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Morning Movers (GMCR, GPS, RGDX, EDMC, SD)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 10:11 am

There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), ...
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Who Is at Fault at Avon?

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 6:46 am

Avon’s (NYSE: AVP) vice chairman, Charles Cramb, was fired as the federal government examines whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He may have known about bribes Avon made ...
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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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The Best and Worst Online Stores This Holiday

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A ...
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Media Digest (12/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 6:24 am

Obama nominates Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to take seats at the Federal Reserve. (Reuters) New York Times (NYSE: NYT) sells its regional media group for $143 million. (Reuters) The ...
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For Those With Retail Trouble, the Problems Worsen Online

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 5:25 am

Research firm ForeSee released its customer satisfaction ratings for the shopping season -- its Holiday E-retail Satisfaction Index. The e-commerce ratings mirror, in most cases, the states of the parent companies’ ...
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Sears Will Not Close Enough Stores

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 10:53 am

The numbers do not add up. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has over 4,000 full-line and specialty stores. Same-store sales for the eight weeks that ended December 25 were down 5.2%. ...
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Retail Stocks Investors Abandoned May Be Crippled for Good

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Sears ...
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Best and Worst Run Companies in America

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:26 am

Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations ...
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A Slew of Layoffs

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:24 am

Layoffs were part of the business news yesterday. Enough people lost jobs in a series of three “downsizings” to reminds those who believe unemployment continues to fall that the economy ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/2/2011) Chrysler Victory, Google Chrome Surge

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:41 am

The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. ...
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Google E-commerce Plan May Further Damage Traditional Retailers

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:23 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will start an e-commerce business to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon is the devil to struggling bricks-and-mortar companies that want more online sales. But Google eventually ...
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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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Media Digest (11/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomerg

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 5:18 am

Research firm GfK reports that brand loyalty to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is much higher than to other wireless products (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) began to ready itself for the probable end ...
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The Last Stand for Gap and Best Buy CEOs

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 6:13 am

The CEOs of Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) are at the ends of their respective ropes. If each company has poor holiday sales, as is expected, both chief ...
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