courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWOften forgotten among the publicity Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) gets for its red-hot growth, and the well-regarded marketing and pricing strategies of Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), is…
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertAs a fight between major J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) owner Bill Ackman and the balance of the firm’s board rages, the question too obvious…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) popped 10% on a report from CNBC that the company is looking for a permanent CEO to replace Mike Ullman, who was…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) closed at $12.80 last night, after setting a new 52-week low of $12.50 during the day. Its shares have not traded at…
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing July same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 4.1% year-over-year, compared with a 4.3% gain in June and a 3.8% gain in May. Retail sales…
ThinkstockAfter markets closed last night, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the already junk-rated debt of RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) from ‘CCC+’ to ‘CCC’. That’s eight notches below investment grade. S&P’s outlook on the company remains…
ThinkstockShares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) have fallen 65% in five years, as the company has lost money each of those years. Most of that drop has been because the public…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) denied plausible rumors that CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) has cut off credit to small vendors of the retailer. The conjecture may be supported by a sharp drop in…
Mister DonutMany of America’s once-great restaurant chains are now impossible to find. While McDonald’s and Subway locations continue to multiply, Howard Johnson’s and Chi-Chi’s are all but forgotten. 24/7 Wall St. relied on food…
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which announced a loss in its most recent quarter, will add 5,000 new workers, as CEO Jeff Bezos dares Wall Street to desert him. It will not. As has been…
ThinkstockWall Street’s first reaction to the Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) earnings release was that its extraordinary revenue increase of 22% was as astonishingly great as it was unexpected. The second was that Amazon continues…
courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) continues to surge, as its recent earnings report showed. At about the same time it released the good numbers, it announced a partnership with Danone to sell ready-to-eat parfait Greek…
ThinkstockIf you were told that coffee lowers your risk of suicide, would you believe it? A new report in the Harvard Gazette talked up a July study and the end result is that coffee…
courtesy of McDonald'sFor people who want to get into the food franchise business, and want to do so on a budget, the best choice is a deal with Papa John’s International Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA),…
courtesy of StarbucksFor people who hate coffee, free WiFi, scones and obnoxious baristas, Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has entered the yogurt business, which is among the most crowded food businesses in the world. But…