Starbucks (SBUX) Goes Down-Market With $1 Cup Of Joe
Starbucks (SBUX) will offer a $1 cup of coffee. It will test the product anyway. It will also look into offering free refills for some of its products according to The Wall Street Journal.…
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"Comfort food" is close to recession-proof, at least according to Pepsi (PEP). According to Reuters, Pepsi believes that "its business, based on "comfort foods", to be resilient to a U.S. economic slowdown, Chief Executive…
Ladies Night With Jim Cramer (TJX)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, this was actually a Ladies night where he was in front a live audience full of nothing but… ladies. He discussed the Fed coming in with the emergency…
Eddie Lampert’s Last Stand (SHLD)
Eddie Lambert has been a bust as a retailer. He may be fine at running a hedge fund, but due to his large holding in Sears (SHLD), that distinction may be shaky as well.…
Wal-Mart Lives Up To A Promise: Doing Well In A Recession (WMT, TGT, COST)
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is managing to actually hold up well in an environment where almost all retail and consumer discretionary stocks are stinking up the stock exchanges. It seems that whether you like the…
Liz Claiborne Scores Key Designer, Isaac Mizrahi (LIZ, TGT, WMT)
Liz Clairborne Inc. (NYSE: LIZ) has made a key hire that might get some notice or kudos if it was a different environment. It appears that Liz has poached away Isaac Mizrahi from Target…
Starbucks (SBUX) Loses “Founder Premium”
Sack the CEO and bring back the founder. The market likes it. And, it worked at Starbucks (SBUX) for all of four days. The shares have fallen as low as $18.92 in today’s trading.…
The Novices At Sears (SHLD) Screw-Up Again
Sears (SHLD) did worse than it had hoped at the end of last year and does not have cash for its share buyback. SHLD said domestic comparable store sales for the nine-week period ended…
Panic Hits The Retail Sector (WMT)(TGT)(AXP)(COF)
When an industry says it is in a state of disarray, investors may want to head for the hills. As the National Retail Federation began its annual meeting, one of its consultants Wendy Liebmann,…
Wall St. Sours On McDonald’s (MCD)
Just a couple of weeks ago McDonald’s (MCD) was the toast of the town. Same store sales were great and its breakfast menu was selling like hotcakes. It said it would put coffee bars…
NCR Dodges The Retail Blues, Thanks To Automated Checkout Terminals (NCR, TDC)
NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR), formerly known as National Cash Register, is managing to raise earning per share targets. While there are always companies that do well and while some companies outperform during an economic…
Wal-Mart (WMT) Sales In Good Range
Wal-Mart (WMT) same-store sales rose 2.4% for the five weeks ending on January 4. Revenue at the big retailer was up 8.4% for the period to $46.6 billion. International sales moved higher by 18.2%…
CostCo (COST) Beats Back Weak Consumer
CostCo (COST) moved against the trend of weak consumer retail sales in December. Same-store sales rose 7 percent, boosted by higher U.S. gas prices at home and the weak dollar at its international stores.…
Consumer Electronics Show Device Launches (AMD, HIMX, LOGI, MCZ, MSFT, PXLW, RNWK, SNE, YHOO)
The Consumer Electronics Show kicked off last night with a keynote from Bill Gates (supposedly his last) and there are many product announcements being shown from large and small tech companies alike. Here are…
McDonald’s (MCD) New Coffee Play: End Of Starbucks (SBUX) As Growth Company
McDonald’s (MCD) will open coffee bars at 14,000 of its US outlets. According to The Wall Street Journal the "locations will install coffee bars with "baristas" serving cappuccinos, lattes, mochas and the Frappe, similar…