Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will begin to sell the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, which would not make much difference since the tablet is available almost everywhere else. The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets…
Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) and related peers find themselves in a far different class of dollar stores than 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN). Dollar Tree announced this morning that it was heading…
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) has a brand crisis in the works. Yesterday it was no winner in the move for same store sales in September at a time when many retail chains blew past…
We already knew that September was not going to be as cautious in retail sales compared to some of the summer months. What was not known was that some of the gains were actually…
Giving a discount on goods as a reward for opening up a credit account is not exactly a new trick by retailers. That is what Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) is offering up. It’s a…
The results of Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) for the September quarter were impressive, even if they are already priced into the retailer’s shares. Net sales for the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, the 16 weeks…
The companies that own bricks-and-mortars casinos have never been big fans of online gambling. In this they have been on the same side as the US Congress, which, in 2006, passed a law that…
Jim Cramer came to the same conclusion we did about Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR)… This week’s news about the accounting and SEC inquiry is a game changer. On tonight’s “MAD MONEY”…
A temporary job is better than no job, until the person who has it is fired. Toys “R” Us said yesterday that it would add 45,000 workers for the holidays. Presumably, unless holiday sales…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) may have just seen a change on how investors are going to treat its growth story ahead. The company’s latest SEC filing disclosed accounting and SEC issues…
The first half retail sales numbers were anemic and so were back-to-school numbers. It has been assumed that a weakening economy would harm 2010 holiday sales as well. Don’t tell that to Toys “R”…
Anheuser-Busch InBev plans to give out 500,000 free samples of Budweiser beer over the next few weeks. The offer will target upscale bars and restaurants. According to Reuters, “In addition to the free samples,…
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) just can’t seem to get it right. Whatever the strategy is intended to be doing, it needs a real change in the world of a CVS, Walgreen, and Wal-Mart…
Over $2.5 billion served… that is the new annualized dividend payment from McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD). The Golden Arches just announced that its board of directors declared a $0.61 per share quarterly cash dividend. …
Attention hipsters and wannabe hipsters: the price of your finely crafted Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) caffeinated beverage is going up. Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz, who has lead a remarkable turnaround at the Seattle-based…