If you think of a retailer hitting a 52-week high during a slowing economy, it seems counterintuitive. It seems a recession or a slowing consumer spending is good for some retailers. Enter…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) launched a PC product loaded with its software and an operating system from open source Linux. The product was being sold in Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Unfortunately, Wal-Mart customer seem to like…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) already gave stronger sales than most this morning, but the company is doing another shareholder friendly initiative that is far better than a stock buyback: It is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Baby has got to have new shoes. For those who can’t afford the nice ones, there is always Wal-Mart (NSYE: WMT). And that showed up in their same-store sales last month. Wal-Mart’s…
ChangeWave looked at consumer spending habits between February 18 and February 25. They polled 3,773 people on their spending plans going forward. Thirty-nine percent said that they would spend less over the…
Several brands which were extremely powerful during the last few decades are about to disappear. Many of them no longer drive big sales. Some are a part of companies that are in…
Recessions make strange bedfellows. Of all the truly huge businesses in the US, save the oil companies, Wal-Mart (WMT) and Microsoft (MSFT) are having unusually good runs. Yesterday, the CFO of Microsoft…
Evidence, anecdotal or stronger, is emerging that Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) machines are selling poorly at retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The lines of people looking for a…
Cott (COT) loses shelf-space at Wal-Mart (WMT). Falls to $2.42 from 52-week high of $17.33. USEC (USU) drops on high costs and plant closings. Sells off to $6.41 from 52-week high of…
Despite concerns to the contrary, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is still growing. It posted the first $100 billion quarter in its history. The world’s largest retailer said net sales for the fourth quarter…
Douglas A. McIntyre When tens of thousands of visitors make their way to China for the summer Olympics they may be greeted by a country heading into a deep recession. The Chinese government announced today…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most stocks trading under $10 probably traded much higher at one point or another. Trading below that price point is usually not a badge of honor. But, inexpensive stocks often make huge…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) backed the wrong horse in the fight for high definition DVD disks and players. Redmond sided with Toshiba and its HD DVD platform and shipped the Xbox 360 with…
It appears that Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally won the battle for high-definition DVDs. Last week, Wal-Mat (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), and NetFlix (NFX) dropped the Toshiba HD DVD format in favor…
Tuesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). The estimates from First Call are $1.02 EPS on $106.9 billion in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.74 EPS…
