Athleisure

Brean Capital has initiated coverage at Buy for eight stocks in the branded apparel and footwear space. Despite stretched valuations, the firm sees five key growth themes in the industry over the next two years. Leading companies will continue to focus on high-margin, direct-to-customer services...

Sportswear – especially the athletic footwear market – is seeing a rapid growth as of late, with sales continuing to rise. However, among the two most prominent names in the category, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) and Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UA), which one should investors put their money in to...

The last missive back in March discussed how subtle changes in Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU)'s visual merchandising led me to believe that the company had some very clever— and accretive-- line extensions into higher fashion, higher margin—"off the mat" apparel and a nascent swimwear line....

Retail expert and Talented Blonde CEO Kristin Bentz told Benzinga that the Goldman Sachs downgrade of Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) was unexpected and completely overblown. "If you read the comments in the note, they are calling it best-in-class but then putting a Sell on it. It...