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Walmart Posts New All-Time High

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) posted an all-time high over $73/share this morning as investors continue to react to yesterday’s terrible earnings report from Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU). ...
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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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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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Discount Retailer’s Results are Good, But Not Good Enough (FDO, DG, DLTR, WMT, TGT, COST, SHLD)

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 8:49 am

Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported results for its third fiscal quarter this morning that were pretty much in line with expectations. EPS came in at $1.06 ...
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What Happened to the Sears Rally? (SHLD, JCP, BBY, BKS, WMT, TGT, COST)

Posted: June 25, 2012 at 10:04 am

Over the last three months shares of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) have lost about a quarter of their value, falling from near $85 to around $52. In the three ...
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Web’s Top Properties the Usual Suspects (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, FB, AOL, AMZN, WMT, TGT)

Posted: June 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Internet research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its rankings of the top web properties for the month of May. The top 5 of the 50 sites ranked by ...
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Gardeners Not Planting, Scotts Not Fertilizing (SMG, HD, TGT, WMT)

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Lawn and garden products maker The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (NYSE: SMG) lowered its fiscal year guidance after markets closed last night, and the stock is taking a hit on very ...
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May Retail Sales Drop Again (AMZN, WMT, TGT, HD, LOW)

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 9:15 am

The US Census Bureau reported this morning that retail sales in May fell by -0.2% month-over-month. Compared with May 2011, however, retail sales rose by 5.3%. For the three-month period ...
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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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After the Fall: Retail Stocks Upside Potential Remains (COST, WMT, TGT, M, KSS, JCP, GPS, LTD, AEO, ANF, TJX, DG)

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 11:22 am

Retailers have fared better than many other sectors over the past year, with the majority of share prices having risen although price to book values remain negative. Thus, either the ...
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Sears, Walmart Turnarounds?

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 8:21 am

Neither Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) nor Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was expected to post big numbers for the quarter just ended. And they didn’t -- but the numbers ...
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Target’s Results, Outlook Optimistic

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:34 am

Big box retailer Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) announced first quarter earnings this morning that were better than consensus estimates, and the company also raised its outlook for 2012. Target is ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 15, 2012

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Two of the three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors reacted to the news from Greece that no government could be formed and that a second ...
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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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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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