Abercrombie & Fitch CEO on NFL partnership, state of the consumer and impact of tariffs
CNBC Television· 2025-09-04 15:52
Partnership & Expansion - Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) announces a multi-year fashion partnership with the NFL, marking a first for both entities [1][2] - The partnership expands beyond licensing to include events and a style concierge program with NFL players [3] - A&F initially tested the NFL partnership with 5 teams and now represents 32 teams, including men's, women's, kids', and pets' apparel [2][3] Target Audience & Market Opportunity - The NFL partnership aims to increase brand awareness by aligning with sports, culture, and fashion trends [4] - A&F recognizes that half of the NFL fandom is female, presenting an opportunity to cater to both male and female consumers [5] - A&F sees the market as large enough for both them and competitors like Fanatics, given the tens of millions of viewers tuning in each weekend [5] Strategic Focus - A&F aims to provide apparel for pre-game, after-game, and game day, helping customers represent their favorite teams [6] - A&F focuses on aligning product, voice, and experience to attract consumers regardless of the economic climate [7] - A&F has a resilient playbook to manage challenges like tariffs, focusing on controlling what they can [8]
We haven't seen the big inflation fears form from tariffs, says UBS' Alan Rechtschaffen
CNBC Television· 2025-09-04 15:49
Meanwhile, let's stick with the Fed and the path forward for rate cuts following ADP this morning showed a dramatic slowdown in private sector hiring during the month of August. Joining us here at Post9 this morning is UBS Global Wealth Senior Portfolio Manager Alan Rexoff. And Alan, welcome back.Good to have you. >> Carl, it's great to be here. Hi.>> Were you were you unnerved by ADP. >> Uh, you know, I think what you're seeing is that there is a focus now on employment and because of that, you're seeing 9 ...
Lowe’s gets answers faster with GPT-5
OpenAI· 2025-09-04 15:47
With every generation, the GPT3 continues to raise the bar and surprise us in a very positive way. Simplifying how you shop for home improvement is not an easy task. At Lowe's, it's all about helping the customers with their complex projects in their houses.It is really around applying reasoning with speed. And that is what we've been able to see so far with GPT5. The number of steps have definitely come down which means it makes it much easier for the associate to get to the answer for our customers.It's b ...
BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt on bullish outlook for the sports betting business
CNBC Television· 2025-09-04 15:47
This is one of the most exciting times of the year for the nation's sports books because they get so much fan enthusiasm and win over a lot of new customers. I'm at the Bank of America Gaming and Lodging Conference in New York City and with me is Bet MGM CEO Adam Greenblat. It's good to see you today. It's always good to see you.What are you expecting when NFL launches and college football of course and genders a lot of excitement. How is this important to your business. So um football as a sport is the big ...
HPE CEO on earnings beat, growth strategy and closing on Juniper acquisition
CNBC Television· 2025-09-04 15:46
HPE Hulip Packard Enterprise higher this morning after delivering a beat across the board in its fiscal Q3 raising guidance into year end as well pointing to significant growth potential that's being driven right now by AI. Joining us here first on CNBC is HPE CEO Antonio Neri. Welcome back Antonio.It's great to have you. >> Good morning Sarah. Thanks for having me.>> So talk a little bit about what you're seeing on the on the demand side that's also giving you confidence to raise guidance. Well, S demand h ...
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins on sports betting's biggest season
CNBC Television· 2025-09-04 15:43
NFL kickoff and this is a huge opportunity for the nation's sports books in terms of winning new customers and growing the wagering pool. We're at the Bank of America Gaming and Lodging Conference in New York City and with me is DraftKings CEO Jason Robbins. Give me a sense of how big an opportunity it is when we start seeing pro football and college football for that matter kicking off again.Well, this is the biggest time of year for us, as you said, for acquiring customers, engaging our customers, you kno ...
Mercedes is bringing back the iconic Convertible G-Wagon Again
Bloomberg Television· 2025-09-04 15:43
The G is a legend. It's an icon in our uh portfolio. So uh yes, there is another surprise coming on uh Sunday in Munich at the IAA.We will uh announce the rebirth of the G-Class Cabriolet. So the last time we had it, I think the last series was in 2013. You could buy it.We had a final edition. Um, if you had bought one of those, uh, and I know that Bloomberg viewers are savvy business people, you would have gotten it a little bit north of $100,000. If you want to buy one now, a used one, albeit, uh, you pro ...
Kennedy: 'I don't think anybody knows' how many Americans died of Covid
NBC News· 2025-09-04 15:40
Now, Could you do you accept the fact that a million Americans died from CO. I don't know how many died. You're the Secretary of Health and Human Services.You don't have any idea how many Americans died from CO. >> I don't think anybody knows that because the there was so much data chaos coming out of the CDC and there was incentives and these are >> you don't know the answer of how many Americans from CO. This is the Secretary of Health and Human Services.Do you think the vaccine did anything to prevent ad ...
From Clay to Canvas | Ninad Kadam & Vijay Pakhare | TEDxRAPodarCollege
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-04 15:39
[संगीत] आपल्या केवळ पदस्पर्शाने शिळा स्वरूप अहिल्याला पुनर्जीवित करणारे प्रभू श्रीराम गीत रामायणातल हे गाणं लहानपणी जेव्हा जेव्हा कानावर पडायचं तेव्हा चमत्कारिकच वाटायचं असं कसं कोणी कोणाला दगडातून जिवंत करू शकतं असा प्रश्न पडायचा किंवा हे सगळं दैवी आहे हे देवालाच जमू शकतं असं वाटायचं पण चित्रकार मूर्तिकार शिल्पकार हात चमत्कार त्यांच्या कलेच्या माध्यमातून रोज प्रत्यक्ष साकारत असतात त्यांच्या कुंचल्यातून छिन्नीतून मातीने बरबटलेल्या हातातून अनेक कलाकृती आकार घेतात जिवंत होतात ही अशाच एका मातीतल्या कलाकाराची ग ...
Living finite on a finite Earth | Chetan Singh Solanki | TEDxRAPodarCollege
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-04 15:39
[Music] happy morning everyone. Though I was introduced as a professor in solar energy but I'm not going to talk to you anything about solar energy. By the way my name is Chetan Singh Solanki.I'm a professor of IIT Bombay. I'm a married person. I have two daughters.But I have left my home for 11 years. Not because I have gone crazy, you know, but because there is some serious issue and problem that we need to discuss. And that is what I'm going to present you today.By the way, I left my home but I made this ...