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UBS Likes Specialty Retail: Time to Sell Department Stores

Posted: May 16, 2013 at 8:10 am

The American consumer has remained pretty consistent in 2013, helping to push along a still very slow economic recovery. One place they have spent money is the department stores around ...
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Jefferies Best Specialty Retailer Stocks to Buy

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 8:15 am

Consumer purchasing comprises almost 70% of the gross domestic product calculation. With a rising stock market and home values increasing, consumers are feeling better in 2013 than they have felt in ...
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Good News (Mostly) on Retail Sales (M, TGT, COST, LTD, WTSLA, GPS)

Posted: August 30, 2012 at 9:07 am

Several retailers are announcing August same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. The good results are pushing share prices close to or above current highs. Here’s a rundown: ...
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Preliminary Data Shows Retail Sales Floundering in June

Posted: July 2, 2012 at 11:12 am

Retail Metrics is out with its preliminary targets on June same-store sales and the report is one of caution.  The firm is now expecting only a 1.0% growth in the ...
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Select Winners & Losers Expected in May Retail Sales Data

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 10:03 am

Retail Metrics is out with its forecasts showing that it still expects that the May 2012 Same Store Sales Index will come in with a gain of 1.7% for the ...
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Retail Sales Mostly Holding Up So Far In May

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 9:09 am

Redbook Research reports each week on the status of retail sales.  Usually these weekly reports do not really matter but this week may be an exception even if these are ...
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Target Hikes Earnings Estimate (TGT)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 8:55 am

Big box retailer Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) this morning announced a 7.3% same-store sales boost in March compared with March 2011. The company’s CEO was pleasantly surprised: March sales were ...
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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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Retail Sales Roundup (COST, TGT, JCP, KSS, DDS, JWN, SKS, SSI, M, GPS, TJX, LTD, ROST, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, WAG)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 12:24 pm

US retailers are reporting December same-store sales today, and here’s a wrap-up of the results as of about 10 a.m. this morning. Reports were in from Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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November Same-Store Sales Mixed, Winners and Losers (LTD, TLB, COST, TGT, M, DDS, JWN, KSS, GPS, ROST, JCP, TJX, LULU, SSI, PIR)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 10:17 am

Retailers are reporting November sales this morning and the results are decidely mixed. The best report we’ve seen so far this morning is from Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) and ...
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McDonald’s Wins Again, Same Store Rockets

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 8:31 am

The recession-proof, big-dividend-paying, 52-week-high-trading, largest fast food company on the globe, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) posted remarkable same-store sales worldwide. McDonald's global comparable sales growth of 5.5% in October. In the U.S., ...
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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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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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McDonald’s: Lifting All Boats? (MCD, YUM, SBUX, DNKN, GMCR)

Posted: August 8, 2011 at 10:20 am

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) announced this morning that US same-store sales in July increased by 4.4%. In the announcement, the company noted especially its McCafe drinks and its "market-leading breakfast." ...
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What Recession? More Strength in Retail Sales Expected (WAG, LTD, TJX, ROST, GPS, LULU, PSMT, BODY, BKE, CHS, TIF)

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 11:29 am

This week marks the release of the waves of same-store sales for the month of July and at least one research outfit is calling for strength to remain high enough ...
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