The world of casual dining and dining is one which has survived bad times and thrived in good times. Â It turns out that some of the casual dining segment, particularly the fast food segment,…
From California, to the New York Island; from the redwood forest, to the Gulf Stream waters, this land is filled with fatties, lard butts and people large enough to have their own gravitational fields.  …
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is doing something that many investors might have considered more than difficult. Its shares are actually rallying after an earnings report. If you just read the headline data…
American Apparel has too many stores. The company (AMEX: AAP) raised $14.9 million through a sale of shares on April 25 to save itself from what was a likely bankruptcy. The shares were sold…
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization issued its biannual Food Outlook. Everyone from commodities traders to those who follow the news only occasionally knows what it says. Food prices are near all-time highs. The…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) released May figures. They looked good at first, but a close examination shows that the big box retail chain’s revenue barely kept up with same-store sales growth last month. Costco began…
The retail sector has historically not the place for income and dividend investors seeking high payouts. The reason is simple: razor-thin margins. Add in the notion that many new retailers are effectively new companies…
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) is seeing a boost this Tuesday morning after a long weekend thanks to a bullish report in Barron’s. The financial weekly calls for a gain of 14% (including dividends)…
Jon OggLast night came the news bomb that many analysts should have seen coming but were blindsided by the severity of the news. Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) gave an earnings forecast that was much…
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and the largest company in America based on sales and employees, has tried to argue since the beginning of the recession that it can revive its moribund sales growth…
Attention America’s obese children: Your parents made you fat. Ronald McDonald is probably not to blame. That’s not the message that America’s food police — nutritional do-gooders — who want McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE:MCD) to…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) has been an amazing stock. Despite the rise in precious metals, the company has so far not been impacted by rising prices when it comes to sell-through rates. It…
When the economy improves, so does the birth rate. That’s why investors should try to be family friendly. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of companies that cater to the wants, needs and…
We have already seen earnings come in as a disappointment from Lowe’s Companies today. We still have quite a few retailers on deck to report earnings this week. We compiled a more detailed calendar…
It may seem like corporate earnings season is just about over, but next week we have a flurry of reports with some tech and a monster amount of retail companies. We have compiled earnings…