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courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.What happened to bricks-and-mortar and e-commerce sales this holiday season? If Wall St.’s opinion has validity,…
No matter how sad the forecast, the year’s results for a few large America companies, the conditions of competition in…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Holiday retailers fall into at least two groups so far this year. One group includes companies…
ThinkstockAs hard as retailers, both online and in the real world, compete for sales over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend,…
ThinkstockThe gap between rich and poor is well illustrated by the large multi-billion dollar corporations employing thousands of low-wage workers.…
Jon OggAre big mergers really worth it? After this week’s merger implosion news by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 24/7 Wall…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Some stocks become so badly beaten down that they become improbable bets for rebounds. Right now, in…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning following not much in the way of data from either Asia or Europe.…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but quickly turned south and bounced around lower all day. In Europe, the…
ThinkstockIf you have ever heard of retailers getting more and more desperate to capture your Christmas and holiday spending dollars,…
courtesy of TargetTarget Corp. (NYSE: TGT) has announced plans to open its stores for Black Friday sales at 9 p.m.…
courtesy of Wal-Mart StoresWal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has decided to increase the ante as it tries to take sales…
thinkstockAs third quarter earnings results continue to pour in, overall earnings have been decidedly weaker. According to research firm Retail…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning, and after a brief stay in positive territory, shares went…
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOS) began trading today following the close earlier this week of the rights…
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