How TV’s ‘Love Story’ helped Calvin Klein parent ease investor anxieties about consumer demand

How TV’s ‘Love Story’ helped Calvin Klein parent ease investor anxieties about consumer demandListen(3 min)Listen(3 min)Shares of PVH Corp., the parent of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, finished nearly 10% higher on Wednesday, as the TV miniseries “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” and 1990s nostalgia help buoy consumer demand and the company’s outlook through this year.The company offered that assessment as Wall Street looks for signs that consumers can still endure higher costs of living over this decade, made more complicated over the past month by the Iran war, which has driven up oil and gas prices. About the AuthorBill Peters is a Los Angeles-based MarketWatch reporter who covers earnings.A Dow Jones CompanyCopyright © 2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved.