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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Best Buy, Costco, PetSmart, Target and More
These are this Tuesday's top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations. They include Best Buy, Costco, PetSmart and Target.
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Costco Wholesale Corp
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Retail
Costco Sales Rise 8% in May
Costco Wholesale Co. saw strong sales gains in May, with total sales rising 8% year-over-year to $8.8 billion for the four weeks ending June 1. For the 39 weeks ending on June…
247sarah 9:05am ET
Retail
May Retail Sales Strong for Second Month in a Row
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing May U.S. same-store sales figures Thursday. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 3.4% year-over-year. After the weather-related sales weakness in the first three months of the…
3:18pm ET
Retail
Sears Stock Dives Again
Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) posted first quarter earnings on May 22nd the stock price actually rose from a closing price the night before of $36.56 to…
7:20am ET
Retail
Costco Earnings Improve on Strong Same-Store Sales
Costco Wholesale reported third-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Same-store sales and membership fee revenue both rose during the period.
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Retail
Thousands of Major Retailer Locations Could Close This Year
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.
5:05pm ET
Investing
Big Portfolio Changes for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its holdings as of the end of the first quarter of 2014. We were originally not expecting many major changes to the portfolio.…
10:40am ET
Retail
April Retail Sales Show Surprising Strength
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing April U.S. same-store sales figures Thursday. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 3.9% year-over-year, but results came in far better — up 6%. The combined two-month…
6:23am ET
Special Report
Companies With the Best (and Worst) Reputations
ThinkstockAmerican consumers have a higher opinion of Amazon.com than any other company. For the second year in a row, the online retailer held the top slot, beating out popular brands like Apple,…
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Companies and Brands
Ten American Companies With the Best Reputations
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe American companies with the best reputations do not have a great deal of common on the surface. They run from Coca-Cola to Amazon.com to Whole Foods. However,…
10:05am ET
Retail
Amazon Now Tackling Costco and Sam’s Club?
Amazon.com is quietly taking aim at warehouse stores with a new service called Amazon Prime Pantry. Could it be that Amazon has come up with a solution to a nonexistent problem?
8:15am ET
Retail
Why You Should Expect Higher Coffee Prices Ahead
The futures price of coffee has basically doubled since early November, leaving one to ask how long can, say, Starbucks go on until it has to boost retail prices. Or Keurig Green…
8:40am ET
Retail
March Retail Sales Weaker on Weather and Late Easter
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing March U.S. same-store sales figures Thursday. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 2.5% year-over-year. Retail sales gained just 1.4% in March of 2013, excluding drug store…
6:25am ET
Apps & Software
LinkedIn Chief Is Highest Rated CEO
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your…
7:35am ET
Retail
Does Safeway Deal Rescue Supermarkets?
Thursday night's announcement that Cerberus Capital Management will acquire Safeway for $40 a share in cash and stock may offer be the last gasp for supermarket chains. Going big may be the…