Is McDonald’s Walking Out On Wal-Mart?
McDonald’s (MCD) used to be the exclusive fast food supplier in Wal-Mart (WMT) stores. Subway is now taking over a number of those spots. According to The Wall Street Journal, Subway is now in…
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P.F.Chang’s (NASDAQ:PFCB) is one of those public restaurant chains that you just can’t necessarily judge a book by its cover. Or maybe by the analogy "you can’t judge a restaurant by its food or…
Target Targeting Its Own Targets (TGT)
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) shares traded up 1.5% to $62.72 in normal trading today, but shares are up another 2% in after-hours trading. The red-dot announced today that it is reviewing potential ownership alternatives for…
Wal-Mart’s New Ad Campaign A Yawn (WMT, COST, TGT)
Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) new ad campaign is starting today. The company is ditching its "Always Low Prices" in favor of a new slogan: "Save Money. Live Better." Wal-Mart probably just got tired of 24/7 Wall…
The Death Of Starbucks Growth
According to Bloomberg rising sales of McDonald’s (MCD) coffee prompted Marc Greenberg, a Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. analyst in New York, in June to reduce his Starbucks stock-target price by 14 percent to $32.…
McDonald’s Kicks A– Again
Every man, woman, and child in most developed countries must be eating at McDonald’s (MCD). August same-store sales rose 8.1% in August. The company showed impressive strength in the US, Asia/Pacific, the Middle East,…
lululemon Results Strong, But Looks Like Traders Wanted More (LULU)
Diluted earnings per share were $0.07 on net income of $5.1 million (compared to $0.03 on net income of $1.9 million in Q2 2006). Net revenue increased 80% to $58.7 million (from $32.5 million…
Disney Humiliates Mattel
Disney (DIS) will begin to inspect toys based on characters that it licenses to large companies like Mattel (MAT). Disney does not make the toys. It does not sell them. But, to protect its…
Wal-Mart Gives Women’s Clothing Another Try, Online
When Wal-Mart (WMT) tried to makeover a number of its stores to attract higher income shoppers, the effort was a failure. Consumers simply could not see the world’s largest retailer at an environment where…
Starbucks: Is The World Running Out Of Coffee?
The chairman of Starbucks (SBUX) says that there will be a shortage of the beans for very high end coffee. Fear not. SBUX has already locked up supply due to it huge network of…
Caribou Flirting With All-Time Lows On 52-Week Lows (CBOU, SBUX, PEET)
Caribou Coffee Company (NASDAQ:CBOU) is in a bit of a strange spot. It is in the formerly-hot lounge and coffee destination. They also have the ‘sit and chill’ or ‘work on the free wi-fi’…
Retail Sales In August Not On Life Support
Just yesterday and the day before, the tone was looking to be that sub-prime fallout and the recent tightening on credit was helping to squash Joe Q. Consumer in the U.S. Yesterday, CostCo (COST)…
Same-Store-Sales: Wal-Mart Vs. Target (WMT, TGT, COST)
You have to love a morning where Target (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) have big news out on the same day. This morning both retail giants released August Same-Store-Sales. Surprisingly, both did pretty well and…
e-Books, Yet Again — This Time Amazon Gears Up To Fail
From Silicon Alley Insider Amazon is about to introduce yet another attempt at an e-book, the NYT reports. The Kindle will go on sale this fall for $400 to $500. The NYT summarizes the…
Cramer’s Retail & Apparel Calls On The Fed (PVH, PERY, RL, DLTR, GPS, AEO)
On tonight’s Mad Money on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he is adamant of a RATE CUT from the Federal Reserve and sticking his head out waiting for it. He still thinks the way to…