The three major US equities indexes opened flat this morning following a poor report on durable goods orders (more coverage here) and a new low for the Case-Shiller home price index (more…
As recently as 2009, Netflix was the most beloved retailer on the Internet. By the end of 2011, following the failed separation of its streaming and DVD by mail service and sharp…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Maintained Hold but cut estimates…
Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A look at…
Research firm ForeSee released its customer satisfaction ratings for the shopping season — its Holiday E-retail Satisfaction Index. The e-commerce ratings mirror, in most cases, the states of the parent companies’ revenue. Amazon.com…
The universe of specialty retail stocks is not terribly large, measured either by number of companies or market cap. The entire sector has a market cap of about $310 billion, less than…
Filene’s Basement and parent company Syms declared bankruptcy recently. The situation is so grim that Syms will shutter all 46 locations, and 2,500 employees will lose their jobs. The company, founded in…
Online sales success has become critical to major retailers. All evidence shows that e-commerce continues to grow at double-digit annual rates while in-store sales in the U.S. have barely grown at all…
Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) was a down and out retailer… Keyword: WAS. This morning’s earnings report has done two things. First, it has shown that even the world of office supplies cannot…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. Bank…
Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along with Sirius…
Most of the financial media stops at mid-year to reflect on how the market performed since January 1. The effort is often fruitless. The fact that a stock, or any market, did…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE: ABC) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $50…
The holidays are upon us and the rumors are still active. Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) depends upon which wire service you read, but reports signal that it could be nationalized…
Meet the Nine Worst Performers Of The S&P 500, the broadly followed stock market index, that analysts expect will improve next year.  The reasons why they are in the Wall Street dog house…
