ThinkstockWhat would a huge holiday quarter look like for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)? Revenue of $25 billion. At that level Amazon would prove that its sales can continue to grow at an unexpectedly…
ThinkstockWhat has become the largest day for online sales in any given year is nearly upon us again. Cyber Monday, the first Monday after the long Thanksgiving weekend, is right around the…
ThinkstockRetailers are well into their Black Friday shopping day by now and we thought we’d take a look at how the stocks at ten leading retailers are reacting to early news of…
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG) does not want to be outdone by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) or the dozens of national retailers which have offered massive discounts on items to bring in foot and…
Wikimedia CommonsWhile J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have run ads in newspapers and online around the country to get shoppers through their doors in a desperate attempt to take market…
ThinkstockIn the Thanksgiving holiday edition of its Weekend Warrior newsletter, Sterne Agee offers a couple of stock picks, one outstanding holiday pricing ad, and a weather forecast. That should about cover the…
Wikimedia CommonsAgain and again, retail experts and research firms that cover the retail industry offer evidence that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will continue to suck the marrow from the bones of weak department…
Courtesy of the U.S. National Weather ServiceThere are at least three theories about how the huge and destructive storms that have washed across the United States and will hit the East Coast…
Douglas A. McIntyre By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGerman workers are not happy with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) — again. In May 500 warehouse workers affiliated with the Ver.di union walked off the job…
ThinkstockIf anyone wants to understand the advantage Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has over rivals who sell merchandise online, he only has to look at traffic data. Amazon has more than twice the number of…
ThinkstockThe world’s biggest and best-known brands have pumped out mobile apps almost as quickly as the latest start-up. Their reasons for doing so vary: improving reach, increasing engagement, offering incentives and many…
ThinkstockNothing has done more to create anxiety among retailers, with the exception of a bad economy, than “showrooming.” Consumers come to stores for holiday deals, find what they like and then buy…
As Americans become ever more dependent on the Internet for everything from business to social needs, the top Internet companies continue their march to stay number one in their respective fields. The…
ThinkstockWhether it stems from forecasts of a huge increase in revenue at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or research posted by the National Retail Federation, traditional shopping that takes people to malls and…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, looms, and once again retailers are offering holiday deals in an attempt to get more shoppers into their stores. Several…
