thinkstockGap Stores Inc. (NYSE: GPS) reported third quarter 2013 results after markets closed Thursday. For the quarter, the clothing retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.72 on revenues of $3.98…
Paul Ausick Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis week will be a busy one as far as earnings, but this is also marks the beginning of the end for corporate earnings. We also still have…
lululemonLululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) has a serious brand damage in the making. the question is whether it is permanent or whether or not it will pass over. The company’s scandal has…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Holiday shoppers are expected to spend about 3.9% more this year than they did last year, according to a National Retail Federation estimate. And in order to facilitate the…
thinkstockTeen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. (NYSE: ANF) said on Wednesday that same-store sales have fallen 14% in the third quarter, and that it expects a fourth-quarter drop in the low double…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.The market was initially impressed that J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) announced a tiny tick up in October same-store sales, a mere 0.9%. The retailer’s stock moved…
thinkstockForget about opening early on Thanksgiving as a way to draw holiday shoppers. The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) division Old Navy will give one shopper $1 million on Black Friday. Clothing retailers…
Jon OggThis week marks the beginning of the end for earnings season, and both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit new all-time highs last week. Now investors and traders alike…
Jon OggWe are in the thick of corporate earnings season and stocks are challenging all-time highs. This is a climate in which investors want and need to know which stocks to buy…
Jon OggWith the government shut down and with the debt ceiling debate breathing down everyone’s neck, investors have to be wondering what they should buy, sell and hold (or even avoid). Stocks…
thinkstockPrivate equity firm Sycamore Partners and its affiliates appear to be on a mission to snatch poorly performing retailers from the jaws of oblivion. The firm said Tuesday morning that it had…
Jon OggInterest rates have risen and volatility in stocks has resumed. Traders and investors are looking for bargain stocks but also trying to decide which stocks they should get out as well.…
Jon OggIt is an August Friday, and there are a surprising number of research calls before the week ahead, which is usually the slowest week of the year other than the one…
thinkstockUrban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) is truly a unique company, catering to a unique audience, and in recent years it frequently has not gotten the respect that perhaps it deserved. This was a…
ThinkstockWhile most people think private enterprise is responsible for innovation, a great deal of the technology Americans rely on comes from another well-known source: the U.S. military. Over the years, the military,…
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