Investors are going to get to see some very pleasant surprises on the same store sales data for the month of March 2010 from major retailers. The media will likely tout this…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Costco (COST) has built its revenue over the years by selling quality goods for low prices. That is in contrast to Target (TGT) and Walmart (WMT) which have reputations for selling cheap products at a…
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…
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…
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…
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 (NYSE:TM) upped its…
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…
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…
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 bankruptcy concerns.Reuters: …
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…
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…
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 trafficBased on data from Hitwise comparing…
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 10.
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…
