24/7 Wall St. continued its ongoing evaluations of Starbucks stores, this times visiting a number of locations in Manhattan. A few of the special Christmas gifts from the coffee retailer: 1. Dirty toilets. It would…
Better economies do not always help all players. The grocery business is already one which operates on razor-thin margins, so any hiccup can cause great pain for investors in the food segment of retail. …
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is seeing a bear raid after its earnings. It is one of those bear raids that is for good reason. Shares had recovered from the post-disclosure lows…
By Douglas A. McIntyre A look at the most expensive gifts sold by twelve retailers including Tiffany (NYSE: TIF), Target (NYSE: TGT), Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Apple (NYSE: AAPL, and Best Buy (NYSE:…
lululemonLululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is proving exactly why we recently named it one of several companies that could be the next future monopolies. The yoga-themed retailer and apparel maker is surging after blow-out…
There has been just as much written about e-commerce as there is about bricks-and-mortar sales this holiday season, if a quick read of online business sites and financial publications is any indication E-commerce revenue…
We have another IPO from China today that may look like a NASDAQ IPO but it is a New York Stock Exchange IPO. E-commerce China Dangdang Inc. (NYSE: DANG) priced at a premium for…
The market is disappoint with McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) same-store sales in November. The company’s stock trades down about 2% to $79, still near its 52-week high. The shares have risen to their peak value…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the largest e-commerce business in the world by almost any measure. The company has a market valuation of more than $80 billion, which makes it one of the 50 most…
ThinkstockThe ongoing battle between Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is getting more heated and it has industry-wide implications for the coffee sector. Kraft alleges that Starbucks is violating the…
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is getting clipped after its earnings report and guidance is not as rewarding to some of the highest bulls out there. An obvious secondary offering which should have been…
Analysis of Spending Growth Among Top 25 Online Retail Sites Nov. 1-29, 2010 vs. Corresponding Days in 2009 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore, Inc. Spending Growth Dollar Share 2009 2010 Total Retail…
The rate of e-commerce sales growth for this holiday season has begun to slow. And, there is some reason to believe that the problem will become worse. comScore reports that online sales growth in…
Movie studios hope for, plan for, and pray for that blockbuster film that will pay everyone’s bonuses for the year. For retailers, a blockbuster like, say, the Cabbage Patch dolls, are both good news…
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has a long history of operating in Russia. It is about to get much deeper into the country. This morning came the announcement that PepsiCo is going to acquire Wimm-Bill-Dann…