ecommerce

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...

Shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) lost more than 1.5 percent on Friday after the company disappointed investors in its second-quarter earnings report. But at the same time, some analysts found sufficient reason to remain bullish on the stock, including UBS's Eric Sheridan. Sheridan maintains a Buy...

Shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) were trading lower by 2 percent Friday after analysts at Bank of America said the stock deserves to trade at a discount and has few catalysts ahead to spur growth. Bank of America's Akshay Bhatia reinstated coverage of Groupon's stock with an...

Analysts at Credit Suisse felt it prudent to rebuild their valuation model on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) as the Street is likely missing out on a working capital benefit from a more rapid growth of Amazon's third party gross merchandise value and the positive impact on free cash flow. Credit...

Investors who are scared that a company may one day face competition from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) should avoid investing in the stock and instead buy companies that won't be "Amazon'd," according to Jefferies retail analyst Randy Konik. Among the small handful of companies that can't be "...

The ongoing surge in e-commerce activity is directly correlated with the increase in demand for residential delivery of items bought online. Analysts at Bernstein took a deep dive look into what impact the e-commerce sector will have on parcel deliveries to consumers buying more items online today...

There is little doubt that e-commerce continues to gain traction and is becoming a preferred method of shopping for more consumers. But there is one problem few investors are discussing, a CNBC report noted: the surging cost of warehouse and distribution centers. Industrial real-estate rates close...

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are trading within striking distance of the $1,000 per share mark and the company's CEO Jeff Bezos deserves a "trophy," at least according to Gene Munster. Munster, the ex-Wall Street analyst turned venture capitalist, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk on the...

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT)'s first-quarter earnings report came in higher than expected, which prompted an 8 percent surge in the stock Wednesday morning. Target, the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S., earned $1.21 per share in the first quarter on revenue of $16.02 billion;...

Glancing at some of the concerning headlines gives the impression that nearly every retailer is struggling to compete against the likes of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). To a certain extent, this may be true and retail investors looking for an "Amazon-proof" company have few options....