Investing
556 Articles
In the midst of a restucturing that will cause it to close 20% of its US flagship stores, and which…
Avon’s (NYSE: AVP) vice chairman, Charles Cramb, was fired as the federal government examines whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt…
US retailers are reporting December same-store sales today, and here’s a wrap-up of the results as of about 10 a.m.…
Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation…
Obama nominates Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to take seats at the Federal Reserve. (Reuters) New York Times (NYSE: NYT)…
Research firm ForeSee released its customer satisfaction ratings for the shopping season — its Holiday E-retail Satisfaction Index. The e-commerce ratings…
The numbers do not add up. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has over 4,000 full-line and specialty stores. Same-store sales for…
Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and…
Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched…
Layoffs were part of the business news yesterday. Enough people lost jobs in a series of three “downsizings” to reminds…
The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will start an e-commerce business to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon is the devil to struggling…
The world of public companies in retail may need to reconsider some actions. Fitch is warning that retailers are in…
Retailers are reporting November sales this morning and the results are decidely mixed. The best report we’ve seen so far…
Research firm GfK reports that brand loyalty to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is much higher than to other wireless products (Reuters) AT&T…
Our top personal finance-related articles today. Your wallet will thank you later.