There’s a lot of action in the retail sector this morning, headed by a rejected buyout offer for Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) from hedge-fund manager Trian Group, which is headed…
24/7 Wall St. has decided to investigate where inflation has the greatest potential to damage the economy. There is plenty of ground to cover. It is clear that the cost of agricultural…
Companies locked in a struggle to remain viable and maintain their profits and sales sometimes begin to run out of customers. This happened to GM (NYSE: GM), which had a 50% share…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.…
Retail stores are reporting December sales today and the news is, at best mixed. Retailers reporting already include Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE:…
By Douglas A. McIntyre A look at the most expensive gifts sold by twelve retailers including Tiffany (NYSE: TIF), Target (NYSE: TGT), Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Apple (NYSE: AAPL, and Best…
These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List. Air…
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…
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.…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley. Aeropostale, Inc.…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Sell at Brean Murray. Apple Inc.…
Bonds may be closed in observance of Columbus Day, but stocks are open for trading and there are analyst calls to watch. These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades,…
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…
This week will mark some key retail sales data for the month of September-2010 in same-store-sales. So far we are seeing some positive trends from many of the retailers and there are…
