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Macy’s Tempers Expectations for 2014 After Earnings

ThinkstockMacy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) reported second quarter earnings per share of $0.80 and a 3% revenue growth to $6.27 billion. Both missed analyst estimates according to Thomson Reuters of $0.86 earnings per share and…

Chris Lange · 12 years ago

Did Sprouts Sell Off Too Much on the Secondary Offering?

ThinkstockSprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFM) reported earnings last week, and the stock managed to not keep falling. Then news broke on Monday night that Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) and other selling…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

J.C. Penney Still Shunned By Wall St.

Wikimedia CommonsThings have been quiet at J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), at least as far as Wall St. is concerned. However, a look at its stock prices shows that investors continue to shun the company,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 12 years ago

Can New Lululemon Shareholders Fix Founder’s Blunders?

courtesy of Lululemon Athletica Correction: In an earlier version of this article the author wrote that Lululemon founder, Chip Wilson, suggested, “some women’s bodies just don’t work” for Lululemon pants and this led to…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Amazon Leads Retailer Growth With 852% Rise

If the case has not been proven that e-commerce has crushed the growth of traditional retail, a new study shows that the Amazon.com posted 852% growth between 2005 and 2013 to $44 billion.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 12 years ago

Groupon Earnings Reaction — a Groupon for Its Stockholders

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has released its second-quarter earnings. The daily deals and promotional site reported earnings of $0.01 in earnings per share on an adjusted basis, and revenues grew by 23% to $751.6…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

Could Target Be the Next Sears?

When Target welcomes its new CEO, Brian Cornell, to the corner office next week, he will find a pile of problems that need solving. The biggest may be how to get customers to back…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Is Reality Catching Up With Luxury Brand Michael Kors?

Michael Kors Holdings reported better-than-expected first-quarter fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Monday morning. It has opened 115 new stores since the end of the first quarter.

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Amazon Offers Local In-Home Services

Buy something from Amazon.com and need help setting it up, installing it or just making it work at home? The world's largest e-commerce company will arrange to send an expert.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 12 years ago

Back-to-School Season Isn’t What It Used to Be

ThinkstockThe back-to-school shopping season is traditionally second only to the end-of-the-year holiday season for retail sales. Sales could reach $84 billion — not really close to the nearly $600 billion for the holiday season,…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago