courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Barely mentioned in the J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) earnings report was the tiny amount of its online sales for the quarter. Same-store sales may have improved, but the…
Consumer discretionary stocks were big leaders in 2012 and 2013, but they have been downright horrible this year. In fact, the retail index is down by almost 10% year-to-date, even as the…
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Amazon.com has been one of the greatest growth stories of the current generation. The problem is that all of this growth just hasn't ever equated to significant profits.
RadioShack shares recently posted an all-time low of $0.81. A week later the shares have climbed 22% to $0.99. Is this a turnaround in the making or is bankruptcy inevitable?
Paul Ausick These are this Tuesday's top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations. They include Best Buy, Costco, PetSmart and Target.
Investors still love dividends and stock buybacks. On top of these corporate governance and return of capital strategies in general, investors really love when they are holding a stock where the payouts are…
RadioShack sits in a class by itself, insofar as it appears to be the next huge retailer that could fall into pieces, much as Blockbuster and Circuit City did.
Radio Shack will partner with PCH International to launch RadioShack Labs, which will provide innovative startups a pathway to consumers through a direct-to-store channel featuring both marketing promotion and a strong retail…
247sarah ThinkstockWhile some say valuations are stretched, and the bull market is tired, the bottom line is the market has basically gone sideways for almost a half a year. In a new research…
As retailers post poor earnings, the possibility that major retailers will eliminate thousands of locations in total has increased. Some announcements about "downsizing" have already been made.
Retailer Best Buy reported mixed first-quarter fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Shares were down about 3.5% in premarket trading.
Paul Ausick Best Buy is set to report earnings this Thursday. It is a safe bet that its investors and market observers will be watching closely for how this painful turnaround story is progressing.
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe stock market hit a new high on Friday morning, just in time for two days of serious stock selling. It turns out that the high-beta momentum stocks that led the bull…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has started to offer a series of large discounts on consumer electronics. The move gives it a chance to steal market share from Amazon.com…
