It is likely that there were very few winners among retailers this holiday season. Mid-market chains such as Macy’s (NYSE:M) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) probably had bad results. Perennially weak retailers which include Abercrombie & Fitch…
Customer satisfaction with the e-commerce operations at Neiman Marcus and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD) was particularly bad this shopping season based on research covering the 40 largest US retailers based on internet revenue. The poll results come from…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in a thin week of coverage and Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform but target raised to…
comScore, which measures online consumer behavior, is among the best companies at analyzing traffic to websites. comScore also decodes what people do when they get to their online destinations. The value of…
Reuters: GM is offering huge incentives to sell its inventory of Pontiacs and Saturns. Reuters: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) will overhaul the pay of senior management. Reuters: The departing AIG (NYSE:AIG) general counsel will…
We have seen what appears to be a mixed bag of shares listed in the short interest of the most active NASDAQ tech stocks traded day in and day out. Apple Inc.…
The Kindle has become the most purchased item given as a gift in the history of the powerful e-commerce site, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). And, Amazon announced that “On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers…
In an unexpected announcement this morning, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) said it plans to extend its holiday season discounts beyond December 25th. The world’s largest retailer plans to offer a $50 Wal-Mart gift card…
Two industries expected to post remarkably rapid growth over the next decade are VoIP and biotech. Cable companies and voice providers including Skype and Vonage (NYSE:VG) are expected to damage revenue from the…
We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday. Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing some unusual…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have found a new friend. Standard & Poor’s has come out late in the day with a research note with “positive” credit implications for Jeff Bezos and…
Douglas A. McIntyre The fun part of the holiday season that involves getting things on sale may be ending. Retailers have managed their inventories better than they did last year. Large stores will not be stuck…
Some of the largest websites in the country had extraordinary swings in their audiences in 2009. Many of the most well-known web destinations lost large portions of their traffic Based on data from…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) will pay back TARP funds. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says it will be disciplined in its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) buyout effort. Reuters: Some of AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) top staff…