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Talented Blonde CEO Says Macy's Doesn't Need More Stores
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 8:05am | 442Read More...Talented Blonde CEO Kristin Bentz told Benzinga that Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) was the first company to create infrastructure for omnichannel retailing. The omnichannel approach has shown, however, that “you don’t need more retail stores,” according to Bentz. Using Michael...
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Oscar Winner Patricia Arquette Calls For Income Equality
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 2:23pm | 524Read More...Patricia Arquette, who Sunday night won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, used her acceptance speech to address the gender wage gap in America. "We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights...
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Talented Blonde CEO: Why Apple Could Hurt Nordstrom Earnings
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 5:08pm | 345Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Talented Blonde CEO Kristin Bentz said that it’s really a mixed bag over at Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) ahead of its earnings report Thursday afternoon. Importing Issues Traditionally, Bentz explained that Nordstrom has been the leader when it comes to luxury...
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10 Women In Finance To Follow On Twitter
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 3:24pm | 1333Read More...Finance is a world that used to be dominated by men, but that's definitely not the case anymore. Women have taken the financial universe by storm, penetrating every avenue from trading desks to newsrooms. So many of them have tons of great information that they’re willing to share...
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Retail Analyst On Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Departure: Former Guess CEO And Former Abercrombie COO Might Make Good Replacements
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 7:09pm | 231Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Talented Blonde President and Retail Analyst Kristin Bentz offered a couple examples of retail industry veterans who might be good to replace departing Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) CEO Michael Jeffries. The first name she mentioned was former Guess?, Inc. (NYSE...
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Talented Blonde Kristin Bentz On Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Departure: Co. Got Out Of Touch With Consumer
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 5:39pm | 265Read More...Talented Blonde President and Retail Analyst Kristin Bentz told Benzinga that as Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) increased in size and popularity, it got out of touch with the teenage customer. One reason Bentz explained is that more than half of women in the U.S. are size 14 or higher...
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Talented Blonde Kristin Bentz On Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Departure: 'Mike Jeffries Was Always Very Scandalous'
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 5:28pm | 171Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, retail analyst and Talented Blonde President Kristin Bentz said that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) departing CEO Michael Jeffries was a strange guy. Bentz said that Jeffries oversaw the retailer that became the first to do “sex prep,” where all of the...
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5 Of The Best Interviews From Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 10:20am | 829Read More...In honor of the one-year anniversary of Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep show, the editorial staff has gathered a list of the best interviews from financial pundits, which includes CEOs, journalists and analysts. This is only the first of a multi-part series taking a look at some of the amazing...
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Athleisure Wear Fad A Rapidly Growing, But Crowded Space
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 11:37am | 496Read More...Sales of yoga apparel have risen 45 percent year over year, according to analysts at SportsOneSource. During the same time period, yoga participation also grew... by 4.5 percent. Analysts at Barclays may have noticed the same trend. Those analysts stated that the U.S. athletic apparel market (...
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Has Athletic Wear Replaced Denim?
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 1:46pm | 997Read More...While fashion fads continue to come and go, one fad appears to be picking up momentum: Jeans are no longer cool. According to a report by CBS San Francisco, total jeans sales in the United States are down six percent year to year, following a growth of denim over the past decade. Say It Ain...
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There Are Bulls, There Are Bears -- And Then There Is Doug Kass
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 4:28pm | 350Read More...On Thursday morning Doug Kass will join a long list of distinguished guests who have been interviewed on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep show. The morning show -- aimed at getting investors and traders thoroughly prepped for the day's trading session -- starts at 8AM EDT sharp; Doug will be welcomed onto...
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'Talented Blonde' Kristin Bentz Talks Nike's Puppeteer, The Retail Apocalypse & Experiential Luxury
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 10:53am | 927Read More...Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep broadcast on Friday featured Kristin Bentz, the Executive Director of PMG Venture Group and President of Talented Blonde LLC, who discussed her take on the retail sector. Is Apple the Puppeteer for Nike Pulling the Plug on FuelBand? The interview began on the...
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Belus Capital's Brian Sozzi: Nike Should Take Hints From Under Armour
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 5:04pm | 909Read More...Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep broadcast on Thursday, April 24, interviewed Brian Sozzi, CEO & Chief Equities Strategist of Belus Capital Advisors, who discussed his early take on retail earnings. Sozzi emphasized that his research is more involved with what he is hearing and seeing, and...
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'Talented Blonde' Kristin Bentz Talks Retail And Her Favorite Company To Hate
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 3:56pm | 1075Read More...Kristin Bentz is the Executive Director of PMG Venture Group, a private equity firm with expertise in professional sports, media and luxury. Bentz is also President of Talented Blonde LLC, an advisory firm focusing on the consumer and retail industry and the author of the upcoming book It's...
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Abercrombie: Not the "Situation" You Want
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 12:26pm | 950Read More...It's not "the situation" you want to be in if you are an Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) shareholder. The Ohio-based teen retailer reported third quarter earnings that badly missed Wall Street estimates, and shares are down more than 14% this morning as of the time of this article....











