ThinkstockCostco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) is holding its own after the company earnings report. Costco’s report was for its third quarter, and investors should know that it is considered to be the throwaway or…
ThinkstockCostco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) is set to report earnings on Thursday morning, likely before about 95% of the nation even wakes up. What investors need to know is that the price of Costco…
ThinkstockIt looks like the bad news in the PC sales trend is not anywhere close to being at an end. Research firm International Data Corp. (or IDC) has now lowered estimates yet again for…
ThinkstockThe research team at Deutsche Bank A.G (NYSE: DB), recently put out an in-depth piece on the food industry as a defensive place to put money and keep earning dividends. They point out that…
Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter last night’s dismal company earnings report, Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) does not appear to have many options left in its efforts to turn around the sinking ship. The…
thinkstockAbercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The specialty retailer posted a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.09 on revenues of $838.8 million.…
ThinkstockEarnings from Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) were so awful that Wall Street pushed its stock price down close to 10%. The question is whether the company can overcome the lack of attraction created…
Sears might as well start working toward just give up on being a retailer. This is a decade-long turnaround that just cannot seem to turn around. Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) reported that its company earnings came…
thinkstockGap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is showing that its turnaround is keeping up momentum. The problem is that the owner of Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Athleta is not getting aggressive on its 2013…
ThinkstockBefore markets opened this morning, specialty retailer rue21 Inc. (NASDAQ: RUE) and private equity firm Apax Partners announced that they had reached a definitive agreement under which funds controlled by Apax will acquire all…
thinkstockRalph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2013 company earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the apparel company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.41 on revenues…
ThinkstockDollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The discount retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59 on revenues of $1.87 billion. In the same period…
thinkstockThis week has brought much in the news of video games and the convergence of media. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders might consider that Tuesday’s testimony on taxation of international income was the bomb.…
courtesy of TargetTarget Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The big-box retailer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.05 on $16.71 billion in revenues. In the…
ThinkstockSaks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The luxury department store chain posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.19 and $793.2 million in revenues. In…