and from williams sonoma. >> in your house, we'll do anything -- williams sonoma numbers i have to tellou this west -- they're on fire. they are now talking about the brick and mortar, i love -- brick and mortar is a source of value added services. a source of inspiration. they are going trying to be all digital. they increased a lot -- they have the stores. but they're opening up a flagship store, we're going to do that. we're going to go with credit cards blazing. >> to your point, you can do most of it online. you do have to put it together a little bit. but otherwise -- >> get ready for the term aggressive shopping because that's what you and i are doing at the end of the quarter. >> you talked to chirico last night? >> oh, my, double digit comps in europe, germany, so france. britain. we are talking about tommy hilfiger, calvin klein, starting to see some good numbers in china. heritage. this was something that was so confusing. you know, that izod. the old stuff. the heritage stores, they comped at zero. but that's a big turn. u.s., no. he's talking about the need for having fewer

shares up sharply for williams-sonoma.maller than expected loss of 24 cents. revenues beat. comps north america down 15% which is was better than expected. light earnings guidance, and it does look like the performance in europe and asia was stronger with sales up 23% and 17% respectively. you can see guess shares are also sharply higher. i will round it out with pvh, which is the parent company of calvin klein and tommie hilfiger. this retailer also beating for the bottom line, earnings of 1.65 compared to $1.60. we've got a slight beat for revenues as well. if you look at the individual brands, calvin klein revenues up 5%, tommie hilfiger revenues up 6%. pvh did raise full year's earnings guidance, still calling out volatility in the macro economic environment but shares up sharply after hours as well. kelly, back to you. >> a big win for brands in this environment. courtney reagan covering retail there. sales force and dell are teaming up on a strategic agreement. ceos marc benioff and michael dell will be here in a cou

and sears and williams sonoma getting a best on earnings. henry, this is interesting because so much obituaries have been written because of amazon. some people are arguing are finding ways to move around it. >> some are, no question. it's not like stores will disappear. the great irony is as this is happening, amazon is starting to open stores. but clearly this is just earth shaking behavior within retail and there are just different formats that are working. >> i think i figured this one out. digging through some of the earnings reports and transcripts, i think it's programs the home remodeling trend and the late federal refunds. you take a look at best buy's report, online sales were up, but home theatre was up about 5%, appliances were up hfr of will sorry, entertainment was up 11%. home theater and that stuff was also up strongly. william sonoma, kitchen remodels, you got to have new stuff in the kitchen, as well. so sears -- i mean why else are people going to sears other than to buy affordable appliances. 245 all started to make sense

blenders, things of that nature, williams sonoma up to 50% off. i never know how to say it, but -- >> sir la tab. >> so i got that one right. if you're looking to update your game in the kitchen. >> where am i going to not find a deal? >> the summer stuff. the patio furniture stuff, target has a good deal, 30% off plus 10% off with a coupon, but unless you really need one right now, you're better off waiting until the end of summer and things like laptops, electronics, better off shopping that during the back to school period. >> thanks. >> we are on the money. it is the season, wedding season that is. how to be the perfect guest without breaking your bank. and move over. your replacementes are in training. we will take you to the high school competition where big brains go head to head. hi i'm j. >>> wedding season is fast approaching and aside from all the joy weddings bring they can also dig a big hole in your wallet both for the happy couple and for the guests. helping us try and navigate it all is stephanie kaine. thank for being here. >> tha

week we get another slate of big earnings reports, including retailers like lowe's, tiffany and williams sonoma. and on the economic report calendar, we'll get data including new and existing home sales and durable goods as well. for "nightly business report," i'm dominic chu from the new york stock exchange. >>> stocks pulled back just slightly late today on two new reports out of washington. according to "the washington post," a white house adviser close to the president is a person of interest in the russia probe. and "the new york times" reports that president trump told russian officials in the oval office that the firing of former fbi director james comey relieved, quote, pressure on him. the president also reportedly called mr. comey, quote, a nut job. in response to the "washington post" story, the white house says a thorough investigation will confirm there is no collusion between the campaign and any foreign entity. and on the "new york times" story, the administration says that by grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into russia's actions, james comey created unnecessary

. >>> williams sonoma beat profit expectations, saying results were helped by improvements in its pottery barn brand. revenue was in line with estimates, and the company gave an upbeat forecast for the current quarter. shares popped in after-hours trading and ended the regular day up 1% to $49.61. >>> and the clothing retailer guess said strength in its foreign markets helped to post a narrower than expected loss. the company also reported revenue grew and topped estimates. but its quarterly outlook for earnings disappointed the street. even so, shares initially took off in after-hours trading but ended down a fraction to $9.98. >>> a new company is trying to throw a jolt into america's pickup market with a new strategy. it is rolling out an electric truck. phil lebeau takes us for a ride. >> reporter: in the world of pickups, change comes slowly. for years, gm, ford, and chrysler have led the market with heavy duty trucks that take a beating day after day and keep on rolling. so why does work horse think its new pickup can cut into the big three's dominance? primarily because it's electr

williams sonoma up 050% off, sur la table. >> i never know how to say it. >> yes. >> i saw sur la tablethey answer on the known sur la table. >> if you're looking to up your game in the kitchen. >> where am i not going to find a game? >> don't be shopping for the real summery goods, bathing suits, sandals, patio furniture stuff, target has had a 30% off plus an additional 10% off with a coupon, but that's the kind of stuff, same with grills, unless you'reea you're old one is rusted out wait until the end of summer. things like laptops and electronics better at back-to-school period. >> thank you. >> great to see you. >> you, too. >> up next, we're "on the money," 'tis the season, wedding season, and how to be the perfect guest without breaking your bank. >> and move over janet yellin and ben bernanke, your replacements are in training. we'll take ♪ whether you're after supreme performance... advanced intelligence... or breathtaking style... there's a c-class just for you. decisions, decisions, decisions. lease the c300 sedan

and the winner thanks to our friends at williams-sonoma, winners going home with a williams-sonoma professionalh. we're giving it away. >> donnie, nicely done. >> send me the bill for the second set. it's okay. >> let's check your weather and show you what we have happening. looking at the week ahead, sunshine along most of the east coa coast. england. in the eastern third of the country things are warming up. heavy rain in the upper mississippi valley with snow in the rockies and then toward the end of the week widespread showers in the mid-atlantic states, western third of the country looks good and the heat continues through the southeast. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. temperatures are slowly warming up, 59 degrees, sunny but breezy outside. rest of the area looking at mostly the upper 50s now. 62 in fredericksburg, 60 in quantico. it will be very comfortable later on today. around lunchtime 68 degrees. looking at the mid-70s, dinner time 73, sunny and nice through the afternoon. tomorrow we're warmer, 82 for a

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williams-sonoma had been higher, now lower after that company's earnings-per-share beat estimates. analysts are skeptical about its momentum, so that could be slowing down with what the shares had been doing earlier. pbh is up, tagging onto gains. it had estimates that greeted it to overweight from j.p. morgan. among other reasons, calvin klein is seeing double-digit store sales continue to accelerate in europe. there is the situation with staples, those shares rising. you can see that is after bloomberg reported exclusively the company had rejected a takeover offer from cerberus capital staples, those shares rising. you can management, but that sycamore cup -- sycamore partners is still in the running. apparently the cerberus bid valued the company at more than the current market. spiking and hanging onto gains of 3%. vonnie: thank you for all of that. it is time to turn to emerging markets. markets index, gaining 3% as some countries have significant challenges including brazil. the president is facing pressure to resign after the allegations last week. we have the portfolio mana

and williams-sonoma is up after beating top and bottom line estimates. let's and on rob portman. they were trading lower, after the company, the owner of jack daniels said they were not up for sale. corona had been interested. gains arelosses or circulation -- speculation starting on may 14. mark: we are about 90 minutes away from the opening session in europe. look at where numbers are trading now. and for a third day, the stocks 600 margin is up. the gauge talking about records in the u.s., but nowhere near records, the 21 month high reached on may 10. look at the currency board. i want to show you sterling. the big piece of data is gdp. we will talk about with jamie murray. the economy data slowed more than estimated for the first 0.25%., gdp up we have come from a growth point year, so ithe last shows the economy is witnessing an impact from brexit. the bond markets today, gdp with the main data. you can see declines in the u.k., germany, spain, and italy. paul: -- vonnie: let's get back to washington. steven mnuchin is testifying before the senate finance committee on the bu

i would like to hear from the ce of of williams sonoma would like to say about that.ath to profitable i one day and that's before amazon and walmart really go to our business hard. i'm very comfortable with this position. >> what's fair value for the stock? at one point, you said it was under ten bucks, now, you say if it goes back to 45. >> how about this. if i showed this to a private equity, the answer and say how much would you pay? they'd probably say to me, how much will you pay me to take this company? they're losing $50 million last quarter, so what's it worth? if we consider this a mature company right now, it's a single digit company, not even. they'd have to raise money, so no whoa knows what it's worth. there's been a thesis shift. last week, people said it's a buyout target, which is a lot easier to focus on rather than profitability. there's zero way to value this company right now. it is a money losing company that is, it competes against the giants of e commerce. >> hi, it's josh brown. so, for the viewers and most you know, most people are not sophist

. >> williams-sonoma posted numbers already and they are up 9%. >>> still ahead on the show, a volatileay for oil prices as opec ministers meet in vienna. we'll tell you what they're saying and what it could mean for prices. anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. northrop grumman command and control systems always let you see the complete picture. and we're looking for a few dreamers to join us. you...smells fine, but yourin your passengers smell this bell dinging new febreze car with odorclear technology cleans away odors... ...for up to 30 days smells nice... breathe happy, with new febreze. >> welcome back. let's get you up to speed on the market action. strength in u.s. futures after another record close for the s&p and nasdaq. it was the fifth day in a row for gains for stocks. the resilience continues. we have strength into the open today. let me show you how strong asia was overnight. we don't usually do this. saw more than 1% gains in china. the shanghai comp closing up 1.4%. hong kong up 0.8. the nikkei benefiting from the weaker japanese yen. now over to you,

san francisco-based williams- sonoma also reporting strong sales.venue up 1% to $1.1 billion. strong demand for its flagship chain and west elm brand although pottery barn declined in sales. shares up 4% early going. >>> jobless claims rose this week. 234,000. continuing claims which were up a little bit remain below two million for six straight weeks that's the first time that's happened since 1974. stock market off to a positive start that. means record highs for the nasdaq and the s&p. investors looking for a sixth straight winning session. right now dow is up by 57 points. nasdaq up 16. s&p up higher by 5 points. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:46 right know. out let's check traffic. what's it like out there? >> right now, it's the calm before the storm. we are dealing with the normal crowds for your morning commute. but likely to get much worse throughout the day today. it's estimated to be the busiest travel day not tomorrow for the memorial day weekend. and then monday of course will be very, very slow as everyone heads home from the w

a lot of big retail earners, i want to bring in jack hough best buy up 11%, williams sonoma. >> it's low bar, so much pessimism for retail. they're aware that amazon took a bite out of retail, but the perception is retail is going to roll over and die tomorrow. that's not happening. they're getting a big bump. >> i went to a sears store and i felt like i was in an old russia department store, it was scarily gloomy and it might have been the scene of the horror movie. >> and you may see a bump by your visit there. >> and they're extending financing right now and retailers are hard to kill, right? they have a lot of inventory they can sell off when times get tough, a lot of real estate and a lot of leverage, and they last longer than you thought. >> many are dying this year and bankruptcy. before i let you go, some are figuring it out. best buy may have figured it out and williams-sonoma may have figured it out. >> either they have merchandise in the store or private label merchandise. something that can't be amazoned away. and in home depot, people walk out with big carts of lumber. t

you're going home with a william sonoma nonstick ten-piece cook wear set. there it is.u. >> miley, you were a fantastic sous chef. >> thank you. >> judges, thank you. we appreciate that. we're back in a moment, first this has "today" on nbc. y24x8y y5yy >>> three >>> three words. best segment ever. >> all right in we want to thank to tony and jane and miley. and you'll be back next week somebody. >> yeah, the concert series. >> up next, hoda and kathie lee after your local news and weather. have a good day. after local news and weather. >>> 9:57 is your time on this wednesday, may 17th, 2017. good morning. we're following breaking news right now out of d.c. according to the associated press, republican senator thom tillis of north carolina collapsed during a three-mile race this morning. the 57-year-old was running in the acli capital challenge. he posted a video on twitter just minutes ago saying he is doing okay. >> now let's check your forecast >> the it's starting to warm up. as we go through the afternoon, 93 for a high the temperature. that's a record high in part

. >> and thank you so much to william is william sonoma. of you. >> get figgy with it. >> getting figgy with it. thank you, guys. all right, guys. thank you so much. >>> time to do a little weather. show you what's going on. i can't see a monitor. i'll look over here. there you go. warm and dry for the eastern third of the country today. strong storms from the upper midwest down into the plains. some strong snows for the pacific northwest. tomorrow, we look at record highs in the eastern seaboard and ohio river valley. strong storms through the northern plains. it may be may. but it's snow and told in the pacific northwest and part of the . >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have a lot of clouds rolling through the bay area right now. temperatures still fairly cool, in the mid to upper 50s. now 53 degrees in san francisco and 52 in the north bay. we'll be watching the north bay for a chance of rain within the in text coupnext couple of hour. temperatures today only reaching the mid 60s with breezy winds and a few peeks of sun

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look what was done at panera, and look what sharon did with williams sonoma and best buy.the best, we're going to make changes, and they made a bold statement about it today. >> liz, shaking your head. presented that question to david. you don't think it works? reduce footprint, go online more. >> working for the survival, but to the a more profitable model. less profitable, going to generate less returns, and so that's what we look at with department stores, generating smaller returns on invested capital and center margins. that's just the reality we have to look forward to in order to survive. >> all right. thank you, both, very interesting, liz, david, appreciate your thoughts on retail, and we have -- what did you say, nordstrom after the bell. >> after the bell. down 7% today. >> dow down 27 points, back with the closing count doup in a moment. >> after the bell, talking about aetna, third largest health insurance bails from exchanges all together. what it means for the fate of obamacare and health care stocks. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. my bus

williams sonoma did well. best buy had a nice beat.ig disappoint chlt, signet jewelers disappointment. back to you, guys. >> bob, thank you very much. the market may be hitting new highs but it's not a broad based rally. according to s&ps howard, apple, amazon, facebook and google those five stocks accounted for 30% of the year to date gains in the s&p. the top 15 companies in the s&p now account for 50% of the gains. so what happens if some of these big tech stocks start to roll over? joining us is mark travis with intrepid capital funds. and brian, with hennessy funds. what would happen if these big stocks start to roll over? >> well, i think we've seen a transition from the active management in the past the last little while. i think that's part of the driver of this. i think you're seeing more people going into these index funds and people are buying the large companies based on those moves into the passive side. we haven't really seen what would happen if the market kind of turns around and all of these passive strategies are now

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but yes, i think when amazon does this, it is bad for williams & sonoma, bad for the home business ofc penney. it's going to be bad for macy's. it's going to be bad for everybody who sells furniture and xpl logistics can get it to your house because that's the last mile sender. they can put it -- you know, get it to your house and that used to be a difficult thing. you needed to rely on these department stores with the big trucks. >> you did. and the delivery times took forever. the time between when you bought a piece of furniture and it arrives is months oftentimes. not because of the delivery. because of the manufacturing. >> if i had you over for dinner, i would order amazon, bring the stuff to my house. and, you know, you would think that i had furniture. >> wayfair is down 6% in the premarket. >> well, it did have a pretty big run. now, andrew leff did indicate on the network that he was going to go golf while he waited for it to come down and so maybe he can finish the 70,000 holes that he was playing in the interim. happens to be fun. >> the president this morning adamantly de

aday we had williams sonoma little bit better than expectations but still not great.ere better than expected after a really long run of struggling. david: we see these individual stories about retail. story that there is an overall uptrend in terms of total sales and employment. roughly half of consumer spending is from retail, so how do you put those two together? retail overall is up, and yet, you have the sad stories. seema: i think there is a disconnect between those macro indicators and what is happening on the ground. you see growth up online, but separately legacy retailers are struggling with how to compete and how they should look as retailers in his new environment. i don't think the consumer is as strong as it appears with some of those macros. david: online is a huge story with retails. employment, 15.9 million americans work in retail, and that number is going up. you would think it is all going online but you are not seeing a reduction in retail. seema: you are seeing that reduction in some areas with these closures. i'm not sure in that growth in retail

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