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6 Sure Signs The Holiday Shopping Season Is Already Here
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 1:42pm | 957Read More...Autumn officially arrived at 10:29 p.m. ET September 22. Just ahead of that, the 2014 holiday shopping season began. For those who missed the signs, here are six sure indicators, along with the retailers that introduced them, offering proof positive that the holidays have arrived. 1....
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6 Major Retailers Starting Back-To-School Campaigns
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 2:50pm | 786Read More...It may still be summer, but as far as retailers are concerned, it's time to get ready to go back to school. Retailers already gearing up include Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Disney (NYSE: DIS), Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP...
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Holiday Retail Sales Rose 3.5 Percent On Children's Apparel & Jewelry
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 12:05pm | 729Read More...Overall U.S. retail sales were up 3.5 percent during the 2013 holiday shopping season, according to MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse. Big sellers this year were children’s clothing and jewelry. Figures released Friday indicated that sales of clothing, electronics, and luxury goods rose 2.3...
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Retailers Hoping For After-Christmas Sales Surge
Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 9:38am | 595Read More...Hoping to boost lagging end-of-year sales, a number of retailers announced a push to attract customers after Christmas. Many big-name stores are taking part – including Macy’s (NYSE: M), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and even online giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Some traditional bricks and mortar...
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Will Kmart's 41-Hour Thanksgiving Shop-a-thon Be Enough?
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 12:11pm | 737Read More...Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) owned, Kmart will open at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day and stay open for 41 consecutive hours until 11 p.m. on Black Friday. To date, this decision represents the earliest Thanksgiving Day opening of any major retailer yet. Black Friday as the traditional beginning of...
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Seven Hot Retail Stocks
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 11:07am | 1048Read More...Fourth-quarter retail earnings season kicked off last week with mixed results from Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Many more retailers will post their results this week and next, including Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy's (NYSE: M), Barnes &...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 20
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 10:46am | 1082Read More...The focus turns to earnings from retailers this week. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked things off last week. The former posted lower earnings per share in line with estimates, while the latter narrowly beat EPS expectations but revenues fell short. Here is a look...
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Can "Green Monday" Surpass Cyber Monday and Black Friday?
Monday, December 12, 2011 - 10:52am | 1531Read More...comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) reports that U.S. online holiday spending is approaching $25 billion for the season, an increase of 15% from the previous year. Is this huge news? It is for online retailers. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) have been trying to move shoppers out of traditional...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 14
Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 5:54pm | 1128Read More...Much of the focus this week will be on retailers. The wave started with last week's strong results from Dillard's (NYSE: DDS), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Macy's (NYSE: M). Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) posted solid results as well. On the schedule for this week are Abercrombie & Fitch, (NYSE: ANF), Home...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 7
Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 12:19pm | 885Read More...Many of the S&P 500 have already reported results for the most recent quarter. But lots of earnings reports are scheduled for this week. Among those reporting are General Motors (NYSE: GM), as well as the first of a wave of results from retailers: Macy's (NYSE: M), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and...
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Seven Retailers Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 8:06am | 797Read More...Shoppertrak may suggest that retailers have little to look forward to this coming holiday season, but here are seven retailers that are riding high now. The share prices of most of them have jumped more than 10% in the past month and they are all trading near their 52-week highs. AutoZone (NYSE:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 8
Sunday, August 7, 2011 - 12:02pm | 1072Read More...The focus this week, at least initially, will no doubt be on the effect of the downgrade of U.S. debt. But there will be plenty more earnings as well, including reports from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Aol (NYSE: AOL). The parade of retail...
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Ten Apparel Retail Stocks Worth a Look Now
Saturday, August 6, 2011 - 12:45pm | 1063Read More...The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...
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Seven Retail Stocks on a Roll
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:46am | 914Read More...Overall, retail sales have sputtered in recent reports. But not all is doom and gloom in the sector; here are seven retail stocks that are on a tear. All of them hit 52-week highs yesterday, and all are up more than 20% since the beginning of the year (or in one case, since its IPO earlier this...
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Ominous Thoughts for Christmas in July
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 6:29pm | 745Read More...I can recall fond memories of Christmas past unwrapping the latest CD by Coldplay or the Dave Matthews Band. And I can remember that great feeling I would get while opening a brand-new, pristine book and leafing through the pages on a snowy Christmas morning in front of a lit tree. But with the...
