Stocks got off to a good start this morning following the Labor Department’s report on non-farm payrolls, up slightly less than expected at 120,000 new jobs, and an unexpected drop in US…
With one holiday down and another on deck, the coming week offers something of a breather. Most quarterly earnings are out already, but there are several due next week that could be…
October is not usually a strong month for retailers because shoppers take a break between the back-to-school buying and the coming holiday season. In October 2010, same-store retail sales rose just 1.6%…
Retail sales for the coming holiday season are expected to be about 3% higher than 2010 sales. Not bad, considering that US GDP growth predictions are now below 2%; not good, either,…
Retail sales in August put up solid gains that were slowed somewhat by the effects of Hurricane Irene along the eastern seaboard. Among the stores reporting sales numbers today are Costco Wholesale…
We are seeing a floodgate of after-hours movers since the 4:00 PM EST closing bell today. Almost all are on earnings and this is setting up a huge round of movers for…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Reiterated Buy and $17 target at Gleacher…
Even though the month of April was one selling day shorter than March, the late Easter holiday more than made up for the shortfall at most retailers. The Thomson Reuters index of…
We are tracking after-hours movers on news this evening. The largest moves on after-hours volume are being seen in Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:…
There’s a lot of action in the retail sector this morning, headed by a rejected buyout offer for Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) from hedge-fund manager Trian Group, which is headed…
Blame it in part on the weather. The major gain in same-store sales that has been seen in recent months may be coming to an end. There were several factors to blame,…
Retailers are out with October sales reports and the news is mixed. Perhaps the biggest surprise was teen clothing store Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ:ZUMZ), which saw same-store sales soar 21.5% in the month.…
We already knew that September was not going to be as cautious in retail sales compared to some of the summer months. What was not known was that some of the gains…
This week will mark some key retail sales data for the month of September-2010 in same-store-sales. So far we are seeing some positive trends from many of the retailers and there are…
Retailers are reporting August same-store sales numbers today, and on the whole the reports are positive after a very cautious and dismal July. August is prime back-to-school shopping time, the retailers second-largest…
