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(LOW) Earnings Season Quieting Down – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview – Week of May 21st
It will be a relatively quiet week on the earnings front, as there are only a few reports left before we close the books on the first quarter earnings season. This...
(COST) Retail Industry Stock Outlook – April 2012 – Industry Outlook
Right-sizing inventories and enhancing efficiencies through greater use of technology were the key agenda items on retailers’ to-do lists most of last year. Progress on those fronts has paved the way for the retailers to enter fiscal 2012 with a more optimistic outlook.
So...
(COST) Retail Industry Stock Outlook – April 2012 – Industry Outlook
Right-sizing inventories and enhancing efficiencies through greater use of technology were the key agenda items on retailers’ to-do lists most of last year. Progress on those fronts has paved the way for the retailers to enter fiscal 2012 with a more optimistic outlook.
So...
(AAPL) How to Find the Next Apple – Picking High-Growth Companies
Apple’s share price exceeded $500 this week, giving it the largest market cap of any U.S. company.
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) so successfully sells computers, phones and other electronic gadgets that recently...
(COST) Costco Wholesale Sustains Sales Momentum
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), one of the leading U.S. warehouse club operators, recently posted healthy sales data for the four-week period ended November 27, 2011.
The company has been able...
(M) Holiday Retail Outlook & Review – Industry Outlook
Does the start of holiday sales suggest a break from the phase when US consumers were reeling under a series of macro-economic shocks? For now, the initial data released by National Retail Federation suggests that Santa has a bagful of gifts for the majority of retailers this...
(WMT) Walmart Settles Fiduciary Lawsuit
Walmart Stores (WMT) settled a long-running class-action lawsuit alleging that the retail giant had breached the retirement benefits of its 2 million past and present workers.
Merrill Lynch, a unit...
(NRF) Party Time for Retailers
The Thanksgiving weekend brought record sales for retailers who went on to post better-than-expected November comparable-store sales and are now padding up for the holiday season. Does this indicate that the retail party has just begun?
Early hours store openings, huge...
(WMT) Walmart and Amazon.com Tame Packaging Rage
Customers buying goods from Walmart Inc. (WMT) can heave a sigh of relief as the world’s biggest retailer teams up with online giant Amazon.com Inc. (
30Nov2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(WMT) Wal-Mart Stores Reopens Stores in China
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has reopened 13 stores in southwest China, which were ordered to shut down two weeks before by the municipal government of China.
The municipal government of...
(TIF) Dollar Stores Win on Double-Dip Fears
One of the most amazing aspects of this economic recovery has been the resiliency of the American consumer. Given a banking/housing/credit crisis that nearly melted down the economy, you would have thought that high-end luxury retailers like Tiffany & Co....
(WMT) Wal-Mart Stores Close in China
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has agreed to stop operations at 13 stores in southwest China, following the allegations of mislabeling ordinary pork as organic.
The municipal government of...
(KR) California Survives Strike After United Food and Commercial Workers Union Settles
Southern California, which is one of the most competitive food retailing markets in the United States, recently witnessed a withdrawal of a 141 workers’ strike after the United Food and Commercial Workers union arbitrated in settling a long-standing dispute between the workers...
(WMT) Wal-Mart Stores to Install Solar Projects
As committed to generate renewable energy in California, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) planned to install solar-power panels in more than 60 stores in California, which means that 75% of the stores will have...
(WMT) Walmart Stores Announces Women-Centered Programs
Walmart Stores Inc. (WMT), the world’s leading grocery retailer, has a basket of plans aimed at women across the globe for next five years. The company has announced plans to invest in goods and services...
(BJ) BJ’s Wholesale Club Opens in Northborough, Massachusetts
BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ), in an attempt to expand its operational roots, is all set to serve the residents of Northborough, Massachusetts by opening a new store and...
(COST) Costco Wholesale Corporation Delivers Consistent Sales Growth
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) continues to be a dominant retail wholesaler based on the breadth and quality of merchandise it has to offer. The company’s strategy to sell products at heavily discounted...
(VZ) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rise Again
Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 22,000 last week to 414,000. This was worse than the expected level of 400,000. Last week’s numbers were revised upwards by 3,000, so one could see it as an increase of 5,000.
Recently, initial jobless claims seemed...
(ADP) Stock Market News for September 2, 2011 – Market News
Investors remained cautious ahead of crucial employment data and chose not to bet big bucks, while mixed economic reports and a plunge in banking stocks pushed the markets into the red for the first time in four days.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) inched down...
(VZ) Verizon Strike Raises Inital Jobless Claims
Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 5,000 last week to 417,000. This was worse than the expected level of 400,000. Worse, last week’s numbers were revised upwards by 4,000, so one could see it as a increase of 9,000.
Recently, initial jobless claims...
(COST) Costco Sustains Sales Momentum
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), one of the leading U.S. warehouse club operators, recently posted healthy sales data for the four-week period ended July 31, 2011.
The company has been able to...
(PCE) Stock Market News for August 3, 2011 – Market News
Incremental concerns about the economy outweighed news of the Senate approving the debt deal, as stocks plunged and posted their longest losing streak in almost three years. Additionally, the S&P 500 hit its lowest point for the year and entered the negative zone.
The...
(XLY) Stock Market News for July 21, 2011 – Market News
On Wednesday, markets ended almost flat with a marginally negative bias as disappointing home sales data and concerns about the debt ceiling overshadowed Apple’s stellar quarterly results. Volumes remained low as investors chose to take a breather a day after the Dow posted...
(XLE) Stock Market News for July 18, 2011 – Market News
On Friday, markets ended with modest gains as encouraging earnings reports from Google and Citigroup helped the indices resist downside pressure from concerns over the US debt situation and European bank stress tests. However, gains made on Friday were not large enough to...
(ADP) Stock Market News for July 8, 2011 – Market News
On Thursday, positive jobs and retail reports lifted investor sentiment and subsequently boosted the benchmarks which edged closer to 2011 highs. Nonetheless, volumes remained tight as investors anxiously await crucial non-farm payroll data from the government.
The...
(WMT) Wal-Mart Offers Jobs in Wichita
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) has announced to create 300 jobs for its five Walmart Neighborhood Markets stores in Wichita.
Walmart stated that they have started accepting applications from...
(WMT) Wal-Mart Wants Bigger Brazil Market
In the midst of a takeover fight between rival retail chains, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) states its desire to buy Carrefour SA’s (CA) operations in the booming Brazilian market.
Carrefour, a giant...
(BJ) BJ’s Wholesale Club Approves Buyout Offer
After keeping the market guessing about the future prospects of the company, BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ) recently announced that its board of directors has approved the $2.8 billion buyout offer of Leonard...
(WMT) Wal-Mart 2012 First Quarter Earnings Beats Estimates
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2012 results. The retailing giant reported quarterly earnings of 98 cents a share up by 12.6% over the prior-year earnings of 87 cents...
(ANR) Company News for May 26, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) reported Q1 EPS of $0.46, above the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $0.44 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 9.8% year-over-year to $592.2 million, higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate...