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January Retail Sales: Some Winners, Some Stragglers (COST, WTSLA, LTD, TGT, BKE, SMRT, M, GPS)

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 9:00 am

Retailers are announcing January same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 2.8% year-over-year, compared with a 4.8% gain in December and a 2.9% gain ...
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January Same-Store Retail Sales Coming This Week

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 10:05 am

Same-store sales for January are scheduled to be released this Thursday, and the consensus projection from research firm Retail Metrics calls for an increase of 2.8% compared with January of ...
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More on Retail Sales

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm

While early reports on December same-store sales were mixed, the final tally showed a solid gain, with 53% of retailers reporting same-store sales beating estimates and just 47% falling short. ...
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December Retail Sales: A Smaller Bag (COST, WTSLA, LTD, TGT, BKE, SMRT, M, GPS)

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 8:31 am

Retailers are announcing December same-store sales figures today and, to tell the truth, expectations are pretty low. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of just 1.9% year-over-year, sharply ...
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Same-Store Sales Hit by Hurricane Sandy (COST, WTSLA, LTD, TGT, BKE, SMRT, M, GPS)

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 8:32 am

Several retailers are announcing November same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 3.5% for the month, excluding the impact ...
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Retail Sales Pointed Higher (COST, WTSLA, LTD, BKE, JWN, GPS, ZUMZ)

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 9:44 am

Several retailers are announcing October same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 4.6% for the month, excluding the impact ...
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Wet Seal Caves In

Posted: October 5, 2012 at 11:01 am

Specialty retailer The Wet Seal Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA) announced this morning that it had reached an agreement with private equity firm Clinton Group that resulted in four of the retailer’s ...
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Retail Sales Solidly Higher (COST, WTSLA, LTD, BKE, M, TGT, GPS)

Posted: October 4, 2012 at 9:23 am

Several retailers are announcing September same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. Gains were not as large as in August, but are providing a positive outlook for the ...
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Good News (Mostly) on Retail Sales (M, TGT, COST, LTD, WTSLA, GPS)

Posted: August 30, 2012 at 9:07 am

Several retailers are announcing August same-store sales today, and the reports are generally good. The good results are pushing share prices close to or above current highs. Here’s a rundown: ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 22, 2012: Markets Sluggish Before FOMC Minutes (BBY, ZNGA, CZR, CLWR, MOS, DELL, ADI, INTU, KTCC, WTSLA, AEO, CHS, TOL, GES, HPQ, KKD, FLWS, BIG, HRL, JKS, SRZ, EXPR)

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Japan reported an unexpected plunge in its exports in July (our coverage here). In Europe there was not economic ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 10:50 am

Shares are down Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.22%, the Nasdaq down 0.06% and the S&P 500 down 0.12%. Wednesday's winners include a senior center getting bought by ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 21, 2012: Markets Lose Early Lustre (STP, ABB, NFLX, GLW, GRPN, URBN, TECD, BKS, MDT, ADI, DELL, INTU, KTCC, WTSLA, AEO, CHS, TOL, BBY, SPMD, DEXO, IMUC)

Posted: August 21, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning but by early afternoon all three had gotten stuck solidly in the red. The higher opening reflected little data and ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 17, 2012: Markets Up on Light Volume, Little Enthusiasm (GRPN, PSX, WLP, GTAT, KKD, ARO, CRMT, BRCD, GPS, MRVL, ANN, FL, SJM, COCO, LOW, URBN, BBY, TECD, WTSLA, CHS, HPQ, KYAK, ADSK, BIG, CKP)

Posted: August 17, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning after the news that German chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would support European Central Bank sovereign bond buying. Unfortunately she ...
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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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