Why Goldman Sachs Thinks Whole Foods May Be Stuck in the Mud
If you have been a patron of or an investor in Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) you have seen a wild ride up and down more than once or twice. Since the 1990s…
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Starbucks Makes Key Management Shift in Americas: How Customers May Notice
While it might seem unlikely that any immediate change from this news, a new group head for the Starbucks flagship stores in the Americas could end up bringing changes.
Best Buy Tries the Black Friday in July Promotion
Among the marketing ploys retailers use, none is better than pretending a day during which huge numbers of shoppers hit the stores to a completely different date when very few people shop.
A 7-Step Plan to Save Best Buy
Best Buy's domestic sales rose 24% in the most recent quarter, but that is just a start for a company that is in very deep trouble.
Starbucks Delivers Records but Sales Miss May Jolt Value Concerns
Record numbers are one thing, but Starbucks has been a great performer and the investing community usually demands more from Howard Schultz and his thousands of barristas.
Wal-Mart to Drop Sale of Items With Toxic Chemicals?
Wal-Mart has so far not extended its research on the use of dangerous chemicals to an actual ban of items that include them. It is odd, and not entirely clear why.
Will Back-to-School Season Put a Bullet in Sears?
Back-to-school season is a big deal for brick-and-mortar retailers. If Sears sales for the period are slow, it puts another bullet in a dying company.
Amazon Chops Prices of Preowned, Open-Box Items
What happens when people buy products from Amazon.com that they then returned, but in good condition? It resells them to get some revenue from inventory that is otherwise valueless.
Amazon Hammered for Counterfeit Sales
The development and growth of online megastores like Amazon.com, eBay and Alibaba have led to increased numbers of counterfeit items being sold.
Ross Stores Opens 31 Locations Months After Macy’s Closes 40
Someone is doing something right in retail, and someone is doing something wrong. Ross Stores is set to open 31 new locations.
Best Buy Promotes Connected Home, Internet of Things
This week Best Buy has focused its weekend promotion on the connected home, also known as the Internet of Things.
June Retail Sales Leap Past Estimates
Not only are U.S. consumers spending again after a slow start to the year, but sales were stronger across a broad range of products — with a couple of exceptions.
Institutional Investors Warming Up to 3 Large Dividend Retail Stocks
Jefferies notes how expensive consumer staples had gotten relative to consumer discretionary and suggests that in the past such disparities have led to a reversion, where discretionary subsequently outperformed staples.
Wal-Mart Claims Its Savings Are Permanent
Now that the dust has settled from Amazon's second Prime Day promotion, Wal-Mart continues to take pokes at the online retailer. The giant retailer is not going to give up its pursuit of online…
JC Penney Short Interest Slips to 81 Million Shares
Most recently, the short interest in J.C. Penney shares stood at nearly 82 million, which is 27% of its float.