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Holiday Retail Sales Growth Forecast — Half Last Year’s Total (TGT, M, JWN, JCP, DDS, LTD, GPS, SSI, ZUMZ, BKE, COST)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 9:14 am

Retail sales for the coming holiday season are expected to be about 3% higher than 2010 sales. Not bad, considering that US GDP growth predictions are now below 2%; not ...
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Do Costco’s Earnings Spell Trouble? (COST, WMT, TGT, BBY, DG)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 8:53 am

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter and full fiscal year earnings before markets opened this morning. The headline numbers look pretty good, but the fine print might ...
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Retail Round-Up: Back-to-School Creates Winners & Losers (COST, TGT, M,SKS, JWN, JCP, KSS, GPS, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, XRT, RTH)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 10:51 am

Retail sales in August put up solid gains that were slowed somewhat by the effects of Hurricane Irene along the eastern seaboard. Among the stores reporting sales numbers today are ...
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Lowe’s Joins Big Box Buyback Parade (LOW, HD, WMT, TGT, COST, BBY, AAPL)

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 9:45 am

Shares in home improvement store Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) were trading higher by around 3% in the pre-market this morning on news that the company will initiate a $5 ...
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Target’s Earnings Secret: Wealthier Customers (TGT, WMT, COST, HD, LOW, XRT, VCR)

Posted: August 17, 2011 at 8:53 am

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported earnings this morning and the second quarter results were solid if not spectacular. Target posted EPS of $1.03 vs. expectations of $0.97. Net profit rose ...
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Wal-Mart Took a Shot at BJ’s, Missed (WMT, BJ, COST)

Posted: August 8, 2011 at 8:29 am

When your business hasn't shown much sign of growth for several years running, maybe it's time to change strategy. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has been trying to grow ...
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High Unemployment Could Provide a Lift for Some Stocks (V, MA, DFS, AXP, MCD, YUM, WEN, COST, DG, WMT)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 9:23 am

Many economists don't believe that the US debt ceiling is the biggest problem the country faces. In their view the most compelling issue is unemployment, currently at 9.1% and, given ...
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June’s Unexpected Sales Jump for Retailers (COST, M, LTD, TGT, SSI)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 8:36 am

The month of June looks to have been pretty good for some U.S. retailers. Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M), Limited Brands Inc. (NYSE: LTD), Target Corp. ...
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RadioShack is Doomed (RSH, BBY, WMT, TGT, COST, VZ, VOD, S, T)

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 10:42 am

Shares in RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) are trading lower today than they were five years ago. The stock peaked in July 2007 at around $35/share and hit a low below ...
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Retail Sales Triumph Over Nasty Weather (COST, TGT, BJ, BIG, WMT, LTD, GPS, AEO, DDS, M, JCP)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 10:54 am

All that snow in January didn't keep shoppers at home, apparently, as retailers posted a 4.2% increase in same-store sales for the month. That topped estimates that had started at ...
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The Top 10 Layoffs Of 2010

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 5:59 am

The rate at which people are losing jobs in the United States has decreased, according to economic data. There is also information, which includes the December ADP report, that suggests ...
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Costco Same-Store Sales Up 9%

Posted: December 2, 2010 at 6:20 am

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) same-stores sales rose 9% in November. For the four weeks which ended November 28, international same-store activity was up 13%. The huge big box retailer said it had ...
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