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Jaime Katz
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Bath & Body Provides the Silver Lining on L Brands’ Performance, Driving 2019 Profit Growth

Narrow-moat L Brands' segments continue to offer mixed results, with Bath & Body Works delivering another stellar quarter of 13% comp growth, while Victoria’s Secret’s 5% comp decline continues to languish. But with management no longer distracted by margin-dilutive brands like Henri Bendel and LaSenza, we expect a renewed focus on restoring brand equity at the lingerie business, which in turn should drive improving comp-store sales and profitability at the VS segment over the rest of 2019. ...
Underlying
L Brands Inc.

L Brands is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a specialty retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, personal care, beauty and home fragrance products. The company sells its merchandise through company-owned specialty retail stores in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland and Greater China, and through its websites and other channels. The company's other international operations are primarily through franchise, license and wholesale partners. The company has three reportable segments: Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works International. The company operates the following retail brands: Victoria's Secret, PINK and Bath & Body Works.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Jaime Katz

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