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Companies and Brands
Brand Loyalty Leaders Chock Full of Techs
Of the top 100 product categories and brands in a new ranking of customer loyalty leaders, nearly half are tech companies.
WMT Coverage Page 109
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Retail
Amazon to Add 80,000 Workers for Holidays
Not to be bested by the likes of Walmart and Macy, Amazon.com will hire 80,000 workers for the holiday season.
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Investing
The 4 DJIA Stocks That Sank the Market
thinkstockOctober 15, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday as data on retail sales, the producer price index and a weak dollar weighed shares down. The doom and gloom never lifted today although…
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Retail
Walmart Lowers Capex Spending, Cuts Sales Growth Estimate
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Late Wednesday afternoon Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced at its investors’ day event that capital spending for the company’s next fiscal year ending in January 2016 will…
Paul Ausick 9:10am ET
Investing
Credit Suisse’s Top ‘Out on a Limb’ Contrarian Stocks to Buy
The Credit Suisse team has come up with a superb list of contrarian stocks to buy they call their "out on a limb" ideas.
12:40pm ET
Retail
Gap to Hire More Seasonal Holiday Workers Than Walmart!
Gap apparently plan to make a big push this holiday season as it has said that it plans to hire 63,000 workers for the 2014 holiday season.
4:31am ET
Retail
Costco Same-Store Sales Up 6% in Last Quarter
Costco has shown just how different it is from other big-box retailers that have struggled with growth.
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Retail
Walmart Cuts Health Benefits for Part-Timers
Walmart said on Tuesday that it would stop offering health insurance benefits to about 30,000 part-time U.S. employees.
Paul Ausick 1:45pm ET
Retail
Walmart Adds Health Insurance to Smorgasbord of New Offerings
It can be difficult keeping up with the new services that Walmart is offering in its U.S. stores.
8:10am ET
Retail
Court Rules Against Walmart in Mexican Bribery Case
What did Walmart know about allegations of bribery in Mexico, and when did they know it?
Paul Ausick 6:37am ET
Retail
J.C. Penney Still in Trouble
Although J.C. Penney has been out of the business headlines recently, its chances for recovery remain dim as the critical holiday sales season approaches.
6:29am ET
Special Report
Retailers Hiring the Most Employees for the Holidays
Retailers across the nation are accepting waves of new employee applications in preparation for the imminent 2014 holiday hiring season. Seven of the nation’s largest retailers will together add nearly 400,000 jobs…
4:05pm ET
Special Report
The Best- and Worst-Performing DJIA Stocks in 2014
The bull market may be five and a half years old, but stocks have been fighting each week to hit newer highs. These are the best- and worst-performing Dow stocks so far…
8:44am ET
Retail
Halloween Spending to Reach $7.4 Billion
Halloween has become one of America’s most popular holidays, and spending on the holiday is rising as more adults partake in the festivities.
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Investing
The Worst Performing DJIA Stocks of 2014
Not all Dow stocks are participating in this year's bull market. Eight of the 30 stocks were recently trading with negative total returns in 2014.