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Lululemon is flashing warning signs. The athletic apparel brand just posted its worst comparable sales decline since the Great Recession, down nine percent, raising serious questions about whether new CEO Heidi O'Neill can reverse course or whether the brand has structurally lost its grip on the premium consumer.
Shifting to the courtroom, Google cleared a major legal hurdle when a federal judge declined to break up its ad tech business, opting instead for behavioral remedies. The irony here is sharp — ad tech is the one Google segment actually shrinking, so the legal victory preserves a business that's already under fundamental commercial pressure.
And in healthcare software, Phreesia shares tumbled despite a sharp rise in net income. The market's message was blunt — good isn't good enough. Analysts had priced in better, and when guidance or beats fall short of elevated expectations, the stock pays the price regardless of the headline profit number.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
