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Retail Sales Show Small Increase in April

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 9:06 am

US retail sales rose 0.1% month-over-month in April following a jump of 6.6% in March. The difference is likely attributed to the warmer weather and the early Easter holiday pulling ...
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Smucker’s Drops Coffee Prices: Will Others Follow?

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:59 am

Food processor J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) announced this morning that it was lowering the price on its coffee brands by an average of 6% “in response to sustained declines ...
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Kohl’s, Nordstrom Disappoint, Dillard’s Shines (KSS, JWN, DDS, M, SKS, JCP)

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 11:55 am

Lost in the last night’s commotion over the $2 billion loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) were weak reports from retail Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Sears, Overstock, And Gilt Hammered In New E-Commerce Study

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:12 am

Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), and  Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) are not particularly well-regarded as brands or particularly well-liked by Wall St. Perhaps coincidentally, each shows up near ...
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Cautious Consumers Cancel Macy’s Results (M, JWN, SKS, JCP, KSS, DDS)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 9:11 am

Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) reported first quarter results this morning that beat estimates on both EPS and revenues. The soft spot was the company’s guidance, and that is taking the ...
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Enthusiasm About a JCPenney Turnaround Ends

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:31 am

JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) was set to be the next Sears or Kmart. But then Ron Johnson came on as CEO after a run as the head of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail ...
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An Earnings Overreaction in PetMed Express? (PETS)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 1:49 pm

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 ...
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Groupon Pushes Growth Over Net Results (GRPN)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 11:06 am

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) may still be a troubled stock compared to the recent IPO trends.  A couple of issues are helping it overcome some woes so far today.  The ...
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Major Defensive Hit: McDonald’s Crushed In Latin America (MCD, ARCO, YUM)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 12:58 pm

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is supposed to be the king of defensive stocks. It pays a dividend of close to 3%, it was the best performing DJIA component in 2011, ...
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What ‘The Scream’ Record Sale Means For Art & Collectibles (BID, AMZN, EBAY)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 11:06 am

Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) is almost magically trading lower this morning on a sell-the-news reaction after the auction house (and oldest listed company on the NYSE) posted a record auction price of ...
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Jana Already Taking Big Profits in Barnes & Noble (BKS, MSFT, LMCA)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 10:19 am

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 ...
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Visa & Mastercard Get DOJ Curveball (V, MA)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 9:48 am

Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) should both be trading higher this morning if you were only looking at the earnings reports from Wednesday.  Both credit card ...
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Retail Sales Figures Off to Slow Start (COST, TGT, M, GPS, SSI, LTD, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 8:41 am

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 ...
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Whole Foods Shows Great Earnings As Valuation Premium Looms (WFM)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 4:15 pm

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 ...
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Target Dumps Kindle Devices (TGT, AMZN, AAPL, BKS, MSFT, GOOG)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Retailing giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will discontinue selling the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers by this summer. The Kindle devices are made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and ...
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