They call it Black Friday for a reason, because generally retailers are “in the black” for the year by the time it rolls around and all the shopping for the day has been completed.…
Based on the number of monthly unique users, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), with nearly 194 million, is the undisputed leader. The company’s reach of 78% is more than 50% higher than that of second-ranked…
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) reported its fiscal third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday. The company had $0.49 in earnings per share (EPS) on $4.95 billion in revenue compared to consensus…
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) is set to report its fiscal third quarter financial results before the markets open on Tuesday. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters call for $0.53 in earnings per share…
From some of the comments folks write on social media sites, you might well believe that a lot of people care about whether or not a particular retailer is open on Thanksgiving Day. You…
Private Equity firms often get a mixed scorecard by investors and by the public. Then there are the instances where private equity firms blow the doors off the barn in successful deals. A fresh…
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has started its Black Friday sales early and is already offering a wide variety of electronics gear at special online prices.
Chatter and speculation on the street has had Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) as a buyout target for some time now. Last Friday, an article at Bloomberg’s Gadfly blog suggested that Nike Inc. (NYSE:…
To help combat expected softness in the market for phones, video game controllers, and other electronics gear, Best Buy is kicking off its Black Friday sales early with featured pricing on a variety of…
If Thanksgiving is a day on which people should be at home with their families, many large retailers have ignored that. The Thanksgiving weekend is too precious a period to have stores closed.