is zara. >> i'm surprised he's not in the cage with them. small. >> zara, she drinks up, but now time to go back to mika. >> is it my turn now? >> no fussing. no fussing. >> no, it's not her time. he spends nearly ten minutes trying to get this tiger cub to drink the bottle. he eventually does go inside. >> nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. >> doesn't it seem like it's the wrong meal for this beast? maybe instead of milk, blood, at least? >> i want steak! >> plan b does not involve steak. >> we're going to do this now. >> there you go. now we're talking. >> they both get a side quarter about you mika has to wait. >> okay, there you go. >> time for mika to finally eat something, but that room looks peculiar because they get brought inside at the center every night. they are fed separately so they can get the nutrition that they need. >>> it never fails. >> you've gotta make a grand entrance into the wedding reception. >> and grand it was, my friend. >> no! of those balls bounced back into one guy's eye. >> didn't see that coming. >>> it nev

meet roxy and zara who seemed agreeable to take pa rt zara who seemed agreeable to take part in someanted to watch, talk to or play with your cats when you're not with them, then this could help. once the device is connected to your home wi—fi you can log in anywhere you can get your phone online. there is a laser game to play, snacks and a function to make and share videos and cat snaps. this rather unusual set up works in a similar way. there is a camera to see the cats, also the ability to give them food where ever you are, plus this toy which is apparently something that cats might like to play with. zara and roxy were possibly slightly intimidated by the jolting of the feathery thing! and the app was temperamental. it made set upa the app was temperamental. it made set up a tedious experience. the smart collar is available for cats and dogs and allows owners to keep track of heart rate and the position of the pet that could be beneficial if there are health concerns or an injury to keep an eye on. and there seems to be a game of cat and mouse going on, the latter played by a rem

meet roxie and zara, who seemed agreeable in taking part in some gadget testing. oh, sorry.you have ever wanted to watch, talk to, or even play with your cats when you are not with them, then this could help. once the device is connected to your home wi—fi you can log in via the app anywhere you can get your phone online. there's a laser game to play, snacks at the tap of an icon, and a function to proudly make and share videos and cat snaps. this rather unusual looking setup works in quite a similar way. there's a camera so you can see the cats remotely, also the ability to give them food wherever you are. plus this toy, which is apparently something that cats might like to play with. zara and roxie were possibly slightly intimidated by the jolting of the feathery thing and the app was extremely temperamental, making set up a rather tedious experience. the petpace smart collar has been around for a little while now and is available for cats and dogs. meanwhile, there seems to be a game of cat and mouse going on. the latter played by a remote—controlled rodent. although it a

and his son is in zara baby. shoes from old navy. >> y'all are so cute.n silver and gold. her top is from a brand called and other stories and her pants are from h & m. i love the gold metallic, they're super chic. look at the twins. they are in head to toe zara baby. the son is in the velvet blazer, which i love. it's so, so cute and jeans. and then he has his little shoes on. and then the daughter is in this really, really, really cute plaid dress, tights and mary janes. >> and who do we have other there? >> little lilly in a dress from j. crew. gold metallic with tights and these cute, cute, cute sequin booties from zara. >> how old are your twins? >> 10 months. >> 10 months old. you're unbelievable. i'm going on record saying that. come on, why don't we stroll over to our next party. i love this. >> this is all about when you take your holiday picture, whether it's a card, whether for facebook or instagram. so that means a lot of prints and patterns but also kind of casual. as you can see with beth sitting there with her sweater from the gap and her p

zara was clearly feeling all the feels. she wasn't alone. >> this crowd here is huge.than a half a mile long. >> americans of all backgrounds all over the country hit the streets to protest. even the small 2.2 mile long detroit suburb of hamtramck. >> shut down donald trump's racist vision for america to stop trump's attacks on immigrants. do i have a second? >> aye! >> my name is razi. i'm just your friendly neighborhood detroit muslim. as a muslim, like, this is so moving. you guys are so sincere in being here and supporting people in our community and other marginalized people in detroit and around the area. one thing i want to emphasize is try to make a muslim friend because you can't build empathy for people unless you get to know them. you can't get to know them unless you talk to them and spend time with them. thank you. >> i want to talk to you specifically because there's a lot of people giving speeches and they were sort of very fiery and very getting the truthful rally. you stepped up and said something very personal. >> a lot of the misunderstandings about

and his son is in zara baby. shoes from old navy. >> y'all are so cute.led and other stories and her pants are from h & m. i love the gold metallic they're super chic. look at the twins. they are in head to toe the velvet blazer it's so so c jean h on. and then the daughter is in this really really really cute plaid dress, and who do we have other there?ly in a dress from j. crew. gold metallic with srom zara. >> how old are your twins? >> 10 months. >> 10 months old. you're unbelievable. i'm going on record saying don't we stroll er to our next party. i love this. >> this all about when you take your holiday picture, whether it's a card whether for facebook or instagram. you want to be cheerful you want to be fun. so that means a lot of prints and patterns but also kind of casual. as you can see with beth sitting there with her sweater from the gap and her pants are track pants from zara. that's like the style right now. >> those pants are awesome. >> they are so cute. i don't know if you can see the detail on the side. would you wear those in real life?

david: you do see zara all over the place, but what about uniqlo ? for example. they have great fabric, technical, femininity. unico has great stuff as well. going through a casual as asian phase in terms of how people are dressing. and suitlonger suits separates, it is about the yoga pants and dressing that up and down. uniqlo picking about fabrics, that is a key learning. zara, it is all about speed. there are microtrends, and they can execute very quickly. the principles there are speed. t.j. maxx and victoria's secret do that well, something to watch for the long term. david: i just learned something, four-way stretch or anti-stink. lisa: i think we have been doing casual as asian in the past few decades. >> it is the on-demand consumer who wants it all. you want your clothing to serve a purpose and look great. lisa: what is the retailer that you think has gotten beaten up too much? tjx companies. they have had some issues with inventory flow. this year is off to a great start. concept, as well as younger people loving brand names on discount, wi

zara is a smaller, much more targeted brand than h&m itself is, but simple things like h&m has launched its loyalty club recently i think that's a great thick, but they haven't really pushed for it they haven't really brought it to it the level of something like an asus premiere. how quickly do you respond to the market how quickly do you push out trends how quickly are you going to be able to sort of introduce newness into your stores i think those are really the things that are going to differentiate brands in the future. >> so, we have very strong uk retail sales numbers, and that was partially attributed to black friday sales, which is a new phenomenon in the uk and seems to be getting bigger every year, but what does that mean for overall margin profitability for these retailers? because they seem to be slashing costs and discounting sooner and earlier in the season. does that bode well for the sector >> my personal view on this is that i don't think it's a great move for fashion retailers margins are already quite low in fashion. i don't think it's a great move. however, it's reac

low at zara.ngs are picking up. guy: keep an eye on airbus at the get go of trade. there is your media speculation that they will not -- the ceo stand his role. there is a scandal swirling around this business and tom has been impacted by that. there is speculation as a result and he may not continue post. it will be interesting to see if this ends up affecting the stock at the get go of trade. i am looking at the wei. reasonably.ing the market open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: one minute to go until the start of cash trading. let's talk about the background. the cable rate, absolutely flat. remember, we get wage data later today in advance of the bank's decision. we have the fed coming up today. the nikkei, closing down by your point but present -- closing down by 0.5%. oil is trading up by over 1% this morning. the s&p 500, a fairly flat session. let's show you what is happening on the wei screen. london looks like it is going to outperform a little bit, but elsewhere, a slightly softer op

there are properties not decked out occluding the home of marcus and lindy of zara.>> it was hard.>> reporter: they received a nasty letter in the mail calling them scrooges telling them it is completely unacceptable to not decorate a house for christmas if you live on kandy lane or lollipop lane. it cost them disrespectful rude and selfish because they did not decorate.>> when you get a letter like that it is heartbreaking. it is not like i was trying to make the street ugly or whatever. i had to deal with my family.>> reporter: she used to love decorating. it was something she did with her mother. they may disney characters out of wood and place them in the yard. sherry hand-painted them. they were working on characters from a tinkerbell movie.>> these were on the table ready for her to paint.>> reporter: sherry god is painting buzz the firefly but could not finish.>> she realized that she was towards the end. she knew she could not pain.>> reporter: her mom was battling advanced liver cancer. she went to phoenix to be with her mom and stayed with her until the disease took sherry'

. >>> back now with scottgenics and rick wilson and zara.epublicans in congress seems secure while they're trying to get the tax bill passed. what happens after that? look i've said this for a long time, don. the only thing the republican caucus is focused on this year and that really matters. they really didn't give much of a damn about obama care repeal the tax bill was the peek of the mounen top. the tax bill was always the mighty white whale swimming out there they had to get for a lot of reasons. and they're going to stay focused on that. i've had many members say to me i'll put up with anything i have to put up to pass the tax bill. whether you grow or disagree with it, the centrality of the tax bill to the republican caucus is everything. after this happens then we're in a situation no more worlds to conjure in meaningful way. because after in it's all sticky stuff. they don't want to go into the immigration bill and digging into the things out there on the agenda and there is worried once there is no tax which will to focus on donald

inditex reported profit surged in the first nine months of the year the owner of the zara fast fashionrand says sales rose 10% as it dit benefited from continued and online expansion >>> shares of mongodb are lower, despite the company reporting better than expected third quarter results. the softwaremaker posted ed ed a narrower loss and issued fourth quarter guidance above analyst estimates. shares are off 5.25. >>> more on the stunning upset in alabama nbc news projecting doug jones as the winner in the senate race. >>> the countdown is on. a little more than eight hours before we get the final fed decision of the year we'll te yllou what to expect when "worldwide exchange" returns. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." the dow up 35 points the nasdaq up 8.6. s&p up 2 yesterday the dow was the leader telcos, financials led the charge yesterday let's check in on bitcoin futures prices which have been pretty stable, all positive since the futures market on the cboe launched. 17,880 the price this morning. >>> we have some breaking news out of alabama nbc news is projecting doug jo

plunges theews, h&m most in 16 years as the fast fashion retailer loses more ground to competitor zara. we explain why sales are declining at h&m. we got to look at the markets, 30 minutes into the friday session, one of the last of the year. julie hyman is here and we are higher. records again, at least on a closing basis, for the dow and the s&p. a nasdaq not quite getting there. a list across the board for the three major averages. if we break it down and look at individual components, we will see strength as well. in retail, for example, both on the supermarket side as well as on the specialty retail side, we are seeing strength today. costcosupermarket side, leading gains after the company came out with earnings that beat estimates. the company reported another quarter of increasing comparable-store sales, or i should say another month, 14 months in a row that costco has seen games in that area. in addition, membership rates are holding steady, which is better than cosco had anticipated. it is higher. walmart and target are also getting something of a lift. outside of supermarkets

of 3.2 billion euros with sales rising 10% to 18 billion euros for the first nine months the owner, zara, also saw gross margins fall slightly to 57.4% ricardo perez joins us on the line in madrid good morning to you. >> hello good morning >> this morning as you heard, we're looking at strong inditex earnings they opened 99 stores worldwide. that bucks the trend against bricks and mortar shops you hear closing down and moving towards online and embracing digitalization where is inditex's strength coming from? how is it they are still doing so well and opening stores >> the flagship for inditex is now adapting the strategy to what consumers are requesting. now we're seeing consumers are asking on one side they want to have a good onlines experience, but at the same time they want to have nice jobs in city centers. they want to return to totals that they had. they are emerging strategies on one side they're doing the online experience, at the same time they're improving and now putting all the new shops in city centers so this way they can have both consumer the t the online consumers and

the other thing about h&m, they compare it to the owner of zara and other companies which it had a littlestutter step, let's call it, in it this quarter but still looks much stronger than h&m does. >> i can't tell whether this is specific to h&m or a more general point. i would say that the retail space, no matter where you are, it's hard to -- there may be growth, you know, companies like h&m have had tremendous growth runs over the last decade, but at some point, it seems just -- >> is that mall-based fashion era over >> everything is catching up with retail. just the industry is shifting so dramatically. >> you mean to online? >> to online, to the, you know, different products, different, you know, it's just things have become much more on-demand it's just, you know, these companies, h&m and zara were basically -- >> on-demand that's what i find interesting about this. >> it's such a tough business. >> john, i also wonder, again, this is what they do very well, they are nimble on fashion, they change over the product in their stores very quickly and you'd think it could maybe do well i

zara's -- already going out.at on republicans and blamed them for repealing the mandate republicans are now responsible for this and they are going to have to find a solution that i hold heard the speaker last week paul ray and say we are going to do this in 2018 to return to shore up health care in america by putting consumer choice in place that we initially tried to do to help replace obamacare. eric: nancy pelosi is saying the republicans only cut taxes and here's an interesting take from "politico" in terms of the tax fight. it has all the ingredients that help democrats kill obamacare repeal. energize liberal activist legislation that pulls in a toilet. this time it doesn't appear to be enough and it will be a real low to the sweeping tax code. it is as you just say so what is the effect on the democrats and what if they do? >> it's much easier for them to take up his tax or farm bill because you are giving people tax cuts. the hard thing for democrats to argue against that. people are getting money on that

these are from zara.t doesn't have a collar already. it will really work. it adds flare. >> how are these? >> under $26. >> you get a new outfit for about 20 bucks. i'm seeing these boots and the razzle-dazzle shoes everywhere. >> it started i feel withurent glitter boot that looked like this. and it trickled down. it's all about the statement shoe. it changes the look of your en outfit. anything from glitter to sequins. everything under $100 today. it changes the look of your outfit. if you're wearing a turtleneck or black jeans and throw on boots, you're good to go. >> i would keep it simple. if you don't want to buy a pair of shoes, take a pair of shoes that you have in your put these fun shoe clips. >> are these back? >> these are back. >> i had them as a little girl. >> these are $12.50 for the pair. you clip them on like an earring. so easy to do. it changes the look of your shoe. >> cute. so fun. how much are these? >> $12.50 a pair. >> seeing a lot of faux fur. >> faux fur was trending. it's all a

a teen who lives on zara or h&m app, use it to send them a gift certificate and you can stipulate when more personalized version of the gift card. >> retailers like target and macy's are offering a feature called gift now. the recipient will get it in an e-mail and say this shopper sent you this gift. would you like to have it sent to your home or would you like to exchange it for store credit? >> reporter: sometimes they just want cash. lots of options like paypal or venmo or text it with google pay. if you have to have it shipped there are last-minute options. >> a lot are offering expedited shipping. it varies by retailer. >> reporter: the clock is ticking. two-day express shipping ends tomorrow at noon eastern time and 9:00 a.m. on the west coast. for you amazon prime members, the cutoff for that is tomorrow and if you aren't a prime member but have a lot of shopping left hey, how about that 30-day free trial of prime but make a note on your calendar to cancel it in early january or you'll pay the $99 annual fee. now, let's talk experiences. a new survey says 40% of shoppers plan t

her cardigan is from h&m, skirt from gap and shoes from zara. dad is in j. crew. j.e weeks family all gathered together at our holiday shind shindig. >> so, mom, laura, she's in silver and gold. her top is from a brand called in other stories and her pants are from h&m. i love the gold metallic. super chic. head to toe. the son is in the velvet blazer, which i love. so, so cute and jeans and then he has his little shoes on and her daughter is in this really, really cute plaid dress, tights and mary jane's. over there we have little lily in a dress from j. crew. gold metallic with tights and these cute sequin booties from zarra. >> how old are your twins? >> 10 months. >> you're unbelievable. come on, why don't we stroll over here to our next party. i love this. >> this is all about when you take your holiday picture whether it's a card or taking a picture for facebook or instagram. you want to be cheerful and fun and prints and patterns and also kind of casual. as you can see with beth so chic sitting there with her sweater from the gap and her pants are track pants

the dress is from zara. this is kind of the new way to wear a fanny pack.es wearing it like this. kendyl jenner. this is the new way. it's nice because you can be hands free. >> how much? >> under $100. >> nice. >> really good time to shop. finally can't be without our male trend. >> we know about the dad bod. this is the dad core. >> remember normal core? >> yes. >> dad core plus the parka. i'm going to show you what that means. come on out, nick. this is my husband. he's a dad to my two kids. >> you're taking one for the team. >> this is lands' end parka. they have the good housekeeping seal. we love it's very technical. it has the designer flare of the camo. >> nick, can you twirl for us? >> it's super warm. this is a little pricier. for a coat you can spend more. nicholas, if you take off your coat, he reveals jag core. this is that dorky dad dress thing. oh, look at him. he's like a model. he knows what to do with that. >> this is all from old navy. starts at $13. you can get that button shirt for $12.95. nothing is more than $25 that he's wearing. >>

how do you acquire shares in as muchites buying zara as you can?he old brick-and-mortar, the macy's and companies like that, they are so small. i think priceline is something like a 10 times or told times bigger in size than macy's and becomes much less important to the market. or the market has been finding greater value is home depot and lowe's and some of the companies not in the crosshairs of amazon. they have been able to avoid -- that chart would look the same if you are looking at home depot, but old-line retail? tom: even jonathan golub cannot have old-line retail. john: there will be trading deals on this. tom: what is a trading opportunity? isn: trading opportunity opportunities to invest in japan over the last years. tom: bitcoin is a trading opportunity. maybe we will talk bitcoin, as well. coming up, our conversation with robert kaplan. robert kaplan of dallas. and neel kashkari of minneapolis, as well. two presidents today on television and radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ good morning, everyone. tom and francine from new york and london

and zar and omar -- zara and omar were both honorable mentions for their apps. mr. speaker, these students have shown ingenuity, imagination, intellectual curiosity and their incentive talent will take them far. i congratulate them on their achievement and wish them the best in their future academics. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition ? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. mr. payne: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the shabazz high school bulldogs football team for winning their state championship against the other team. these schools, both in my neighborhood, and in my district, have been rivals since 1938. this is the second year in a row that they have gone head-to-head in the championship. but this year shabazz beat the other team with a score of 35-0. to win the state championship for north jersey section ii group one. the shabazz bulldogs had a perfect season, finishing the year with a 12-0 record. it was their first perfect season since 1966. the shaba

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