ThinkstockE-commerce has come of age, and is no longer the little brother of bricks and mortar retail. What proponents of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have known all along, research released today supported–online holiday sales are…
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertJ. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is acting like a company which might not be doomed after all. The troubled department store retail giant offered…
ThinkstockJoining what should be a large chorus calling for replacing Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) CEO Michael Jeffries, activist investor Engaged Capital, headed by Glenn Welling, has sent a letter to the A&F’s…
thinkstockLeveraged buyout (LBO) activity within the specialty retail space has heated up over the past year and a half, with the completion of the Rue 21 takeout in October the most recent deal. The…
ThinkstockOnline shopping on Cyber Monday lived up to its billing, topping Black Friday’s online sales of around $2 billion with a new record of $2.29 billion. That is very close to an estimate of…
ThinkstockApparently being all organic, natural or healthy is no longer an assured success in the grocery store business. A company called Natural Markets Food Group has announced that it will be closing its six…
ThinkstockA survey for the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated that more than 141 million different shoppers hit the stores over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday. That is slightly more than the 139 million that hit…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has to have a spectacular record for the 2013 holiday shopping season. So do the Sears and Kmart divisions of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:…
ThinkstockConsumers turned out in big numbers for the Thanksgiving Day-Black Friday shopping weekend, but the numbers were a bit more wrinkled than many observers expected. Total numbers for the two days rose compared with…
ThinkstockThe worst fears of the retail industry were realized as holiday retail sales fell below expectations. Research firm ShopperTrak reported that Thanksgiving and Black Friday only produced $12.3 billion dollars for the industry. That…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Thanksgiving online sales may have gone above $1 billion for the first time. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) may have had record-breaking Black Friday sales. But the big Thanksgiving holiday…
ThinkstockResults for the shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday have begun to come in and by all accounts, Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday shoppers held up their end of the bargain. Retailers’ promotional prices…
Amazon.com Inc.If the fourth quarter matters as much to tablet sales as it does to other consumer electronics devices, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will almost certainly have a huge lead. New research shows Kindle sales…
ThinkstockWhat would a huge holiday quarter look like for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)? Revenue of $25 billion. At that level Amazon would prove that its sales can continue to grow at an unexpectedly rapid pace,…
ThinkstockWhat has become the largest day for online sales in any given year is nearly upon us again. Cyber Monday, the first Monday after the long Thanksgiving weekend, is right around the corner, and…