It may seem like a rare day when you get two different ratings agencies issuing opinions, and different opinions at that, on a company like Amazon.com.
Jon C. Ogg The National Retail Federation reported that the Black Friday weekend was a disaster, which bodes poorly for the balance of the holiday shopping season.
One of the questions often asked by retail experts and investors is whether bricks-and-mortar companies and e-commerce operations can afford to deeply discount a large portion of the products they sell. If…
Paul Ausick The Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) website is down. The site’s front page says “We’re sorry. BestBuy.com is current not available. Check back soon” What a disaster on Black Friday Company description,…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has dropped the price of its failed Fire Phone to $199 from $449. It seems like a good idea, since evidence shows the smartphone is not selling well. To…
Douglas A. McIntyre Consumers have spent $17.5 billion via e-commerce during the first 23 days of November. That is an 11% increase over the same period in 2013. The data is for desktop computers, according…
Outerwall Inc.In early October the streaming video joint venture between Redbox video kiosk company Outerwall Inc. (NASDAQ: OUTR) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was shut down because, according to the partners,…
A new Gallup poll indicates that earlier forecasts of holiday spending display too much optimism.
While Starz and potential suitors have declined to comment, there are reports that the pay-TV channel is interested in either a sale or some other kind of strategic alliance.
In October, Google videos drew a total of more than 162 million unique desktop PC viewers in the United States, according to comScore.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Amazon.com, Best Buy, Caterpillar, EMC, JetBlue, Intel and Microsoft.
Amazon.com is will release an advertising-supported video streaming service early next year that likely cost less than the current monthly subscription to Netflix.
For the third consecutive year, the company spending the most on research and development (R&D) was Germany's Volkswagen.
There is no reason to believe the board at Apple will not prolong CEO Tim Cook's job at the top as long as he is doing it well.
Christmas is five weeks away. Based on the aggressiveness of retail promotions, it would seem the holiday is only days off.
