To draw early buyers, Walmart will start online sales before the Black Friday weekend as it tries to pull customers from other retailers that will open early on Thanksgiving as well.
Douglas A. McIntyre These 10 companies that are likely to have safer business models and will offer some defensive positioning if the economic strength of 2018 is not repeated in 2019.
Walmart launched a pre-Black Friday promotion Thursday with its "Dash Through the Deals" sale that is likely to continue right up until Black Friday. Nearly 1,900 items are available and more will…
Paul Ausick In a crowded retail market, any advantage may be critical to the holiday sales that can make or break a retailer for the year.
Douglas A. McIntyre The value of the yuan plunges, Walmart to change the way customers pay over the holiday season, and other important business headlines.
Walmart will soon open a Sam's Club Now store in Dallas that allows club members to scan items as they shop and check out with a simple scan. The idea is similar…
Paul Ausick The world's largest retailer said its new holiday promotion will allow customers new conveniences, but its new free shipping program will cost Walmart a lot of money.
Douglas A. McIntyre Philip Morris expands its smokeless cigarette business, Walmart to be more aggressive with shipping options for the holiday season, and other important business headlines.
Douglas A. McIntyre Investors may have been worried last week that the sky was falling, but Tuesday was a different story. Suddenly investors felt better and were more upbeat.
Walmart announced Tuesday morning that it is cutting fiscal year 2019 earnings per share guidance by about 8% due to dilution related to its $16 billion acquisition of Flipkart.
Paul Ausick When old-line retailers begin to crumble and then go under, the major culprit for causing the demise is usually identified as Amazon.com. For Sears, that is only moderately true.
Walmart on Friday announced its acquisition of online intimate apparel retailer Bare Necessities. This marks the latest in a string of acquisitions and partnerships Walmart has announced over the past year or…
Paul Ausick Walmart on Thursday announced another step into the world of streaming video. The company is creating a joint venture with video technology startup Eko to create content for the world's largest brick-and-mortar…
Paul Ausick Macy's will open on Thanksgiving this year. That will give it a head start over some other retailers. But will it be enough to matter?
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday included Apple, Baker Hughes, Blackbaud, Box, CSX, Intuit, Mylan, Tesla, Vodafone and Walmart.
