Analysis of Spending Growth Among Top 25 Online Retail Sites Nov. 1-29, 2010 vs. Corresponding Days in 2009 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore, Inc. Spending Growth Dollar Share 2009 2010…
Movie studios hope for, plan for, and pray for that blockbuster film that will pay everyone’s bonuses for the year. For retailers, a blockbuster like, say, the Cabbage Patch dolls, are both…
Retailers are posting their November sales figures this morning, and the overall picture is looking bright. Shoppers are headed back to stores of every kind. Big-box retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE:…
Several experts estimate that as many as 130 million shoppers will visit stores or online retail sites on Black Friday. The number is deceiving. The National Retail Federation expects the holiday sales…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for November 17, 2010. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in…
Douglas A. McIntyre So much for thinking that earnings season was over. Next week we have a another round of earnings, with the big focus being retail mixed with some technology earnings. On deck is…
Walmart.com (NYSE:WMT) began to offer free shipping today on many items such as electronics, toys and jewelry. Most of the products in the program are not available in stores. The gambit is…
Chine criticized the US for its QE2 program because it believe the move will add to much liquidity to emerging markets. (Reuters) Regulators have begun to examine Citigoup debt funds to see…
Retailers are out with October sales reports and the news is mixed. Perhaps the biggest surprise was teen clothing store Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ:ZUMZ), which saw same-store sales soar 21.5% in the month.…
E-commerce sales are still below 10% of all retail sales in the US, but the category has posted a better growth rate than bricks-and-mortar revenue for some time. comScore reported that between…
One of the few bits of investing conventional wisdom that nearly everyone accepts is that people should always look out for number one. The problem with following that advice is investors may…
Reuters: Obama must decide whether China will be designated a “currency manipulator” before the midterm election. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares were up after earnings. Reuters: GM’s IPO should be in mid-November.…
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) continues to sell a number of products which contain high lead levels and some of these are toys. The same is true about children’s products sold by Target (NYSE:…
We already knew that September was not going to be as cautious in retail sales compared to some of the summer months. What was not known was that some of the gains…
Giving a discount on goods as a reward for opening up a credit account is not exactly a new trick by retailers. That is what Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) is offering up. …
Jon C. Ogg 