thinkstock.comThe holidays are an extremely important time for retailers, many of which depend on holiday shoppers to meet their yearly goals. This year, the holiday season is expected to be especially strong:…
Macy’s reported mixed third-quarter 2014 results and lowered its guidance before markets opened Wednesday morning.
Paul Ausick Seasonal jobs and what they pay should boost the economy in the final two months of the year, but that may not last.
ThinkstockIn the wake of mounting protests from labor groups, numerous U.S. localities have approved minimum wage increases, including two of the nation’s largest cities, Seattle and San Francisco. Yet, especially among many…
Not to be bested by the likes of Walmart and Macy, Amazon.com will hire 80,000 workers for the holiday season.
Although J.C. Penney has been out of the business headlines recently, its chances for recovery remain dim as the critical holiday sales season approaches.
Retailers across the nation are accepting waves of new employee applications in preparation for the imminent 2014 holiday hiring season. Seven of the nation’s largest retailers will together add nearly 400,000 jobs…
Macy's is the latest brick-and-mortar retailer to take a swing at Amazon.com. Its attempt at competition is through same-day delivery service.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations covered by 24/7 Wall St. on Thursday, September 11, 2014.
The new iPhones are finally here, and we wanted to run down the features that were anticipated before the product announcement but don't appear to have made it into the new phones.
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Barely mentioned in the J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) earnings report was the tiny amount of its online sales for the quarter. Same-store sales may have improved, but the…
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…
Chris Lange ThinkstockWe are now entering into mid-August and earnings season has seen its peak. While we are getting into the stragglers who report later than peers, there are also many key companies reporting earnings that…
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…
An new report from Credit Suisse highlights the stocks where large-cap fund managers have been placing new bets the most. We screened those stocks for ones rated Outperform at Credit Suisse.
