Crocs Tries To Lure Athletes; New Line, Same Look (CROX)
Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is one of the brands that has come at-risk over its future. The company is also flying under the “going concern” flag from auditors. And now it is bringing a…
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After perusing the list of 52-week lows this afternoon, there was a surprising name: Campbell Soup Co, (NYSE: CPB). Shares are trading down over 3% and south of $25.00 late today, and the previous…
Devil In Details For Amazon Earnings (AMZN)
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has just posted earnings. The online retail giant has posted earnings of $0.41 in non-GAAP EPS and $4.89 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.31 EPS and $4.76…
eBay Lackluster, But Not Too Pessimistic (EBAY)
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has just posted its first quarter earnings. The online auction giant reported a non-GAAP earnings of $0.39 EPS and $2.02 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had estimates at $0.34 EPS…
Overstock’s Earnings Still Under ‘The O’ (OSTK)
Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) has just reported earnings. The online ‘overstock’ retailer, or “The O,” has posted an 8% decline in revenue of $187.4M and a net loss at -$0.09 EPS. We unfortunately did…
McDonald’s (MCD): Still Bullett-Proof
There is not much to say about McDonald’s (MCD) other than to state that it is clearly recession-proof and has the best management in its industry. Global comparable sales increased 4.3% even though the…
Amazon Gets Deeper Into Media Downloads (AMZN)
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is getting further into the media download game. The online retail aggregator and seller of books, CDs, and DVDs has announced that its customers can now rent box-office favorites and…
Oppenheimer Hits Casual Dining (BWLD, CMG, PNRA)
Oppenheimer has started coverage several of the casual dining chains this morning. Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) was initiated as an “Outperform” rating, with a 40% implied upside at a $52.00 price target. Chipotle Mexican…
If Coke Follows Pepsi’s Bottling Roll-Up (PEP, PAS, PBG, KO, COKE, CCE, KOF, CCH
This morning’s news of Pepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) offering to acquire bottling affiliates PepsiAmericas Inc. (NYSE: PAS) and Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (NYSE: PBG) may be a surprise to some, but it is far…
If States Add Online Sales Tax, Do Amazon (AMZN) And eBay Get Dinged?
States and the federal government have monkeyed around with the idea of forcing e-commerce sites to collect state taxes for years. That would require companies such as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) to track…
Starbucks Catching Another Downgrade (SBUX)
Shares of Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) are getting hit by an analyst downgrade this morning. If it sounds like a repeat call mistaken for yesterday’s downgrade, it isn’t. Not really. This morning we have…
Starbucks Gets Unwanted Sell Rating (SBUX, MCD)
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has performed rather well in the most recent 5-week stock market rally. After all, shares hit a low of $7.06 last November and challenged the $8.00 mark just last month. …
Bernanke Vs. Retail Sales
The new retail sales report indicates that the economy is not pulling out of it nose dive. According to the Commerce Department, U.S. retail sales dropped a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in March. Economists thought…
Tax Refunds Help Send False Recovery Signal
A taxpayer gets a refund check under the new stimulus program and then spends most of the money. That trend may help retail sales for the current quarter, but it will not help companies…
March’s Retail Winners (BKE, FRED, GYMB, HOTT, JCP, TJX)
We are still seeing overall weak trends in the retail sector. This is no shock based upon the overall drop in the economy and the growing army of unemployed workers out there. But there…