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Retailers are reporting May same-store sales today and it looks like the predictions for modest growth are being realized. Research…
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) continues to be the cream of big box retailers. May sales were up 7% to $7.67 billion.…
The S&P Retail Index is down -2% in the late morning today, considerably below the overall DJIA decline of -1.2%,…
In a conference presentation earlier this week, Bill Simon, the CEO of US operations for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT),…
Retailers have fared better than many other sectors over the past year, with the majority of share prices having risen…
Luxury jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) reported first quarter earnings this morning that were a light even though…
Martha Stewart has become chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO), the company she founded. Legal trouble had kept her…
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) has what would appear to be good news in most headline watching: the high-end apparel…
Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) is one retailer where the stall might be regaining some momentum. That is at least…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is set to report its earnings on Tuesday morning. The company has the earmarks…
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) announced this morning that it has received a “favorable private letter ruling” from the US…
Neither Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) nor Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was expected to post big numbers for the…
Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) is losing a key member of its merchandising team. The online jewelry, diamond, and raw…
Big box retailer Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) announced first quarter earnings this morning that were better than consensus estimates, and…
ThinkstockFood processor J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) announced this morning that it was lowering the price on its coffee brands…
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