Costco Same-Store Sales Up 9%
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) same-stores sales rose 9% in November. For the four weeks which ended November 28, international same-store activity was up 13%. The huge big box retailer said it had revenue of $6.78 billion…
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Newest first · Page 321Starbucks Investors Focus on China Over Valuation (SBUX)
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has been releasing data at today’s investor conference, and the slow growth in the U.S. may be greatly overshadowed by the company’s aggressive expansion plans for China. For now, the…
JoS. A. Bank: War of Shorts & Bulls Intensifies (JOSB)
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) is perhaps the most controversial of all retail apparel companies for investors. Many have been against it after endless promotions and concerns over margins, yet the company…
Wal-Mart Takes Its Chances in South Africa (WMT)
Just two months ago Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) revealed that it had made a non-binding offer of $4.6 billion to acquire South Africa’s Massmart Holdings Ltd. Almost immediately resistance surfaced from labor unions…
Starbucks Wants Its Beans Back (SBUX, KFT)
When Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) filed its Form 10-K last week, it had this to say about its relationship with Kraft Foods Global, Inc., the division of Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) that…
Black Friday Online Spending Up 16%, Facebook Influence Rises
Online spending rose much more than expected on Black Friday. Should the trend continue, holiday 2010 sales may be stronger than expected, especially if e-commerce is a proxy for overall retail activity. comScore expected…
Apple Listens, Black Friday Sales on iPad, iPod, iMac & More (AAPL)
Earlier this week came the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) sales gimmick for Black Friday. It started out as a bad tease that really left a lot to be desired with engraving and wrapping but…
New Optimism About Black Friday Shoppers, And The Future Of Holiday Spending
The closer the heart of the holiday shopping comes, the more it appears that it will be a good one and will help erase the memory of an awful 2008 and a 2009 which…
The Daily Black Friday Gimmick: Apple (AAPL)
Gimmicks are generally considered unique or special features to make something stand out that would have otherwise been lost in the shuffle or been ignored. Gimmick often do nothing other than draw attention without…
McDonald’s Online Promotion, Proven Success For Others to Follow (MCD, WEN, JACK, YUM)
comScore data comes out monthly and it is very frequent where the trends come in almost exactly as you might have guessed when it comes to popular websites and the traffic growth. Then there…
Black Friday Special: Nine Retailers That Will Be Crushed This Holiday Season
Several experts estimate that as many as 130 million shoppers will visit stores or online retail sites on Black Friday. The number is deceiving. The National Retail Federation expects the holiday sales of its…
New “Call of Duty” on Way to $1 Billion in Sales (ATVI, GME)
To call the new mega-hit game “Call of Duty: Black Ops” a success would be the understatement of 2010 in video games. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has set a record in sales and…
McDonald’s Price Hikes in China: Warning to U.S.? (MCD, YUM, SBUX, PEP)
For years now, The Economist has computed its Big Mac index, a measure of purchasing power parity in the countries in which Big Macs from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) are sold. The October 14th…
A Ray Of Hope For Christmas Cheer
Most estimates are that there will be a very modest rise in consumer spending this holiday season which either began at the start of November or will begin the Friday after Thanksgiving, depending on…
Is Starbucks Making the Same Expansion Mistake Twice? (SBUX, MCD)
Does the US consumers’ taste for coffee translate well into Chinese? It looks like Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is determined to find out. Sales and profits have picked up in the last year or…