Fresh Market

In a report published Monday, Bank of America analyst Robert Ohmes downgraded shares of The Fresh Market Inc (NASDAQ: TFM) to Neutral from Buy with a $45 price target due to valuation reasons and uncertainties over the company's prospects. Ohmes noted that the company's 3.0 percent comp gains in...

U.S. stocks declined as geopolitical concerns outweighed an improved economic read on second-quarter growth. Ukraine's President stated that Russian troops had crossed in to Ukraine territory and were fighting alongside Russian supported separatists. Markets initially traded lower on the...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off earnings season for the big retailers last week with disappointing first-quarter results. Taking their turns on the earnings stage this week are Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and several more retailers. Below is a brief look at...

The focus is on retail as the as the crucial holiday shopping season is set to get underway. Last week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) offered weak third-quarter results, while Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) turned in earnings beats. Plenty more retailers are on deck this...

The retail earnings crunch is winding down, with reports from Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) and a sprinkling of others this holiday-shortened week. In fact, the first-quarter earnings season is winding down, so overall things will be pretty quiet on that front...

Now that Congress and the White House have failed to reach a deal to avoid the federal budget sequester, and with the jobs report coming out on Friday, the attention this week is likely to be elsewhere, rather than on earnings, which have slowed to dribble. A few lingering retail earnings reports...

While the holiday season is in full swing now, the earnings season is winding down. Perhaps the most prominent quarterly reports on this week's schedule those from Kroger, the country's largest grocery store chain, and Tiffany, the iconic purveyor of luxury goods. The consensus forecasts of...

Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing service sector stocks in May. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are all more than 15% higher than 30 days ago. AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) shares are trading more than 45% higher year to date...

Most of the S&P 500 have already posted their fourth-quarter results. But a few of them are scheduled to report fiscal quarterly results this week. These include Altera, Brown-Forman, H&R Block and Pall Corp. Also, earnings reports from retailers continue to roll out this week, as they have...

Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, the traditional start of the summer season. So it must be time to stock up for picnics and barbeques. Good for the supermarkets, right? But with the specter of rising foods costs, is this actually good time to consider supermarket stocks? Below is a quick...