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Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) gained more than 12 percent early Tuesday morning after activist investor Sandell Asset Management delivered a letter to the country's biggest specialty book retailer of which it is now a top 10 shareholder. Many investors have been working under...

Luxury apparel and accessory maker Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (NYSE: KORS) confirmed early Tuesday morning it has agreed to buy the London-based and listed shoe company Jimmy Choo PLC. As part of the agreement, Michael Kors will pay Jimmy Choo's shareholders 230 pence per share, which values the...

Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) has a reputation as being grouped within the troubled "mall store" category but in fact around 95 percent of stores are not located inside traditional malls, the company's own CEO Kevin Mansell said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday.   The retailer...

At a time when most retailers are closing stores or at the very least not planning to open new ones, Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) is an outlier as the company has plans to open 100 new stores. The company's secret? Offer customers an incredible customer experience or tremendous value. But in Five...

Shares of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) gained 6 percent early Thursday morning after investors were treated to encouraging news from the struggling retailer. Not including any premarket gains, the stock is still lower by around 30 percent since the start of 2017 and has slumped 12 percent over...

It’s no secret brick-and-mortar retail is getting crushed, suffocating under the imposing force of online sales. As a result, the e-commerce workforce has expanded 334 percent over the last 15 years, a figure vastly disproportionate to the 25-percent contraction seen among department stores....

Jim Cramer's bullish stance on Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ: ULTA) has been based on the premise that the "selfie generation" is spending a lot of money to make sure they look their beset anytime a picture makes its way to social media. But Cramer's position on Ulta has slightly...

The oldest haberdashery in the United States is losing its storefront on Broadway Street in downtown Detroit, but it may not be the end of Henry the Hatter’s run in the city. When the shop approached its landlord Sterling Group earlier this year to negotiate a new lease, the company exercised...

Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) is a standout in the retail sector at a time when many companies are lowering their footprint by closing stores Five Below is looking to open new ones. Five Below's status as a retail standout helped boost shares higher by nearly 15 percent since the start of 2017 but...

The retail sector is being closely watched Thursday as a handful of companies reported their sales metrics. Here is a recap of some of the notable companies who updated investors with their performance. L Brands Shares of L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB) lost more than 11 percent Thursday morning. The...