J.C.Penney (NYSE: JCP) announced earnings which were nothing short of proof that its turnaround is well underway. Its shares dropped 15% . Same store sales rose 6.4% which will probably not be…
24/7 Wall St. looked at the 10 retailer which have added the most temporary workers for the holidays. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is in first place, which is not surprising. It is the…
Douglas A. McIntyre This past week has been perhaps the worst week the markets have seen in months, and retail stocks were hit especially hard.
Retailers are poised to add around 755,000 temporary workers this holiday season, in line with last year’s job additions, according to staffing experts Challenger Gray & Christmas. The only company that is…
Does Macy's management regret adding 86,000 holiday workers? If management does not regret the move, should it?
Jefferies has two favorites when it comes to e-commerce, and with the holiday shopping season literally starting for some now, these stocks could get a huge fourth-quarter lift.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Amazon.com, EMC, McDonald's, MetLife, Microsoft, SanDisk and Tyco International.
Coupon use in the United States remains high, with 85% of American using coupons at least occasionally, according to CreditCards.com.
Best Buy needs a good holiday season to satisfy its shareholders, and the company is taking some risks to make sure it meets adequate sales numbers.
Sears Holdings' shares have fallen 7% in the past month and are down 45% over the past year. Among the major concerns about the company is its competition.
Target management must believe that holiday season sales will not lift the prospects of all its stores equally. It will close 13 of them.
While a ton of money has been made in Amazon, Deutsche Bank thinks that there is much more to come in this industry.
After having the strongest October in the past four years, where do the broad markets go from here? To answer this we can check analyst and investor sentiment.
Target has almost no footprint overseas. Management has a plan that it believes can make that shortcoming disappear.
Analysts are usually loath to say sell one winner and buy another, but the logic here makes total sense.
