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Retail
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Walmart in 2014
How will Walmart shares do in 2014? 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for Walmart and for each stock of the Dow for 2014.
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Retail
Wall Street Picks Retailers That Were Winners and Losers During Holidays
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Investors in retailer stocks already know two things about holiday results. The first is that, over the past month of 2013, the rising tide of the stock market…
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Retail
Walmart Recalls: Donkey Meat and Collapsing Table and Chairs
Retail giant Walmart has issued a recall notice for about 73,400 folding table and chair sets in the U.S., and in China it recalled donkey meat following tests that showed that the…
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Services
McDonald’s Blames Outside Groups for Controversy
On Monday, the McResources website for employees of McDonald's suggested that employees avoid eating too much fast food, and showed a photo of something that looks very much like a McDonald's meal…
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Media
America’s 50 Largest Websites
courtesy of AOL, IncThe battle between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for the lead in U.S. unique visitors continued into November. Once again, the portal edged out the search firm–based…
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Retail
Big Retail Pushes “Free Shipping” as Holiday Shopping Ends
As retailers face having only days to improve their sales results, they have turned to a part of their playbook that did not even exist a few years ago -- free shipping.
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Retail
Online Spending Keeps Up Torrid Pace
ThinkstockIt seems like we get new data every day reinforcing the message that online shopping (and spending) is better than ever this year. While we don’t know yet if this is poaching…
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Retail
Walmart Looks to Private Brands, Sam’s Club to Bolster Its Foothold in China
ThinkstockWhile Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) already has plans to open two additional Sam’s Club outlets in China in the coming year, its China chief, Greg Foran, said he hopes to increase…
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Retail
Could Google Be This Year’s Holiday Retail Winner?
ThinkstockUPDATE, December 17, 2013, 1:10 p.m. — As we noted in our story on online sales earlier Tuesday morning, Google’s Product Listing Ads and Google Shopping have shown the largest percentage growth of…
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Retail
Toys”R”Us to Open for 87 Hours, But Amazon Holds The Lead
ThinkstockUpdate: 10:13 12/17/2013. Apparently, Amazon holds a large lead in the race to sell toys to Christmas shoppers. According to Bloomberg: Gift givers searching online for a kid’s must-have toy this holiday…
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Investing
Merrill Lynch Top High-Quality and Dividend Yield Stocks to Buy for 2014
Wikimedia CommonsThe top firms on Wall Street for some time have stressed quality yield and dividend growth stocks over pure high-dividend stocks. The stocks that consistently grow their dividends are usually consistently…
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Retail
Is It Fair to Compare Amazon in Germany to Walmart? Probably Not
ThinkstockUpdated 10:46 a.m. 12/16/2013. The strike by Amazon workers from Germany due to what they believe is low pay has not caused any concern, or excitement, among investors — although it was…
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Retail
Retail Snapshot: Fewer Weekend Shoppers, More Promotional Pricing
ThinkstockPerhaps it was the bad weather in the Northeast the kept many shoppers home this weekend or perhaps shoppers are waiting for retailers to drop prices further, but the result seems to…
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Retail
10 Shopping Days Until Christmas–Retailers Sprint
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The spread of estimates of how holiday sales did over the period from Black Friday through Cyber Monday is wide. NRF reported that Thanksgiving Holiday spending reached $57.4 billion, which was…
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Investing
Fallen Angels of 2013 Are Stocks to Buy for 2014
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.You know it has been a tough year for a stock when the market is up more than 25% but the stock is down. Underperformance in an up…