lululemon athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) has been quite a performer based on its recent IPO performance. The indicated range was $15.00 to $17.00, but the company sold 18.2 million shares at $18.00 per share. Since…
A recent survey showed that home improvement customers like Lowe’s (LOW) better than Home Depot (HD) when it comes to including product selection and customer service, according to the Dow Jones News Service. The…
CostCo (COST) same-store sales rose only 2% during the last month. Comparable sales for the four-week retail-reporting month of August, the 16-week fourth quarter and the 52-week fiscal year 2007 are as follows: …
Tonight, Jim Cramer compared Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc. (NASDAQ:PEET) to Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) as an obituary pick on CNBC’s MAD MONEY. It wasn’t praise or criticism, just reviewing a company after the founder had…
Home Depot (HD) say that under the terms of its share buy-back, it brought in about 299 million at $37 a share. That totals 14.6% of the outstanding. Usually, this would be viewed as…
During WW II, the German army found out just how hard it is to invade Russia. Napoleon discovered the same thing 150 years earlier. Now, Starbucks (SBUX) want to come to Russia, but the…
Starbucks (SBUX) is not doing very well selling convincing investors that coffee sales in its stores are rising at an acceptable rate. The company’s stock is down 22% this year. So, the coffee retailer…
This week may be less active in shares traded because of the pre-Labor Day absence of many Wall Street pundits. But it is a very important week for organic food and health(ier) food companies. …
Wal-Mart’s (WMT) shares are already near a 52-week low. But, now word comes, by way of The Wall Street Journal, the the financially hard-hit Hispanic communities in the Southeast US and Mexico are less…
Crocs. Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) is trading up at a new all-time high in pre-market activity as the shoe maker is unveiling new product lines today. The company is using its Crocslite(TM) material for new garments.…
Wal-Mart’s (WMT) shares are running. After a tough quarter, they dropped to under $43, but are moving toward $44 today, up 1.7% on rumors that a Chinese institutional investment fund could buy as much…
Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) reported $0.21 EPS (before a $0.02 charge) on revenues of $3.69 Billion, and First Call estimates were $0.19 EPS on $3.7 Billion in revenues. Keep in mind that the company’s revenues…
Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) reports earnings after today’s close, and First Call estimates are $0.19 EPS on $3.7 Billion in revenues. The coming quarter is expected to post $0.21 EPS on revenues of $3.88 Billion. …
Wat-Mart (WMT) is the latest US firm to get embroiled in the quality problems with Chinese products. According to The Associated Press, the sweethearts at WMT have yanked Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet…
Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) will report earnings Tuesday morning with a conference call to follow. Shares closed up Friday but are down with the market today. First Call is expecting EPS to be $0.80 on…