing dollar tree. would look at tiffany's tomorrow. not a lot of resistance until 75. emailing me for ideas? you got tiffany last week and a double digit gain in two weeks. a warning about lower income consumers in question, are they out of money? consumers cannot keep dipping into savings and increasing the credit card debt forever. this mean wages have to move, paint has to move in a way of it hasn't moved in a long time. meanwhile, the action in the market, if it feels familiar, there were headlines in june and july about how narrow the trading range was. the source of that hesitation and anxiety with the federal reserve. the source of that hesitation and anxiety not you federal reserve. in the meantime the dow, since it broke out to all-time highs. it traded a grand total of 101 points. here is the challenge for the federal reserve chairman. how does she push the rate hikes out to december in a way that potentially doesn't interfere with the outcome of the presidential election. just a small amount

how about williams-sonoma, high end kitchen stuff. weak outlook.hat will be down, but about flat at opening bell. they've got a weak outlook and normally takes you down, not in this case. hillary clinton calling for campaign financing reform. yes, she has raised millions and millions of dollars just in the past few days, serious big money. how about all of those hollywood a-listers, stu. eight fundraisers in three days in california. some of the more notable ones. justin timberlake, jennifer aniston, raising $3 million. tim cook event, the ticket prices there, by the way, the low end $2700. the high end, $50 grand. they can afford that in the silicon valley and magic johnson, and denzel washington was there, samuel jackson, in the back yard. >> it's an enormous amount of money, show up at a cocktail party. ashley: a lot of actors and actresses can afford that. stuart: wait until they talk about overpaid news anchors. ashley: i wouldn't know. stuart: look who is here, the former democrat currently trump supporter harlan, that's accurate? >> it is. s

williams-sonoma to come in flat from a year ago. the slight increase in revenue. the results are also due after the bell. lauren: the housing market has done really well. a live report from italy on the deadly earthquake overnight that has claimed at least 21 lives. ♪ [announcer] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the summer of audi sales event is here. get up to a $5,000 bonus on select audi models. always has to be who sat your desk? phone now, with one talk from verizon... hi, pete. i'm glad you called. (announcer vo) all your phones can work together on one number. you can move calls between phones, so conversations can go where you go. take your time. i'm not going anywhere. (announcer vo) and when you're not available, one talk helps find the right person who is. hi, john. (announcer vo) so wherever work takes you, you can put your customers first. introducing one talk-- another way verizon connects your business better. learn how at onetalk.com. nicole: good morning. and 10 seconds it is fact it may impede the thief caught up on what's happening now

it's an annual heater's guide to the williams-sonoma catalog. they really had beef with that.esso machine. i think the problem for retailers is maybe dirt to fill couples who can afford to be so expensive to find one of those machines. on the other hand, the so-called dollar stores this wall street and off her guarded guidance. i would not dollar tree and dollar general have been juggernauts.and the best proxy for a slow boat recovery. dollar tree up 178% in past five years. one other note, the clothing retailers did this morning burlington coat factory crush content this. that continues to work. here's the thing. last night, philip in houston posted really long numbers or tommy hilfiger at 7%. i am seeing being maybe people are buying clothes, the kind of close you were to better paying jobs and couples who can buy a 200-dollar espresso machines. the picture from the retailers. but is it telling about the economy and the stock market? >> a very mixed picture. it is showing me this shift is finally beginning. the dollar tree and dollar general, having the stocks has tremendous

we will hear from williams-sonoma after the bell today. the closing of macy's.ok at the home building stocks. existing home sales. it drops more than expect did and that's the trend we've seen and it overshadows the good news yesterday on new home sales. there's something out there. that can be serious, even fatal to infants. it's whooping cough, and people can spread it without knowing it. understand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about a whooping cough vaccination today. charles: this epipen cnet triple digit price hike. heather brash seeing a 671% increase in the same nine-year she's been in charge. is the outrage about this? liz claman along with scott martin. you have been all over this story. it's an interesting story for us as a business network. some say this is capitalism. some say know this is something different. >> we get the whole whole capitalism issue where you've got a great product with a bout of competitiveness around it. why not charge what you can. however, you are talking about life-and-death situatio