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courtesy of WalgreenDrug store giant Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) announced this morning that December same-store sales fell 6.1% year-over-year, primarily…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.The luxury car sales race in the United States in 2012 was won by BMW, with Mercedes…
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsResearch firm comScore reports that e-commerce sales for the November-December holiday season rose only…
courtesy of StarbucksCoffee retailer Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) will begin selling a reusable plastic cup for $1 at all its…
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing December same-store sales figures today and, to tell the truth, expectations are pretty low. Research firm Retail…
ThinkstockFamily Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The discount retailer reported…
ThinkstockRetailers do not appear to be headed for uniformly upbeat sales increases in December. Research firm Retail Metrics has dropped…
ThinkstockRatings agency Standard & Poor’s has cut its ratings on debt for ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) from BBB to…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Some of the news about holiday sales at deeply troubled retailers Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockA strike by the The International Longshoremen’s Association’s (ILA), which would begin Sunday, appears very likely. A number of companies…
ThinkstockMasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) advisors SpendingPulse reports that improvement in holiday sales this year have been the lowest since the start…
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,…
Wikimedia CommonsFree shipping has become one of the greatest concerns related to the profit margins at e-commerce operations like Amazon.com…
courtesy of WalgreenWalgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The drug store chain…
ThinkstockBack in June, the writing on the wall was becoming clear for Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY). After…
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