CostCo (COST) reported net sales of $5.21 billion for the month of October, the four weeks ended November 4, 2007, an increase of 13 percent from $4.63 billion in the same four-week…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple (AAPL) always beats earnings forecasts. In the last quarter, it hit revenue of $6.22 billion and had a profit of $1.01 a shares. It sold 10.2 million iPods, 1.1 million iPhones…
This was a long and crazy week for stock traders, but the Bond weasels got Monday off and only had a four-day work week. Thursday was the mystery tank day when the…
Costco (COST) turned in the kind of numbers that are not supposed to get posted in a retailing recession. Net sales for the 16-week fourth quarter ended September 2, 2007, increased 3%,…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, economists cut forecasts for US growth for the third month in a row. Reuters writes that IBM (IBM) and Second Life will work on ways to eventually let people…
Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST) reports earnings Wednesday Pre-Market with First Call looking for $0.83 EPS on $20.7 Billion revenues. We already saw the net sales estimated one-month ago at $20.06 Billion, so…
Douglas A. McIntyre Online retailer Amazon (AMZN) hit a 52-week high last week. So did Priceline (PCLN), Expedia (EXPE), and eBay (EBAY). Even Overstock (OSTK) made the list. On the 52-week low side of the…
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) announced a major national initiative to expand its roster of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) facilities. The program will result in the creation of an additional 60…
Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) new ad campaign is starting today. The company is ditching its "Always Low Prices" in favor of a new slogan: "Save Money. Live Better." Wal-Mart probably just got tired of…
Just yesterday and the day before, the tone was looking to be that sub-prime fallout and the recent tightening on credit was helping to squash Joe Q. Consumer in the U.S. Yesterday,…
You have to love a morning where Target (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) have big news out on the same day. This morning both retail giants released August Same-Store-Sales. Surprisingly, both did pretty…
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…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wal-Mart (WMT) must be getting sick of not knowing what is going on out there in the markets in which it competes. Wall St. would think it would have a good idea,…
This Week’s Top Seven Issues (June 8, 2007) 1) THE ROLLER-COASTER MARKETThanks a lot Bill Gross. You’re sounding more like Greenspan now that you have him on your advisory board at PIMCO. …
We have noted that certain activist organizations may never be able to be appeased. That is life. Wal-Mart Watch is out with their criticisms against Wal-Mart (WMT-NYSE) today noting how many shortcomings…
