ThinkstockShares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) tumbled nearly 12% on Friday following the announcement that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was launching an investigation into the company’s accounting…
What do the demographics of American’s shoppers look like, and where do they shop based on their incomes? Gallup claims it knows, Americans with annual household incomes of $75,000 or more are…
Wikimedia CommonsThe conventional wisdom on Wall Street at almost every major firm we cover is that interest rates are going higher in 2014. The bond market is a very anticipatory vehicle. From…
ThinkstockMany holiday season analysts point to the skies to determine how well retail sales may do. Their logic is that very bad weather will keep people out of malls and shopping centers.…
ThinkstockSince June Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) share of apps revenue has increased from 30% to 37% at the expense of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its App Store. Apple’s share of revenue…
Wikimedia CommonsWithout mentioning a single fact, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said Wednesday morning that the past weekend’s shopping was the best ever for its Kindle family of products. Fact-free announcements are standard…
ThinkstockSpecialty apparel retailer Express Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) saw its shares get crushed in premarket trading Wednesday morning. The company reported third-quarter results before markets opened, missing the earnings per share estimate by…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockWith the huge performance and sales on Cyber Monday of almost $2.3 billion, topping Black Friday’s $2 billion, more and more advertisers are moving their budgets to target Internet sales. This is…
courtesy of Google Inc.If you are going to fill the world with the next generation of robots, as the New York Times suggests Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is preparing to do, who…
courtesy of TargetMany retail stocks are higher over the past month. Investors have either received hard news, or have seen forecasts, that the largest companies in the sector, which include Wal-Mart Stores…
ThinkstockCyber Monday online holiday sales reached $1.735 billion, which is an increase of 18% from 2012 and a record. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) said its same-store sales rose 10% in…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockE-commerce has come of age, and is no longer the little brother of bricks and mortar retail. What proponents of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have known all along, research released today supported–online holiday…
ThinkstockOnline shopping on Cyber Monday lived up to its billing, topping Black Friday’s online sales of around $2 billion with a new record of $2.29 billion. That is very close to an…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockA survey for the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated that more than 141 million different shoppers hit the stores over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday. That is slightly more than the 139 million…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has to have a spectacular record for the 2013 holiday shopping season. So do the Sears and Kmart divisions of Sears Holdings…
