Wikimedia CommonsOnce exempt from most state and local sales taxes, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) now collects the taxes in at least nine states, including New York, Texas, California, and Massachusetts. Some early research indicated…
ThinkstockA new survey by customer satisfaction research firm ForeSee has found that luxury shoppers are not getting the kind of service they expect from retailers catering to the high-end market. The top scoring retailers…
ThinkstockArgus may not be a household name for investors looking for traditional Wall Street research calls. The firm dates all the way back to 1934 and it offers unbiased research through brokerage firms. Argus…
thinkstockLululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is seeing its shares battered this morning after the company’s earnings forecast is just not enough to keep the buzz going here. What is interesting is that analysts and investors…
ThinkstockElectronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) this morning announced that it will end its relationship with Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) in mid-April. RadioShack operated Target Mobile kiosks in 1,500 Target stores in the United…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) announced this morning that total sales for the nine weeks of the 2012 holiday season declined 0.4% while same-store sales fell by…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Two Democratic members of Congress, Henry Waxman and Elijah Cummings, said today that they have written a letter to Michael Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) citing documents…
ThinkstockRetail grocery store chain Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) this morning reported third fiscal quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.08 on sales of $7.9 billion. In the same period a year ago,…
ThinkstockHedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management and its CEO, William Ackman, made a lot of waves (and headlines) with Ackman’s takedown of Herbalife Inc. (NYSE: HLF). Calling the weight loss and nutritional supplement company…
courtesy Tiffany & Co.Luxury retailer Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) this morning reported same-store sales totals for the two months of November and December 2012. The store also lowered its full fiscal year guidance.…
ThinkstockHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is getting a very strange move in this activist shareholder battle. Last night we noted that Bill Ackman of Pershing Square was out with its summary document stating its case…
courtesy GameStop Corp.GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is showing that some hot video games did not exactly translate into the great video game recovery for which investors have been waiting (and waiting and waiting). The…
ThinkstockThe man who created Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) in 2005, largely through the combination of Sears and Kmart, and then ruined the new public company, will take over as CEO of the firm…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) filed an 8-K with the SEC that drove down its share price. Problems with the Chinese government have hurt its sales: Due to adverse publicity associated with…
ThinkstockJeff Bezos is adding billions to his net worth each year. With Amazon.com.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) running on fire you might wonder how many times this stock can keep hitting new all-time highs over…