Glassdoor keeps tabs on employee impressions of management and work conditions at major companies. The survey site has more than one million users who review over 70,000 firms. These companies represent all industries, 100% of…
Each year some large retailers face the fall-out of a weak holiday season. The problem was particularly acute in 2009 because the improvement from 2008 was modest if there was any improvement…
Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) rose as high as over 10% to a yearly high of $15.79 after the department-store chain was upgraded by Deutsche Bank AG. Dress Barn Inc. (NASDAQ: DBRN)…
These are Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Broadcom…
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters: The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters: The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters: More US companies are…
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the ratings on Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Neiman Marcus (private) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Diane Shand said,…
A taxpayer gets a refund check under the new stimulus program and then spends most of the money. That trend may help retail sales for the current quarter, but it will not…
GM’s (GM) stock trades at $1.71, which is not even its 52-week low. Several news outlets have reported that the Treasury has asked the No.1 US car company to prepare for Chapter…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has put six department store companies on CreditWatch with negative implications and has changed the outlook on three department store companies to negative from stable. Moody’s &…
At the beginning of the decade a number of internet and next-generation technology companies raised money through venture capitalists and IPOs. Many of these companies had little, if any, revenue. Most had…
It is that time of year where companies should have been evaluating their plans for the year ahead. Each year we come out with a list of companies who should get rid…
Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) could use new blood, literally. The company is run by William Dillard II as CEO (founder’s son) and as Chairman, and its President is Alex Dillard. There are…
A year ago, not many people would have thought Circuit City would be in bankruptcy now. Linens ‘n Things, Mervyn’s, Whitehall Jewelers and Steve & Barry’s have either shut down or are…
The retail sales numbers on Main Street are truly going to hell in a hand basket. The only bright spot is Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), and that is just indicative of a…
Anyone who bought Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) shares late Friday looking for a bounce caught a break. The stock is rallying sharply after management bought shares of stock in the open market…
Douglas A. McIntyre 