Description: Shares of women’s apparel retailer J.Jill (JILL)plunged 50% Thursday after the company warned that sales would flag. The company said stores open at least a year may fall between 3% and 5% in the third quarter, and earnings would miss forecasts.

Source: CNNMoney.com – video report

Date: Oct 13, 2017

Link: http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/12/investing/jjill-retail-sales-plunge/index.html

Questions for discussion:

• What does this report say about retailing stocks?
• What might the IPO timing suggest about management thinking at the time?