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Walmart to Hire 50,000 Holiday Workers (WMT, TGT, KSS)

Posted: September 21, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Breaking with its past practice, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said today that it plans to hire about 50,000 seasonal workers and to boost hours for its regular employees during ...
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Holiday Hiring Season Begins (KSS, M, JCP, TGT, BBY, FDX, UPS)

Posted: September 18, 2012 at 10:27 am

In 2010, U.S. firms hired an estimated 627,000 temporary workers to help meet demand for customer service, package handling and warehousing. Of that total, about 495,000 were hired in retail ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, ADP, BBVA, SAN, BIIB, DG, KSS, JBHT, KMI, KSS, PAYX, PSX, POT, RENN, SOHU, VLO, PAY, VOD, YOKU)

Posted: September 12, 2012 at 7:43 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) cut to Neutral at R.W. Baird. Automatic ...
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TJX Falls Despite Earnings Beat

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 10:18 am

TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) reported earlier this morning that its second-quarter profit came to $421 million, or $0.56 per share, and revenue totaled $6 billion. The results were up from ...
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JCPenney’s Results Awful, Stock Sinks (JCP, AAPL, TGT, KSS, AMZN, BBY)

Posted: August 10, 2012 at 7:49 am

JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) reported an adjusted second-quarter net loss of $0.37 per share and $3.02 billion in revenues before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a ...
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Kohl’s Opens Higher on Earnings Beat

Posted: August 9, 2012 at 9:39 am

Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS) opened higher this morning after the company posted a better-than-expected second-quarter profit as cost cutting offset weak sales. The retailer said its quarterly profit totaled $240 ...
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Media Digest (8/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 6, 2012 at 6:29 am

Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) raises $400 million. (CNBC) HTC reports that sales of its smartphones fell 45% year-over-year. (Reuters) The New York State Department of Financial Services apparently ...
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Resetting Retail Same-Store Sales Expectations, Winners and Losers (WAG, FRED, COST, TGT, JWN, KSS, ROST, TJX, KORS, CONN, LULU, FRAN, JCP, WTSLA)

Posted: July 30, 2012 at 9:48 am

Retail sales might not exactly be setting any blistering pace of growth, but Retail Metrics has a report out that shows a traffic boost at the end of July should ...
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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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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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June Retail Sales Predicted Soft (COST, LTD, SKS, BKE, JWN, KSS, KORS, LULU, ZUMZ, FRAN, ANF, DSW, BBBY, BODY)

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 9:35 am

Retails sales for the month of June are expected to show only modest growth according to research firm Retail Metrics Inc. June is not a particularly good month for most ...
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The 2012 Dividend Sinners: 20 Companies That Don’t Pay Dividends But Should

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 8:38 am

24/7 Wall St. loves companies which send capital back to shareholders via dividends.  With all of the uncertainty in today’s markets and in the fluctuating economy, having a solid dividend ...
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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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Retail Sector Gets Slammed (SHLD, KSS, M, JCP, BONT, DDS, SKS)

Posted: May 30, 2012 at 11:29 am

The S&P Retail Index is down -2% in the late morning today, considerably below the overall DJIA decline of -1.2%, and it’s not entirely clear what’s causing the drop. Sears ...
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