How Hot Is Hot Topic? (HOTT)
Hot Topic Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) is worth a visit now that the dust has settled from its better-than-expected sales numbers. This stock has been holding its own when you consider the market over the…
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Newest first · Page 350Value In Fuqi (FUQI)
Fuqi International, Inc. (NASDAQ: FUQI) posted a much stronger quarter than expected and traded up at the end of last week. Fuqi designs, develops, promotes, and sells precious metal jewelry in the Peoples Republic…
Starbucks Still Outside of Value-Land (SBUX)
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a stock which we get asked about constantly by our readers. Now that the price is at a certain point, we have finally been able to cover this stock…
JC Penney (JCP): The Real Face Of Retail
Anyone looking at Wal-Mart’s (WMT) results would have have been terribly misled about the state of American retail. JC Penney (JCP) showed what retail really looks like in a recession. JPC reported earnings per…
IPO Filing: Alon Brands, Inc., A 7-Eleven Play (ABO)
It seems that the IPO filings may at least be seeing a very small comeback after weeks and weeks of being in a desert with no oasis. Alon Brands, Inc. filed late yesterday to…
McDonald’s (MCD) Argues That Some Companies Are Recession-Proof
There is no economic slowdown under the golden arches. Where else can someone buy a large meal of heart-healthy food for under $2, and only $1 for the kids. McDonald’s has begun to make…
Grim Reaper Wearing Crocs (CROX)
CROCS Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is a story of the good, the bad, and the fugly. The maker of ugly fad shoes reported earnings after the close, which technically were no earnings at all. The…
Best Buy, Worst Buy (BBY)
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) has issued an earnings warning this morning. The electronics and home appliances retailer is noting a fall in consumer spending, driven by the recent turmoil in the financial markets…
Bulletin From The Distant Past: Holiday Sales Will Fall
For some reason, retailers have been thinking that this holiday season would be bad but not brutal. Industry experts have been saying sales might only be up 2% or 3% year-over-year. Someone must have…
As Consumer Spending Worsens, Sears (SHLD) Moves In The Cross Hairs
Consumer sentiment and consumer spending may be bad today, but according to a major new survey, they are going to get much worse over the next three months. Among the largest victims of the…
Starbucks, Cooling Coffee & Cooling Earnings (SBUX)
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has just reported earnings of $0.01 EPS (after $0.09 restructuring costs) on $2.5 billion in revenues Thomson Reuters (First Call) had earnings consensus estimates at $0.13 EPS and $2.58 billion…
Starbucks Braces For Earnings (SBUX)
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is set to report earnings right after the close of trading today. Unfortunately, it isn’t expected to look that pretty. To make matters worse, the report has a look-back to…
Astonishingly Good Numbers At McDonald’s (MCD)
McDonald’s (MCD) and Wal-Mart (WMT) may be the only retailers in the country who are doing extraordinarily well. The reason may be simple. What they sell is cheap and, in the case of MCD,…
Circuit City (CC) Fires Hundreds Of Headquarters Staff
In addition to the nearly 7,000 people who lost jobs when Circuit City (CC) closed 155 stores last week, almost 800 people who work at the company headquarters in Henrico, near Richmond, are now…
Consumers Not Even Window Shopping (WMT, COST, TGT, SKS, JWN, JCP, KSS, DDS, M)
The retail sales numbers on Main Street are truly going to hell in a hand basket. The only bright spot is Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), and that is just indicative of a tapped out…