This year's strength in retail has primarily come from online sellers, with Amazon perhaps benefiting the most. Brick-and-mortar retailers with strong e-commerce platforms also have been performing well.
Consumers who have not shopped yet, or those who have last-minute gift needs, have found an ally in the world's largest retailer.
December 17, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday but the end came quickly for the gains. After about half an hour of trading, the three major indices had tumbled to a loss…
Free shipping for speedy delivery of items sent to reach their address in a day or so has become an essential tool for retailers as people run out of time, with only…
Douglas A. McIntyre Given the speed and ease with which it's possible to change prices online, it's also hard to figure out whether or not a low-price offer on an item is new or just…
Paul Ausick Think of Green Monday as Black Friday or Cyber Monday Lite. The second Monday in December is the third-best sales day of the year.
Paul Ausick The size of a company's Web traffic is not always a measurement of online revenue. Amazon's visits per month are more than double Wal-Mart's, according to comScore.
The short interest in J.C. Penney jumped 11% in late November, making it the 11th most shorted stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Can Wal-Mart's new mobile wireless app that allows people to make payments as they exit stores instead using cash or credit cards help boost the holiday sales?
A research firm recently said that Wal-Mart's outsourcing of manufacturing to China has cost the United States 400,000 jobs.
After Sears Holdings announced another terrible quarter, its stock fell close to a new five-year low.
Barnes & Noble has now become J.C. Penney in 2012, the year its revenue and same-store sales dropped sharply.
Gap has now become J.C. Penney in 2012, when its revenue and same-store sales dropped sharply.
Sears now has become J.C. Penney in 2012, when its revenue and same-store sales dropped sharply.
Shares of Amazon.com have reached an all-time high, giving the e-commerce business a market cap of 80% higher than that of Wal-Mart.
