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Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 8, 2011 at 6:42 AM EST

The Battle Over Forecasts for the Holiday Season

Many forecasts expect consumer holiday spending to rise this year. An equally impressive set of data forecasts that it will not.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 7, 2011 at 12:55 PM EST

Nevada, Illinois, And Arizona Suffer More Crippled Home Prices

The US housing market continues to deteriorate. Prices in some states have stabilized. In others, the sharp descent continues. CoreLogic…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM EST

Barnes & Noble Releases Nook, Shares Wobble

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) released its new Nook tablet e-reader. The company’s shares move higher by barely 1%. Wall St.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 7, 2011 at 6:30 AM EST

Wall St. Pessimism About Holiday Sales

Wall St. has voted on how strong holiday sales will be this year. Shares of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 7, 2011 at 6:25 AM EST

Sharp Discounts Hit Consumer Electronics Markets

Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has set the price of the Kindle Fire so low that many analysts believe each unit sold…

Paul Ausick | Nov 4, 2011 at 2:26 PM EDT

Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)

The universe of specialty retail stocks is not terribly large, measured either by number of companies or market cap. The…

Jon C. Ogg | Nov 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM EDT

An Unlikely & Indirect Analyst Defense of Green Mountain (GMCR, SBUX, WMT, TGT)

If you have been watching shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), you would know that the high-flyer…

Mike Sauter | Nov 3, 2011 at 5:15 PM EDT

America’s Eight Worst-Performing Retail Chains

Filene’s Basement and parent company Syms declared bankruptcy recently. The situation is so grim that Syms will shutter all 46…

Paul Ausick | Nov 3, 2011 at 9:22 AM EDT

A Retail Bankruptcy and October Same-Store Sales (SYMS, COST, TGT, M, JWN, JCP, KSS, LTD, AEO, ZUMZ, BKE, WTSLA)

October is not usually a strong month for retailers because shoppers take a break between the back-to-school buying and the…

Paul Ausick | Nov 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM EDT

Expected Price Gains for Grocery Store Stocks (SWY, KR, WINN, WFM, SVU, TFM, RDK, WMK, WMT)

Grocery stores and supermarkets get whipsawed by rising prices on food commodities, rising prices from food processing companies, and rising…

Paul Ausick | Oct 28, 2011 at 1:28 PM EDT

Expected Price Gains at Mall Department Stores (M, JWN, KSS, JCP, SKS, DDS, SHLD)

A couple of weeks ago we looked at implied share price gains at several retailers, and today we’ll take a…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM EDT

More Coal In The Stocking For Holidays

There will be more “Going Out Of Business” sales after the first of the year than was expected just weeks…

Jon C. Ogg | Oct 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM EDT

Valuation, Timing & Margins Catch Up To Amazon.com (AMZN)

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has turned in earnings for its third quarter, and we will be paying extra attention to…

Paul Ausick | Oct 24, 2011 at 11:46 AM EDT

FedEx Adds to Seasonal Hiring Boost (FDX, BBY, JCP)

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) expects to handle more than 260 million packages during the coming holiday season. That’s a 12%…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 20, 2011 at 6:15 AM EDT

Holiday Sales Forecasts Worsen

ChartThe Nation Retail Federation expects holiday sales to rise 2.8% to $466 billion this year. That estimate has already been questioned…

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The Battle Over Forecasts for the Holiday Season

Nevada, Illinois, And Arizona Suffer More Crippled Home Prices

Barnes & Noble Releases Nook, Shares Wobble

Wall St. Pessimism About Holiday Sales

Sharp Discounts Hit Consumer Electronics Markets

Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)

An Unlikely & Indirect Analyst Defense of Green Mountain (GMCR, SBUX, WMT, TGT)

America’s Eight Worst-Performing Retail Chains

A Retail Bankruptcy and October Same-Store Sales (SYMS, COST, TGT, M, JWN, JCP, KSS, LTD, AEO, ZUMZ, BKE, WTSLA)

Expected Price Gains for Grocery Store Stocks (SWY, KR, WINN, WFM, SVU, TFM, RDK, WMK, WMT)

Expected Price Gains at Mall Department Stores (M, JWN, KSS, JCP, SKS, DDS, SHLD)

More Coal In The Stocking For Holidays

Valuation, Timing & Margins Catch Up To Amazon.com (AMZN)

FedEx Adds to Seasonal Hiring Boost (FDX, BBY, JCP)

Holiday Sales Forecasts Worsen

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The Battle Over Forecasts for the Holiday Season

Nevada, Illinois, And Arizona Suffer More Crippled Home Prices

Barnes & Noble Releases Nook, Shares Wobble

Wall St. Pessimism About Holiday Sales

Sharp Discounts Hit Consumer Electronics Markets

Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)

An Unlikely & Indirect Analyst Defense of Green Mountain (GMCR, SBUX, WMT, TGT)

America’s Eight Worst-Performing Retail Chains

A Retail Bankruptcy and October Same-Store Sales (SYMS, COST, TGT, M, JWN, JCP, KSS, LTD, AEO, ZUMZ, BKE, WTSLA)

Expected Price Gains for Grocery Store Stocks (SWY, KR, WINN, WFM, SVU, TFM, RDK, WMK, WMT)

Expected Price Gains at Mall Department Stores (M, JWN, KSS, JCP, SKS, DDS, SHLD)

More Coal In The Stocking For Holidays

Valuation, Timing & Margins Catch Up To Amazon.com (AMZN)

FedEx Adds to Seasonal Hiring Boost (FDX, BBY, JCP)

Holiday Sales Forecasts Worsen

Stocks Dropped on the Fed, and a 72-Year-Old Fled to Treasuries for Safety. The Interest Still Taxed Her Social Security.

What Ripple’s 2025 Impact Report Reveals About XRP’s Real Role

The Portfolio That Buys You A New Car Every Three Years

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