Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has waited for years to gain the ability to have 100% ownership in a large retail company in India. It should be careful what it wishes for. It has failed in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Many stores are planning to open early on Black Friday in an effort to get a jump on holiday shopping, but spending increases are not expected to rise more than 3% or…
The purchasing managers indices of China, German and France all signaled slow growth or contraction in November. It is a sign that demand for exports and consumer expenditures are in free fall. China and…
A new study by the National Federation of Retailers makes a prediction that runs counter to almost every other forecast of holiday shopping activity. The data shows that the number of people who say…
According to MarketWatch, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has opened its 10,000th store. “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s opened its 10,000th store worldwide Tuesday in central Mexico, as it speeds up its Mexican 2011 store expansion…
Douglas A. McIntyre An unexpected gain in October retail sales has boosted prospects for a better-than-forecast holiday retail sales season. Some of the sales gains will come from lower pricing, which can’t always be counted…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is supposed to thrash Walmart (NYSE: WMT) in sales increases this holiday season. That should make Amazon the better investment. Wall St. believes otherwise, though. Over the past month, shares in Walmart are flat,…
These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Outperform and $500 target at Credit Suisse. CIGNA Corp. (NYSE:…
The turnaround efforts of new Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) CEO Lou D’Ambrosio have died almost before they started. Sears reported especially poor earnings for the quarter that ended October 31. The figures show…
Two earnings reports this morning offer a contrast in the fortunes of companies that are in different parts of the retail sales chain. Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported adjusted EPS of $0.87…
Facebook hit by a bug that put porn and graphic violence images onto many pages. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) names Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Robert Iger to its board. (Reuters) Dell…
Stocks opened lower this morning and stayed lower for nearly the entire first half of the day, with buyers most likely waiting to see what would happen with Italian bond rates. The…
The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for…
A number of retailers reported earnings this morning, and the results might be summarized as “mixed” at best. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS),…
CNBC: October Retail Sales up 0.5% CNBC: Home Depot Profit Rises, Ups Outlook http://cnb.cx/txVODD Zerohedge: Walmart misses EPS boosts forecast WSJ: Home Depot Profit Rises 12% http://on.wsj.com/swekqM NYT: Wal-Mart $WMT Q3 EPS…
