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Retail
Cold And Snow Kill UK Retail–US Next
The the Office for National Statistics said that retail sales in the UK fell 1.2% in December, more than the consensus forecast of .5%. The recession was partly to blame according to…
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Investing
Brand Value And Stock Value: Soft Drinks, Candy, Soap, And Soup
Large consumer companies spend a great deal of marketing money on creating, preserving, and increasing the image of their brands. If a product has problems, the process does not always work. Toyota…
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Retail
Amazon Reigns Online: Could Offline Be Next? (AMZN, AAPL, WMT, TGT)
Quarterly results at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) beat even the company’s own high estimates for revenue and profits. A lot of that was due to the success of the company’s Kindle e-reader…
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Media
Media Digest (1/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China battle back at US charges about cyber attacks. Reuters: Under the new Obama proposal, banks may drop private equity assets. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) will not make a counter bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) Reuters: Toyota…
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Investing
Haiti Donations, Company-by-Company (MS, JPM, BAC, GS, JEF, WFC, WMT, TGT, RAD, MCD, YUM, KO, PEP, K, GIS, GOOG, DIS, CA, T, VZ, WU, MGI, UTX, UPS, ABT, AMGN, HUM)
We have compiled from press releases and from company announcements a company-by-company donation and effort pledge to help in the relief efforts after the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. These are partial explanations…
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Retail
Neiman Marcus And Sears Crushed In New E-Commerce Survey
Customer satisfaction with the e-commerce operations at Neiman Marcus and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD) was particularly bad this shopping season based on research covering the 40 largest US retailers based on internet revenue. The poll results come from…
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Media
Media Digest 12/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: GMAC will get $3.5 billion in additional fund from the government. Reuters: Oil rose near $80 on low supply and the economic recovery. Reuters: Share in JAL dropped over 20% on…
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Retail
Wal-Mart Will Extend Discounts; Can Target and Amazon Follow?
In an unexpected announcement this morning, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) said it plans to extend its holiday season discounts beyond December 25th. The world’s largest retailer plans to offer a $50 Wal-Mart gift card…
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Investing
Ten Stocks To Sell In The Ten Days Before Year-End
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
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Investing
The Biggest Online Winners And Losers For 2009: EBay Traffic Collapse
Some of the largest websites in the country had extraordinary swings in their audiences in 2009. Many of the most well-known web destinations lost large portions of their traffic Based on data from…
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Retail
Survey: Holiday Spending Ticks Up And Soars At Amazon (AMZN)
A new survey from ChangeWave shows that holiday spending has improved in 2009 compared with 2008 and purchasing activity at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is soaring. The study of 2,954 consumers was completed on November…
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Retail
Amazon (AMZN) Extends Its Lead As Top Holiday Commerce Site
Measurements from online research site Experian Hitwise show that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been the most visited e-commerce site during the holiday shopping season since 2006. It is in the process of extending that lead…
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Retail
The Renaissance Of E-Commerce (M)(JWN)(AMZN)(WMT)(TGT)
There are bits of research that say holiday e-commerce sales rose in the double digits over the Thanksgiving weekend and did even better on Monday. E-commerce sales have risen as a total percentage…
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Retail
Amazon (AMZN) And Apple (AAPL) Big Black Friday Online Winners
Most people would guess that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) would do well this holiday season–better than their respective competitors. Thanksgiving e-commerce traffic is that the online sales site and consumer electronics…
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Media
Media Digest 11/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Japan raised the idea that the G7 make a statement about the dollar. Reuters: Shoppers move into Black Friday with small budgets. Reuters: Dubai’s debt crisis raised the prospect of more trouble…