52-Week High Club
Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG) hit a yearly high of $37.37 today after PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) filed a proxy indicating it would complete its acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group regardless of market conditions. Garrett…
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Newest first · Page 336Retailer’s Lament: Halloween Sales Turn Ugly
Pinched between poor back-to-school sales and a holiday sales season that is anticipated to be the worse in years is Halloween which generally brings retailers about $5 billion. This year will not be as good…
Starbucks (SBUX): Instant Coffee=Instant Profits
Starbucks (SBUX) has been talking about its foray into the instant coffee business for some time. The product “VIA Ready-Brew” will actually launch in the US and Canada today. According to the company “Starbucks…
Retail Job Picture For Holidays Worsens
There has been some hope that with a modest recovery from the recession that holiday retail sales would pick up this year. Those hopes appear to be premature. The high levels of unemployment and…
Cutting Cat in Half Never Looked So Good (CAT)
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) gave us some figures this morning showing that there is still some trouble in this economic recovery. The maker of heavy industrial vehicles and equipment showed that dealer sales of…
Wal-Mart (WMT) Is The Next Wal-Mart
The New York Times has joined a long line of media and analysts who say that Amazon (AMZN) will menace bricks-and-mortar superstore retailers the way that it did the traditional book shops and DVD…
The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come
The battle cries of retailers as the approach this holiday season is “may a fool and his money soon be parted.” Unfortunately, there are fewer fools than there were two years ago when the…
Blockbuster’s Fate: Dying Store Model May Work (BBI, NFLX, CSTR, TIVO, CMCSA, TWX, AMZN)
Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is dying if you read today’s headlines. Word from most media outlets today is that Blockbuster may close some 960 stores. Ouch. That sounds as though there will be no…
Kraft (KFT) To Slash Supplier Costs, Too Late
Hidden in the shadows of its bid for Cadbury, Kraft (KFT) is planning to cut its supplier base in half in an attempt to save $300 million a year. Kraft is trying to raise as…
The Renaissance Of M&A: Kraft (KFT) Bids For Cadbury
Kraft (KFT) has made a $16.7 billion bid for Cadbury. The offer is about 30% above Cadbury’s current price. Not surprisingly, the offer is based on due diligence and financing, which may give Cadbury’s…
JoS. A. Bank Expanding Further (JOSB)
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) is one of the more unique clothing and apparel stocks out there. The company has managed to grow revenues in recent years, and despite the economy it…
Starbucks (SBUX) Lowers Prices, Or At Least Some Of Them
Starbucks (SBUX) has come up with a plan to lower prices on many of its drinks and raise prices on others. The process is almost certainly not random, but the company’s thinking will not…
Gap Holds Its Own (GPS)
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is holding its own considering the past few years. The apparel retail giant reported a slight gain in quarterly earnings, although this is on the heels of a 7% decline…
PetSmart Gives Earnings Dogfight (PETM)
PetSmart Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is getting shelled in after-hours trading after the large pet products retail giant posted disappointing earnings and guidance. It turns out that spending on Fido and Fifi might not be …
Ever Optimistic And Opportunistic, Wal-Mart (WMT) Chases The Affluent
Wal-Mart (WMT) does not care if it has been burned by its past efforts to try to get affluent shoppers. The world’s largest retailer has been known for years as catering to the relatively…