Cosmetics maker Coty Inc. has today raised its offer for Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) to $24.75/share, up another $1.50/share from its original offer. In a letter to the Avon ... Read Full Story »
Shares of Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) have closed lower each of the last three days following the company’s extremely weak first quarter results. The door-to-door cosmetics firm took another ... Read Full Story »
Blame whatever you want. A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ... Read Full Story »
Fashion accessories maker Fossil Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) reported first quarter earnings this morning, and delivered more bad news than good. Investors are responding by fleeing the stock. The company, which ... Read Full Story »
If you only read about bed sales at the retail level and if you have watched recent IPOs up until recently, you might think that the sector was doing very ... Read Full Story »
PetMed Express Inc. (NASDAQ: PETS) is far from your usual company. The company specializes in online drug orders for your pets and it is arguable enough that the company could ... Read Full Story »
Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) is a controversial stock in all aspects. While some were hoping that buyout interest would remain and head higher, many are hoping that former CEO ... Read Full Story »
Cosmetics maker The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) reported results for its third fiscal quarter this morning that met expectations, but shares are getting knocked on lowered fourth quarter ... Read Full Story »
Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may be back in favor after the huge $600 million or so investment from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). Jana Partners disclosed in April that ... Read Full Story »
Retailers are reporting April same-store sales today and it looks like the predictions for modest growth will come true. Research firm Retail Metrics Inc. forecast that same-store sales would grow ... Read Full Story »
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) has reported its earnings and the report is not looking pretty. Second quarter sales were up 37% at $885.1 million and its earnings ... Read Full Story »
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) has managed to turn in yet another solid earnings report. The organic and natural foods grocer (and luxury store) has turned in $0.64 EPS ... Read Full Story »
The final projections from Retail Metrics are out and April is looking as though the same-store sales are going to come in up only 1.5%. If so, this will mark ... Read Full Story »
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) was a business that many expected was going to crash and burn. The world of free or nearly free personal navigation services from smartphones was just ... Read Full Story »
US retailers will report April same-store sales results this week and the outlook calls for a substantial drop from March’s gain of 3.9% to an April rise of just 1.4%. ... Read Full Story »