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Retail Spending Meets Low Expectations

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 11:05 am

Retail sales growth in June were expected to be weak compared with sales a year ago, and the predictions came true. Sales growth last June was a tough comparison because ...
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June Retail Sales Headed for Modest Gain

Posted: July 2, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Retailers will be announcing June same-store sales this week, and industry research firm Retail Metrics is now predicting sales growth of just 1% for the month. The past weekend’s storms ...
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Retail, Restaurant Stocks Down on Obamacare Ruling (LULU, ROST, WMT, TGT, HD, CMG, MCD, YUM, SBUX)

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 2:55 pm

In what might seem to be an anomaly, retail stocks are getting dumped on today following the US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Obamacare. An retail group, the Retail Industry Leaders ...
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Retail Sales Figures Rise at Most Stores (COST, TGT, M, KSS, JWN, SKS, GPS, TJX, ROST, SSI, LTD, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ)

Posted: May 31, 2012 at 10:00 am

Retailers are reporting May same-store sales today and it looks like the predictions for modest growth are being realized. Research firm Retail Metrics Inc. forecast that same-store sales would grow ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 16, 2012

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors appeared to be reacting to a temporarily stronger euro, which indicated some confidence in the Eurozone generally. But ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (NSC, DNDN, EBAY, CELG, DLR, AXAS, AMCX, CATO, E, FF, ROST, TA, CLWT, TWER, AIXG, WGO, JVA, SCHL, FLML, VRS, EGLE, VRNG)

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm

Markets opened higher this morning after positive news on new unemployment benefits claims and manufacturing (more coverage here). Indexes have risen more or less steadily all day, with the S&P ...
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Retail Sales Push Higher in February (COST, TGT, KSS, JWN, SKS, SSI, M, GPS, TJX, LTD, ROST, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ)

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 11:53 am

Retailers have been posting same-store sales figures for February this morning, and most are posting better-than-expected numbers -- in some cases, much better than expected. We have reports from 15 ...
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