Early Report on Black Friday Online Sales: Up 7%
ThinkstockAt noon ET on Black Friday, online sales are up 7% compared with the same period a year ago and the average order value this year is $142.33. The data is collected and reported…
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ThinkstockRetailers are well into their Black Friday shopping day by now and we thought we’d take a look at how the stocks at ten leading retailers are reacting to early news of shopper enthusiasm.…
Several Twitter Hashtags Show Holiday Social Media Trends
courtesy of TwitterThe most popular Twitter (NASDAQ: TWTR) hashtags, usually dominated by celebrity names, breaking news, and common terms like “climate”, have expanded during the busiest part of the holiday season. A few products and…
Favorite American Thanksgiving Day Sport: Football or Shopping?
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said this Black Friday morning, that it processed more than 10 million register transactions between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving day and that more…
“Google Play” Cuts Prices Up To 75% For Holiday Weekend
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG) does not want to be outdone by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) or the dozens of national retailers which have offered massive discounts on items to bring in foot and online traffic…
Walmart’s “$10 Or Less” Item Black Friday Sale
courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWIf discounts are the stuff of Black Friday’s allure, then Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has set enough products which sell for $10 or less to draw nearly every shopper.…
Amazon’s $1 Item Black Friday Sale
Wikimedia CommonsWhile J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have run ads in newspapers and online around the country to get shoppers through their doors in a desperate attempt to take market share from…
Retails Sales, Looking Beyond Thanksgiving And Black Friday
courtesy of Apple Inc.The deals are good enough and promotions aggressive enough that the millions of Americans who are supposed to shop on Thanksgiving and Black Friday will. However, retailers face the same puzzle they…
In Advance of Black Friday, Two Stock Picks in Retail
ThinkstockIn the Thanksgiving holiday edition of its Weekend Warrior newsletter, Sterne Agee offers a couple of stock picks, one outstanding holiday pricing ad, and a weather forecast. That should about cover the bases. The…
Holiday Shopping Online More Popular Than Ever: Gallup
ThinkstockNow that Black Friday is virtually upon us and retailers are gearing up for what they hope will be a robust holiday shopping season, the folks at Gallup have published a survey Wednesday morning…
France Is the Next Step in Burger King’s Global Expansion
ThinkstockBurger King Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: BKW) announced Tuesday that it has inked a deal with restaurant operator Groupe Olivier Bertrand to further expand into France. Financial terms were not disclosed, nor did it say…
Evidence Grows That Amazon Thrives as Weak Retailers J.C. Penney and Sears Falter
Wikimedia CommonsAgain and again, retail experts and research firms that cover the retail industry offer evidence that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will continue to suck the marrow from the bones of weak department store chains.…
Groupon Wants Its Piece of Black Friday Too
courtesy of Groupon Inc.There are gimmicks and then there are gimmicks. Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is out with its gimmick for Black Friday. It sounds huge on the headline of $100 million, yet as…
Barnes & Noble Results Provide Little Holiday Cheer for Investors
ThinkstockBarnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The bookstore chain reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.15 on revenues of $1.73 billion. In the same…
The Container Store Analyst Quiet Period Ends: Some Stay Hot, Some Not
Courtesy The Container Store Group Inc.The so-called quiet period for the hot initial public offering (IPO) of The Container Store Group Inc. (NYSE: TCS) has come to an end. The underwriters who were in…