24/7 Wall St. has decided to investigate where inflation has the greatest potential to damage the economy. There is plenty of ground to cover. It is clear that the cost ... Read Full Story »
Companies locked in a struggle to remain viable and maintain their profits and sales sometimes begin to run out of customers. This happened to GM (NYSE: GM), which had a ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Market Perform ... Read Full Story »
Retail stores are reporting December sales today and the news is, at best mixed. Retailers reporting already include Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), BJ's Wholesale Club ... Read Full Story »
By Douglas A. McIntyre A look at the most expensive gifts sold by twelve retailers including Tiffany (NYSE: TIF), Target (NYSE: TGT), Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Apple (NYSE: AAPL, ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy ... Read Full Story »
Retailers are posting their November sales figures this morning, and the overall picture is looking bright. Shoppers are headed back to stores of every kind. Big-box retailer BJ's Wholesale Club ... Read Full Story »
Several experts estimate that as many as 130 million shoppers will visit stores or online retail sites on Black Friday. The number is deceiving. The National Retail Federation expects the ... Read Full Story »
Retailers are out with October sales reports and the news is mixed. Perhaps the biggest surprise was teen clothing store Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ:ZUMZ), which saw same-store sales soar 21.5% in ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley. ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Sell at Brean Murray. ... Read Full Story »
Bonds may be closed in observance of Columbus Day, but stocks are open for trading and there are analyst calls to watch. These are some of this Monday's key analyst ... Read Full Story »
We already knew that September was not going to be as cautious in retail sales compared to some of the summer months. What was not known was that some of ... Read Full Story »
This week will mark some key retail sales data for the month of September-2010 in same-store-sales. So far we are seeing some positive trends from many of the retailers and ... Read Full Story »
Retailers are reporting August same-store sales numbers today, and on the whole the reports are positive after a very cautious and dismal July. August is prime back-to-school shopping time, the ... Read Full Story »