Retailers from Coach to Lululemon are searching social-media sites for photos of their products and embracing the use of such photos, with real people showcasing their apparel, on retail websites.

Investors that favored conservative dividend plays, such as consumer staples and utilities, fattened their wallets in Q1. However, in the coming months, investments are likely to move into new sectors.

ByMichael Blair:Lululemon (LULU) has been a marvelous investment for the past several years with sales growth approaching 40% and profitability growing in tandem. Today, it has a balance sheet with almost $600 million cash, no long term debt and prof

Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.

A retirement fund for police and firefighters is suing Lululemon after the company raised executive bonuses a week before recalling its yoga pants for being too sheer.  The suit, filed by the Hallandale Beach Police Officers and Firefighter

May 3 (Reuters) - Lululemon Athletica Inc was sued by a pension fund shareholder on Friday that wants to know if the board of directors...

May 3 (Reuters) - Lululemon Athletica Inc was sued by a pension fund shareholder on Friday that wants to know if the board of directors wasted corporate assets by increasing potential bonuses for executives on the eve of a recall of yogawear that cou

May 3 (Reuters) - Lululemon Athletica Inc was suedby a pension fund shareholder on Friday that wants to know ifthe board of directors wasted corporate assets by increasingpotential bonuses for executives on the eve of a recall ofyogawear that could c

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- CHANGE IN RATINGS Bed Bath & Beyond Bed Bath & Beyond was downgraded from outperform to perform at Oppenheimer.Lululemon Lululemon was downgraded to neutral from outperform. at Wedbush $75 price target. Quality erosion, rising

Los Angeles Lakers guard Darius Morris says Kobe Bryant used a business analogy to motivate him this year. At his exit interview with the LA media today, Morris said he sat next to Kobe all year on the team plane and gleaned a lot of knowledge from h

Stephen Mandel took advantage of the pullback in Lululemon's stock related to the recent recalls due to the "sheerness" of its pants,

By Road Less Invested:With its recent close of $75.78, lululemon's (LULU) stock price has more than recovered from the recent "pants-gate" scandal and is within striking distance of its all-time high. In fact, the stock is currently over 10% above it

What you can learn from Lululemon's recent yoga pant recall.

Lululemon actually benefitted from having to recall 17% of its yoga pants for being too sheer last month. The yoga retailer's shares are soaring on news that it would probably replenish all of its pants by early June, the Financial Post reported. Thi

Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.

Lululemon is discounting its black luon yoga pants after the sheer pants debacle that resulted in a massive recall.  Brian Sozzi, chief equities strategist at Belus Capital, noticed a pair of the pants for sale at a Philadelphia store. Dozens of

Lululemon's stringent return policy is a frequent complaint among customers.  The retailer doesn't accept any returns after two weeks, and even then only takes items with original tags that have never been worn.  Meanwhile, Lululemon's bigg

After a major recall of yoga pants for being too sheer, it’s not surprising that heads are rolling at Lululemon. The company announced yesterday that its top product executive is leaving, only a few weeks after Lululemon had to pull pants from

Lululemon Athletica Inc., reeling from last month’s recall of yoga pants that were too sheer, said its chief product officer will leave her post April 15.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lululemon Athletica Inc.was cut to sector perform from outperform by RBC on Thursday after the company late Wednesday said its chief product officer Sheree Waterson is leaving. Her departure came in the wake of the Luon pant

Lululemon, the maker of yoga clothing, announced that its top product executive is out after last month's see-through yoga pants fiasco.

The Canadian yoga wear maker said incomplete testing protocols were to blame for its see-through pants problem.

Lululemon's chief product officer will leave the company as the clothing retailer addresses quality problems with some of its yoga pants.

* Stationing staff in factories; changing testing process

Last month, Lululemon recalled 17 percent of its pants for being too sheer.  The incident blew the door wide open for Lululemon's mounting competition, cost the company millions of dollars, and resulted in the resignation of its chief product of

NEW YORK -- Lululemon said Wednesday that its chief product officer is stepping down, as it updated the production problems it has had with see-through...

Canadian retailer gives no indication of when product line-up will return to normal amid see-through yoga pants crisis

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lululemon Athletica Inc. , grappling with the aftereffects of the recall of its black Luon pants for see-through issues, said Wednesday afternoon that its chief product officer Sheree Waterson will leave the company, effecti

Lululemon Chief Product Officer Sheree Waterson is leaving Lululemon just weeks after the company had to recall 17 percent of its pants for being too sheer.  Her last day is April 15, according to a tweet by Bloomberg News. She's been overseeing

Lululemon dumps chief product officer; ex-Goldman trader pleads guilty to fraud; the Fed's subprime auto-loan bubble; Disney shuts down LucasArts.

April 3 (Reuters) - Lululemon Athletica Inc's Chief Product Officer Sheree Waterson will leave the company, the yogawear retailer said on Wednesday, as it gave an update on a March announcement that it was recalling pants that were unacceptably sheer

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The yoga retailer faced an embarrassing situation last week, but can it bounce back?

A disgruntled customer says that Lululemon employees made her bend over to prove her pants were see-through.  The yoga retailer announced it was recalling 17 percent of its pants last week because many were too sheer.  The Consumerist first

NEW YORK (AP) — No "downward-facing dog" is required. Lululemon on Wednesday says no demonstrations of yoga or any other positions are needed to return...

Here’s the problem with Lululemon’s now-infamous see-through yoga pants: they look and feel pretty much the same as pants that aren’t see-through. There’s really only one way to tell whether they’re truly see-through. Yo

In a report by Macquarie analyst Lizz Dunn, a survey of Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) customers showed that nearly one-third of the group said they are "less likely" to buy products from the company after its recent product quality problems.Shares of Lulu

By Bill Maurer: It's been a tough couple of weeks for Canadian yoga and apparel retailer lululemon (LULU). The company warned for fiscal Q1 on the heels of a black luon pants shortage, which was due to certain products not meeting technical specifica

Lululemon says customers don't have to demonstrate 'sheerness of their bottoms.'

Lululemon appears to be in the process of a long-term breakdown while Gap has shown impressive strength in the last year.

Competitors are challenging Lululemon's status as the golden child of retail. Once lauded for its revolutionary business model the yoga retailer has fallen on hard times recently. Last week, the company recalled 17 percent of its pants for being too

Check out Jim Cramer's latest trading recommendations on"Action Alerts Plus".NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Here's what Jim Cramer had to say on CNBC's "Squawk On The Street" Monday:Cramer said that perhaps he was too hard on Lululemon Athleticaafter the co

The company is struggling with product quality and sales growth -- two of its most fundamental strengths.

Has lululemon got quality control issues?

Lululemon recently recalled 17 percent of the yoga pants it sells in stores after they were found to be too sheer.  The loss is expected to cost the company around $60 million, CEO Christine Day said in an earnings conference call yesterday.&nbs

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