courtesy of Target Corp.When companies raise their dividends, it is usually a message from the company’s management that the underlying business fundamentals can carry the company’s cash flows at the same or sufficient levels…
RadioShack sits in a class by itself, insofar as it appears to be the next huge retailer that could fall into pieces, much as Blockbuster and Circuit City did.
Shares of retailer Chico's FAS were sharply higher Tuesday on chatter about the company potentially going private. Private equity group Leonard Green could be a potential buyer.
McDonald's posted another month of falling same-store sales in the United States for May, as competition has flanked it in terms of locations and menu.
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) has been an incredible turnaround story. Things went south in the late 1990s after massive leveraged growth, and it has only been in the past year or so that…
Now that Carl Icahn has taken a large stake in Family Dollar Stores, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see what sort of value this might imply for activist investors and value investors alike.
The New York City Council says "No, Thanks" to Walmart's philanthropy. The retail giant has been making donations to New York City charities, but the City Council thinks this is a ploy by the…
courtesy of Office DepotOffice Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP) keeps getting stealthy good news, while rival Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) continues to linger. The last earnings report from Staples signaled that things might not be turning…
Barnes & Noble's Nook could begin a resurrection after years of poundings by Amazon.com's Kindle and the Apple iPad. The deeply trouble book retailer will produce co-branded Nook models with Samsung.
Costco Wholesale Co. saw strong sales gains in May, with total sales rising 8% year-over-year to $8.8 billion for the four weeks ending June 1. For the 39 weeks ending on June 1, its…
Rite Aid's preliminary 2015 outlook and May sales data will come as a sharp blow in the turnaround, particularly when you consider how strong the sales figures had been in recent months.
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing May U.S. same-store sales figures Thursday. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 3.4% year-over-year. After the weather-related sales weakness in the first three months of the year, April…
After disappointing sale last years, mega-retailers like Wal-Mart and Kroger are rethinking the size of their superstores and testing out much smaller markets. But with everyone scaling back, consumers just might balk at the…
The merger between Men's Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank, which was just approved by the Federal Trade Commission, will create the fourth-largest retailer of menswear.
Abercrombie and Fitch is making over its Hollister brand in an attempt to bring back the cool young shoppers it chased away. The retailer is ditching the dark nightclub feel in favor of a…