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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CCL, CHK, LNG, CQP, CREE, EXPE, FTE, GOOG, JNS, KR, MGM, ODP, OMX, PVH, RL, TEF, TXT)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Maintained Hold but cut ...
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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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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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Potential Upside for Specialty Retailers (SPLS, OMX, BKS, BID, PETM)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 7:30 am

With the focus on holiday shopping, now is a good time to have a look at potential upside gains in specialty retail stocks. We’ve looked at five stocks that we’ve ...
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Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm

The universe of specialty retail stocks is not terribly large, measured either by number of companies or market cap. The entire sector has a market cap of about $310 billion, ...
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America’s Eight Worst-Performing Retail Chains

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 5:15 pm

Filene’s Basement and parent company Syms declared bankruptcy recently. The situation is so grim that Syms will shutter all 46 locations, and 2,500 employees will lose their jobs. The company, ...
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America’s Biggest Store Chains With No Online Shoppers

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 6:24 am

Online sales success has become critical to major retailers. All evidence shows that e-commerce continues to grow at double-digit annual rates while in-store sales in the U.S. have barely grown ...
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Staples Sends Message To Short Sellers on Earnings (SPLS, ODP, OMX)

Posted: August 17, 2011 at 11:13 am

Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) was a down and out retailer... Keyword: WAS.  This morning's earnings report has done two things.  First, it has shown that even the world of office ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BP, BRCD, CSCO, DE, EMC, WIRE, INTC, JNPR, LRCX, NTAP, PAL, OMX, PETD, SPLS, STP, TER, UTI, VMED)

Posted: May 19, 2011 at 8:31 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Brocade Communications Systems, ...
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The Big American Retailers With The Worst Service

Posted: February 15, 2011 at 4:31 am

Customer satisfaction in the retail and online e-commerce industries is getting worse. There is no single reason for this, but it is likely that the recent economic downturn is one ...
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Black Friday Special: Nine Retailers That Will Be Crushed This Holiday Season

Posted: November 22, 2010 at 6:36 am

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 ...
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Paul Allen’s Patent Case Against Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, AOL, Netflix, Yahoo (AOL, AAPL, EBAY, GOOG, NFLX, ODP, OMX, SPLS, YHOO)

Posted: August 27, 2010 at 3:38 pm

Patent wars in technology are nothing new.  Sometimes they are promising, sometimes they are just noise-making events.  Paul Allen's Interval Licensing LLC has filed a complaint today in the U.S. ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BA, FTO, HANS, IACI, MA, MDT, OMX, VRSN)

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 7:42 am

These are this Monday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Boeing Co. (NYSE: ...
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The Hardest Working Brands for 2009: The Year Of The Dog

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 3:46 pm

A look at the "hardest working" major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMD, CMA, EGO, INTC, NVO, OMX, POT, PAYX, RTP, SAP, SPLS)

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 8:48 am

These are Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Comerica (NYSE: CMA) Raised to ...
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