Quantcast

Posts related to ‘SHLD’

95992888

Tableau Software: Big Data IPO Goes out Above Expected Range, Shares Spike Higher

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 10:45 am

Seattle-based software maker Tableau Software Inc. (NYSE: DATA) begins trading today following an initial public offering (IPO) of 8.2 million shares at a price of $31 a share. The offering ...
Read Full Story »
100267991

Costco, Other Chain Stores Report Retail Sales for April Tomorrow

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 1:24 pm

Same-store retail sales from many of the country’s largest chains are scheduled to hit the tape tomorrow. Sales in February and March rose just 2% and 1.4%, respectively, so the ...
Read Full Story »
JCP-logo

J.C. Penney “Comeback” Commercial Will Not Work

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 6:11 am

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has decided to waste money on a television commercial that asks customers to "come back." Why? "We heard you." Put another way, J.C. Penney has ...
Read Full Story »
JC Penney - shops

A J.C. Penney Buyout by Sears?

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 6:55 am

The talk about the future of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has turned to the chances of a sale. The first possible reason is the value of the firm's ...
Read Full Story »
Pigs

What Is Important in the Financial World (4/10/2013)

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 6:40 am

Soros on Europe's Troubles Why is Europe in such a difficult financial situation? Billionaire George Soros believes he knows. If only Germany would cooperate and offer more support to its ...
Read Full Story »
AT&T logo

Nine Famous Companies That Can’t Get Bigger

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 6:22 am

After years of flourishing, some of America’s largest public corporations have stopped growing. In several cases, this trend began years ago. The companies that cannot grow fall into two categories. ...
Read Full Story »
Xerox HQ

Xerox’s Morale Problem

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 6:39 am

One of the largest hurdles to the Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) "recovery" is the extent to which its employees hold the company and its chief executive, Ursula M. Burns, in ...
Read Full Story »
walmart-store-front-blue

Nine Retailers with the Worst Customer Service

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 6:29 am

Customer satisfaction with retailers is at an all-time high. However, while the industry improved overall, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), not all retailers received high marks. At the positive end ...
Read Full Story »
JCP-logo

Who Wants to Buy J.C. Penney? No One

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 6:19 am

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.'s (NYSE: JCP) board has a problem. If it wants to sell the company, in lieu of kicking out Ron Johnson as CEO, as the Wall Street ...
Read Full Story »
100267991

Retail Sales on Track for Lower Growth

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm

After three consecutive years of 4%+ same-store sales growth in the month of February, the outlook for the month in 2013 calls for growth of 2.7%, primarily on a forecast ...
Read Full Story »
White House South Lawn, Blue Sky, Washington, DC, USA

An Idiot’s Guide to Why Stocks Will Keep Rising Despite Budget Cuts

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 6:16 am

The stock market is supposed to fall after reaching nearly all-time highs, because $85 billion in budget cuts have begun. But these will not move the stock market down, at least ...
Read Full Story »
Bull and Bear figures

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 28, 2013: Markets Climb Before Late Day Slide (EBAY, RHT, SKS, FSLR, VMW, CECO, CLR, GRPN, GTAT, JCP, LTD, MNST, RGR, PANL, BKS, CVC, KSS, SHLD, BODY, CTIC, CLNE, DECK, GPS, MCP, PANW, SD, BBY, GRPN, JCP, BSFT)

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as the federal budget sequester appears to be set to go into effect tomorrow. Global data releases were also mixed. In Europe, the ...
Read Full Story »
Clothes on hangers

Works in Progress: Sears and J.C. Penney

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 10:10 am

Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) are down nearly 18% in the first few minutes of trading this morning following a disastrous quarterly earnings report delivered after markets ...
Read Full Story »
100267991

Sears Shares Rise on Solid Results

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 7:25 am

Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The department store operator reported quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of ...
Read Full Story »
Bull and Bear figures

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 27, 2013: Markets Climb on Mixed Data, News (LNKD, GOOG, VRSN, GTI, NOK, AWK, EIX, PCLN, FSLR, RRC, WFT, DLTR, JOY, SWC, TGT, CECO, CLR, GRPN, GTAT, JCP, LTD, MNST, RGR, PANL, BKS, CVC, KSS, SHLD, FSLR, ZNGA, AH)

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following markets in Europe and Asia, most of which were also pointed higher. In Asia, equities were mostly higher following yesterday’s buoyant session ...
Read Full Story »