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Real vs. fake: Can you spot AI-generated images?BOLINGBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 21, 2024-- Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) today announced that its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 will be released Thursday, December 5, 2024, after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. CT to discuss the financial results. Investors and analysts who are interested in participating in the call are invited to dial (877) 704-4453. Participants may also listen to a real-time audio webcast of the conference call by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website located at https://www.ulta.com/investor . A replay will be made available online approximately two hours following the live call for a period of 30 days. About Ulta Beauty At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest U.S. beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. In 1990, the Company reinvented the beauty retail experience by offering a new way to shop for beauty – bringing together All Things Beauty, All in One Place®. Today, Ulta Beauty operates more than 1,400 retail stores across 50 states and also distributes its products through its website, which includes a collection of tips, tutorials, and social content. For more information, visit https://www.ulta.com . View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241121549355/en/ CONTACT: Ulta Beauty Contacts: Kiley Rawlins, CFA Vice President, Investor Relations krawlins@ulta.comCrystal Carroll Senior Director, Public Relations Ccarroll@ulta.com KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: LUXURY WOMEN DEPARTMENT STORES SPECIALTY LIFESTYLE COSMETICS CONSUMER RETAIL ONLINE RETAIL SOURCE: Ulta Beauty, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 11/21/2024 04:05 PM/DISC: 11/21/2024 04:06 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241121549355/en
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Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against WM Technology, Inc. (MAPS)JJ Smith, based in Knowsley, was given the accolade for its contributions to 'innovation and excellence in international trade'. The award, presented on November 22, is one of the UK's most esteemed business accolades. It highlights JJ Smith's exceptional contributions to innovation and excellence in international trade. The King's Award for Enterprise, formerly known as the Queen's Award, serves as a hallmark of business excellence. Out of 252 organisations celebrated across the UK this year, JJ Smith is one of just four businesses in Merseyside to receive this honour. This distinction reflects the company's commitment to innovation and business leadership over its 101-year legacy. (Image: Supplied) The award was presented by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, Mr Mark Blundell, on behalf of His Majesty King Charles III, joined by the High Sheriff of Merseyside and the Mayor of Knowsley. This achievement entitles JJ Smith to display the King's Award Emblem for the next five years. Founded in 1923 and proudly family-owned for four generations, JJ Smith has cemented its position as a leader in the woodworking machinery industry. The company serves a diverse range of sectors, including offsite construction, garden building manufacturing, door, staircase, and window production, educational institutions, and even the UK's prison system. Rachael Baker, managing director of JJ Smith, said: "This is an incredible honour for JJ Smith and our community in Knowsley. "Being one in only four businesses in Merseyside to receive the King’s Award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team. (Image: Supplied) "It reflects our commitment to excellence and innovation in the woodworking machinery industry and our ongoing efforts to give back to the local community. "We take pride in providing opportunities for young people in Knowsley and supporting businesses across the Liverpool City Region to engage with their communities." JJ Smith's strength lies in its close collaboration with global suppliers, enabling the development of technology and tailored solutions. With a team of skilled professionals, the company ensures customers receive technically advanced and cost-effective machinery, maximising productivity and meeting complex production requirements. This achievement underscores JJ Smith's position as a forward-thinking leader in international trade.
Quest Partners LLC increased its holdings in Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. ( NYSE:HE – Free Report ) by 126.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,983 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,453 shares during the period. Quest Partners LLC’s holdings in Hawaiian Electric Industries were worth $77,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries by 1.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 11,059,244 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $124,638,000 after purchasing an additional 160,815 shares in the last quarter. Seven Grand Managers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,888,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries by 23.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 638,156 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $5,756,000 after acquiring an additional 120,208 shares in the last quarter. Fernwood Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries by 82.8% during the 3rd quarter. Fernwood Investment Management LLC now owns 133,175 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,289,000 after acquiring an additional 60,335 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversified Trust Co purchased a new position in shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries in the second quarter valued at $372,000. 59.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries from $14.00 to $11.50 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 30th. Hawaiian Electric Industries Price Performance Shares of HE stock opened at $10.41 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.79 billion, a P/E ratio of -0.88 and a beta of 0.53. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $10.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $11.16. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. has a one year low of $7.61 and a one year high of $18.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 0.18 and a quick ratio of 0.18. Hawaiian Electric Industries ( NYSE:HE – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by ($0.07). The firm had revenue of $983.38 million for the quarter. Hawaiian Electric Industries had a positive return on equity of 11.12% and a negative net margin of 35.38%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.37 EPS. About Hawaiian Electric Industries ( Free Report ) Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the electric utility businesses in the United States. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Bank, and Other. The Electric Utility segment engages in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. Read More Five stocks we like better than Hawaiian Electric Industries Which Wall Street Analysts are the Most Accurate? The Latest 13F Filings Are In: See Where Big Money Is Flowing Top Stocks Investing in 5G Technology 3 Penny Stocks Ready to Break Out in 2025 Do Real Estate Investment Trusts Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio? FMC, Mosaic, Nutrien: Top Agricultural Stocks With Big Potential Want to see what other hedge funds are holding HE? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. ( NYSE:HE – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Hawaiian Electric Industries Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Hawaiian Electric Industries and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Honey, they shrunk the catalogs. While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the printed gift guides arriving in their mailboxes are smaller. Watch NBC Bay Area News 📺 Streaming free 24/7 Many of the millions of catalogs getting sent to U.S. homes were indeed scaled down to save on postage and paper, resulting in pint-sized editions. Lands’ End, Duluth Trading Company and Hammacher Schlemmer are among gift purveyors using smaller editions. Some retailers are saving even more money with postcards. Lisa Ayoob, a tech-savvy, online shopper in Portland, Maine, was surprised by the size of a recent catalog she received from outdoor apparel company Carbon2Cobalt. “It almost felt like it was a pamphlet compared to a catalog,” she said. Catalogs have undergone a steady recalibration over the years in response to technological changes and consumer behavior. The thick, heavy Sears and J.C. Penney catalogs that brought store displays to American living rooms slimmed down and gave way to targeted mailings once websites could do the same thing. Recent postal rate increases accelerated the latest shift to compact formats. The number of catalogs mailed each year dropped about 40% between 2006 to 2018, when an estimated 11.5 billion were mailed to homes, according to the trade group formerly known as the American Catalog Mailers Association. In a sign of the times, the group based in Washington rebranded itself in May as the American Commerce Marketing Association, reflecting a broadened focus. But don't expect catalogs to go the way of dinosaurs yet. Defying predictions of doom, they have managed to remain relevant in the e-commerce era. Retail companies found that could treat catalogs with fewer pages as a marketing tool and include QR and promo codes to entice customers to browse online and complete a purchase. Despite no longer carrying an extended inventory of goods, catalogs are costly to produce and ship. But they hold their own in value because of growing digital advertising costs, helping retailers cut through the noise for consumers barraged by multi-format advertisements, industry officials say. In an unlikely twist, notable e-commerce companies like Amazon and home goods supplier Wayfair started distributing catalogs in recent years. Amazon began mailing a toy catalog in 2018. That was the same year Sears, which produced an annual Christmas Wish Book Wish starting in 1933, filed for bankruptc y. Fans of printed information may rejoice to hear that apparel retailer J.Crew relaunched its glossy catalog this year. Research shows that the hands-on experience of thumbing through a catalog leaves a greater impression on consumers, said Jonathan Zhang, a professor of marketing at Colorado State University. “The reason why these paper formats are so effective is that our human brains haven’t evolved as fast as technology and computers over the past 10 to 20 years. We retain more information when we read something on paper. That's why paper books remain relevant," Zhang said. “The psychology shows that three-dimensional, tactile experiences are more memorable.” Pint-sized presentations still can work, though, because the purpose of catalogs these days is simply to get customers’ attention, Zhang said. Conserving paper also works better with younger consumers who are worried about the holiday shopping season's impact on the planet, he said. Postal increases are hastening changes. The latest round of postage hikes in July included the category with the 8.5-by-11-inch size that used to be ubiquitous for the catalog industry. Many retailers responded by reducing the size of catalogs, putting them in a lower-cost letter category, said Paul Miller, executive vice president and managing director of the American Commerce Marketing Association. One size, called a “slim jim,” measures 10.5 by 5.5 inches. But there other sizes. Some retailers have further reduced costs by mailing large postcards to consumers. Lands' End, for one, is testing new compact formats to supplement its traditional catalogs. This year, that included folded glossy brochures and postcards, along with other formats, Chief Transformation Officer Angie Rieger said. Maine resident Ayoob said she understands why retailers still use catalogs even though she no longer is a fan of the format. These days, she prefers to browse for products on the internet, not by flipping through paper pages. “Everybody wants eyeballs. There’s so much out there -- so many websites, so many brands,” said Ayoob, who spent 35 years working in department stores and in the wholesale industry. Targeting customers at home is not a new concept. L.L. Bean was a pioneer of the mail-order catalog after its founder promoted his famous “Maine Hunting Shoe” to hunting license holders from out-of-state in 1912. The outdoor clothing and equipment company based in Freeport, Maine, is sticking to mailing out regular-sized catalogs for now. “By showcasing our icons, the catalog became an icon itself,” L.L. Bean spokesperson Amanda Hannah said. "Even as we invest more in our digital and brand marketing channels, the catalog retains a strong association with our brand, and is therefore an important part of our omni-channel strategy, especially for our loyal customers.”
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Threads Is Testing the Ability to Pick Your Default FeedNEW YORK (AP) — Sneaking a little ahead of line to get on that plane faster? American Airlines might stop you . In an apparent effort to reduce the headaches caused by airport line cutting, American has rolled out boarding technology that alerts gate agents with an audible sound if a passenger tries to scan a ticket ahead of their assigned group. This new software won't accept a boarding pass before the group it's assigned to is called, so customers who get to the gate prematurely will be asked to go back and wait their turn. As of Wednesday, the airline announced, the technology is now being used in more than 100 U.S. airports that American flies out of. The official expansion arrives after successful tests in three of these locations — Albuquerque International Sunport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Tucson International Airport. The initial response from customers and American employees "has exceeded our expectations," Julie Rath, American’s senior vice president of airport operations, reservations and service recovery, said in a statement. She added that the airline is “thrilled" to have the technology up and running ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday . American got lots of attention when it unveiled its gate-control testing last month. Analysts say that isn't surprising. It's no secret that line cutting in airports hits a nerve. Whether intentional or not, just about every air traveler has witnessed it, noted Henry Harteveldt, an airline industry analyst with Atmosphere Research Group. It can add to frustrations in what can already be a tense environment, with particular anxiety around passengers wanting to sit together or rushing for some overhead bin space. Harteveldt doesn't see American's recent move as “shaming” customers who cut the line. “What it is intended to do is bring order out of chaos,” he said. "And I hope it will defuse any potential flare ups of anger (from) people who simply think they're entitled to board out of turn .... It’s just not fair." Harteveldt added that he thinks this change will enhance the experiences of both customers and gate agents. Others say more time will tell. Seth Miller, editor and founder of air travel experience analysis site PaxEx.aero , said he can see the benefits of more orderly and universal gate-control enforcement, particularly for airlines. But he said he isn't “100% convinced this is perfect for passengers" just yet. Families, for example, might be booked on several different reservations across more than one group, he said. Airlines typically have workarounds for that, and American noted Wednesday that customers traveling with a companion in an earlier group can simply have a gate agent “override the alert” to continue boarding. Still, Miller said, “you have to go through the extra hoops.” And a difficult customer still might choose to hold up the line and argue when they're not allowed to board, he added. Another question is whether customers who encounter a beep will walk away feeling embarrassed. But Harteveldt said he was happy to learn that American's alert is “not a bellowing sound that can be heard throughout the terminal,” or accompanied by your name read over a loudspeaker, noting that this is important to avoid feelings of shame. Expanding this technology just a week before peak Thanksgiving travel could be “both good and bad,” Harteveldt adds. On one hand, the tech could help significantly improve the boarding process during such a busy time, he said, but airport employees might also have appreciated more time to prepare. Both Miller and Harteveldt said they wouldn't be surprised if other carriers soon follow American's lead. Headaches over airport line cutting are far from new. While maybe not to the extent of American's new tech, Miller noted he's seen gate agents from other airlines ask people to leave a line and wait for their group. Harteveldt added that he's been to some airports in Asia and Europe with “sliding doors” that ensure passengers are in the right group before boarding a plane. The more than 100 airports that American is now using its gate-control technology in are all spoke, or non-hub, locations — including Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airline says it expects to further expand to its hubs and other airports in the coming months.
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