China’s GDP rose 8.9% amid talk that the increase was caused by the nation’s $585 billion stimulus package and not a significant improvement in its huge manufacturing and export engine. The news means that…
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has cut prices on products from food to book downloads to toys. It offers $4 prescriptions at its in-store pharmacies. Does the world’s largest retailer make any money on these products? It…
Tempur-pedic International Inc (NYSE: TPX) shares rallied over 3% to a yearly high of $22.29 after the company raised its FY09 estimates yesterday afternoon. Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ: COLM) hit a yearly high of $44.41…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has just released a headline titled “Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Issues Statement.” Unfortunately, this ‘statement’ is that the relationship between Martha and Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD)…
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) was supposed to crush Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) in the premium coffee business when the world’s largest restaurant chain introduced a line of premium java more than a year ago. It turns out that McDonald’s impressive…
It just got a little harder to be in the health and beauty retail business either in stores or online. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has started to sell products from a e-commerce section that covers personal…
It just got a little harder to be in the health and beauty retail business either in stores or online. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has started to sell products from a e-commerce section that covers personal…
DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. has set the terms for its IPO, which is a Re-IPO after going private back in 2003. The offering is expected to raise close to $575 million, up from $500…
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is trading down after the company’s quarterly earnings report from this morning. PepsiCo’s earnings were $1.08 EPS on a 1.5% drop in revenues to $11.08 billion, versus Thomson Reuters estimates…
Costco (NASDAQ:COST) announced earnings that beat Wall St. expectations. Net sales for the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended August 30, 2009 were $21.89 billion, a drop from $22.63 billion in the same period a year…
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is out with earnings that look outstanding. The owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut posted $0.70 EPS and $2.78 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates pegged…
Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) announced that has aligned with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to allow customers to purchase a Nutrisystem 14-Day Starter Program for the first time in the retail channel. This will…
Retail sales dropped 3% or more during the 2008 holiday period. Same-store sales at a number of large chains were down much more than that. The trend was so bad that thousand of store…
Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) has just announced that has aligned with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to allow customers to purchase a Nutrisystem 14-Day Starter Program for the first time in the retail channel. …
The Knot, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT) may just have become an indirect beneficiary of the old print media world dying one publication at a time. The Wall Street Journal and CNBC have reported that Conde…