courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) made a brilliant acquisition when it acquired Teavana. The leader in coffee managed to acquire one of the most prominent names in tea retailing. What Teavana did not…
ThinkstockRadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The electronics retailer posted an adjusted net earnings per share (EPS) loss of $1.11 on $805 million in revenue. In the…
ThinkstockMartha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) recently went on Bloomberg TV to explain how she went from “her humble beginnings as a working class girl from New Jersey to…
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is sick of playing defense in China, where the nation’s big broadcaster criticized the coffee shop chain for what it charges for coffee. China has to make the…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Yet another of former CEO Ron Johnson’s big ideas to lift the fortunes of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is coming unraveled. The wide-ranging deal signed in late 2011…
ThinkstockA massive fire at a Brazilian port virtually destroyed six warehouses containing 180,000 tons of raw sugar waiting to be exported. That will cut into an expected sugar surplus of 2 million tons in…
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is the latest global brand to be targeted by China Central Television (CCTV). The world’s largest coffee chain has pricing that is unfair and discriminatory in China, according…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) will be open on Thanksgiving, at least so far as letting customers in at 8 p.m. that day can be considered Thanksgiving hours. Those…
ThinkstockOne in four Americans are worried about the cost of the upcoming holiday season, according to results of a study released by RetailMeNot.com, the largest digital coupon website in the U.S. That put the…
ThinkstockThe CEO of the National Retail Federation, Matthew Shay, penned a letter that stated the organization’s position on how badly its members could be harmed by the government shutdown and lack of a long-term resolution. Anyone reading…
ThinkstockThe world’s largest toy seller, Toys”R”Us, announced on Wednesday afternoon that it had hired interim CEO Antonio Urcelay as its permanent CEO. The company also hired Hank Mullany as President of its U.S. stores.…
courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWWhen you are running Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) it must be frustrating about how hard it is to grow this company much further. There are many nations…
Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ: PBPB) was among the hottest of the hot IPOs of 2013 when you count first day gains as a public company. The problem is that the sandwich chain became too hot…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) may have built up its cash pile by getting $1.3 billion line of credit and issuing a secondary stock offering for another $800 million…
ThinkstockFiled under “data to hard to obtain and analyze” are various estimates for what poverty or low wages cost the U.S. economy. Among the issues this kind of analysis creates are that increased wages can cut the margins of those…