Limited Brands News

Auto insurer Progressive Corp. said Monday that Stuart Burgdoerfer, chief financial officer of retailer Limited Brands Inc., has been named to fill a vacancy on Progressive's board.

Victoria's Secret stores also are spreading beyond U.S. borders. With consumer spending down drastically during the recession, two major central Ohio-based retailers are looking for ways to bolster their bottom line.

Most U.S. stocks rose, trimming a weekly loss for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, as better-than-estimated retail sales and consumer confidence data bolstered optimism that the economic recovery is strengthening.

Columbus Academy students recently learned from two accomplished people the qualities of a leader.

Filed under: Target Corp. , Costco Wholesale , Black Friday , Limited Brands Sluggish retail sales in November didn't stop retailers from adding bodies.

Filed under: Wal-Mart , Costco Wholesale , Abercrombie and Fitch , Limited Brands Two months of momentum and Black Friday weren't enough to make November a winner for retailers.

The Victoria's Secret fashion show certainly gained a lot of attention from media outlets, this past week.

Retail stocks inched higher Thursday, with the sector's main indicator gaining slightly in the face of mixed November sales numbers.

Retailers are reporting sluggish sales results for November as a modestly positive start to the holiday shopping season wasn't strong enough to offset weak spending the rest of the month.

Call players pounced on Limited Brands, Inc. on Tuesday, as investors await the retailer's November sales figures, slated for release before the bell tomorrow.

Stocks sold off sharply to start September, October, and November but equities opened December -- typically among the market's best months -- with no such worries as the Dow ended above 10,500 for the first time in over a year.

At the Victoria's Secret annual fashion show in New York's Lexington Armory, supermodel and television host Heidi Klum surprised the guests with a runway appearance just weeks after giving birth.

Limited Stores CEO Linda Heasley is enjoying the company's recent success, partly because, with the sale of the business in 2007, it made many changes before the full fury of the recession hit, moves that now are paying off.

Zacks.com releases the latest Industry Outlook. Today, Zacks Equity Research discusses the Retail Industry, including Gap Inc.

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Dell , Intel , Market matters , Texas Instruments , Limited Brands , Honeywell Intl , United Technologies , Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the world's economies are getting too strong to obey these downgrades of Intel and TI.

This isn't the hot Victoria's Secret aims for. Limited Brands Inc., owner of the lingerie chain, is suing several shipping businesses and the owners of Rayovac batteries, seeking $578,549 plus interest and damages in compensation for goods damaged in a fire last year.

Limited Brands Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!ltd /quotes/nls/ltd , maker of Victoria Secret, on Wednesday reported a third-quarter profit of $14.9 million, or 5 cents a share, up from a profit of $4.2 million, or 1 cent a share, a year ago.

The development of community based leadership was the keynote topic Friday at the city of Birmingham's Economic Summit.

During the course of the session, the stock saw about 6,100 calls exchanged - more than doubling the number of LTD puts traded, and nearly five times its average daily volume of fewer than 1,250 calls.

Filed under: Google , Apple Inc , Dell , Hewlett-Packard , Market matters , Limited Brands , Cramer on BloggingStocks , Technology TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says traders who focus on the negative will pounce on this poor report.