Retail customers were, overall, a little more unhappy last year than they were in 2016. A recent report attributes the decline to higher satisfaction with e-commerce.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Broadcom, Dick's Sporting Goods and some of the other top companies reporting their latest results in the coming week.
Dollar Tree reported disappointing fiscal fourth-quarter results before the markets opened on Wednesday.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Apple, GE, Gilead, Humana, Oasis Petroleum, Sprint, Wynn, Yelp and Zynga.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Amgen, Caterpillar, Dollar General, Duke Energy, General Electric, Honeywell, 3M, Netflix and Sprint.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Apple, Cisco, Citigroup, Dollar General, Groupon, IBM, Merck, Ulta Beauty and UnitedHealth.
Dollar General plans to open 900 new stores. It has been successful because it is in places the other retailers ain't.
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After Dollar General reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter financial results, its shares briefly hit a 52-week high -- almost an all-time high.
Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Broadcom, Dollar General, H&R Block and some other top companies reporting their latest results in the coming week.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Cisco Systems, Dollar General, NetApp, Pandora Media, Procter & Gamble and Target.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Coca-Cola, Deutsche Bank, General Electric, JD.com, Peabody Energy, Qualcomm and WisdomTree Investments.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Friday include Activision, Aetna, Apple, Blue Apron, Pandora, Starbucks, Twitter and YogaWorks.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Friday include Ambarella, Apple, Campbell Soup, Gap, Kinross Gold, Lululemon Athletica and Palo Alto Networks.
Dollar General released better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings report before the markets opened on Thursday.
Chris Lange 
