McDonald’s amazed even itself with magnificent same-store sales in February. Ronald McDonald and the other clowns in management watched the firm post February comparable sales which increased 8.3% in the U.S. as McDonald’s market-…
When Sharper Image’s sales fell so low that it could not make its debt service, the retailer filed for Chapter 11. Part of its cost cutting was a decision to stop taking gift cards…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) already gave stronger sales than most this morning, but the company is doing another shareholder friendly initiative that is far better than a stock buyback: It is hiking its…
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) showed why its stock has done well while others in retail have floundered for much of the last quarter. The apparel store posted earnings of $0.32 EPS on 29% revenues…
Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) has managed to beat lower and lower estimates this morning and its guidance for fiscal 2009 has sent the short sellers scrambling. The discount retailer posted $0.93 EPS for…
Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) has posted earnings of $0.74 per share EPS on revenues of $16.62 Billion. First Call had estimates at $0.74 on EPS and $16.85 Billion in revenues. For Feb/March, Costco…
If there is one company that needed to get out of its crazy merger, it was Finish Line. Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL). The company last year made a greatly leveraged buyout offer to acquire Genesco…
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) has announced that it has reorganized its structure by creating a new holding company structure. The effective date is today. The company noted that the primary purpose of the…
The staff at most of the Starbucks (NYSE: SBUX) recently went though a few hours for training. The nationwide program was designed to make the people working in the stores do a better job…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) retrained most of its store workers last week. Howard Schultz, the returned founder and CEO, has replaced a number of the lame-brains in senior management. It would be hard to tell…
On Thursday morning we’ll get to see earnings out of Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN). The estimates for the specialty retail company from First Call are $462.28 million in revenues. Next quarter estimates are…
On Tuesday afternoon we’ll get to see earnings out of Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS). The estimates for the specialty womens retailer from First Call are $416.93 million in revenues. Next quarter estimates are…
On Wednesday morning we’ll get to see earnings out of Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG). The estimates for the closeout retailer from First Call are $0.84 EPS on $1.41 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
This morning, Business Week in its "INSIDE WALL STREET" section has featured CarMax (NYSE: KMX) positively, mainly noting that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK/A) raised his stake by another half recently to 9.6%. …
Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is seeing a 5% rise after the ailing casual apparel retailer reported earnings. The company posted $0.25 EPS with a 5% revenue drop to $4.67 Billion, and First Call estimate…