Will this holiday season secure our economic recovery? Retail companies are anxiously awaiting the end-of-the-year buying spree and hoping for some big numbers to balance out their recessionary losses. ...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Flaunting one’s self at cocktail parties and red carpet events may be taboo during the current U.S. economic crisis, but one thing will always remain constant: the retail buying habits of women.
When ...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Poor retail conditions have hit technology companies, slashing profits and outlooks for the full year of 2009.
Companies like Sony Corp. (SNE:NYSE), Intel Corp. (INTC:NASDAQ), and Dell, Inc. (DELL:NASDAQ) ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving earmarked as a shopper’s day in paradise, is just nine days away.
Black Friday traditionally marks the day U.S. retail ers make enough in sales to put them financially ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
With only 37 shopping days remaining until Christmas, economists and analysts are projecting a very soft holiday spending season. Considering over one-half of all retail revenue for the year occurs between ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The National Retail Foundation (NRF) released a report earlier this week breaking the U.S. retail sector down into some granular numbers.
The headline number is the NRF’s forecast for U.S. retail sales ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
These companies run the gambit from home improvement retail er, Home Depot (HD:NYSE)… to department store company, Dillard’s Inc. (DDS:NYSE) to luxury retail er, Saks (SKS:NYSE)
Even American retail ing ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Commerce Department announced that U.S. retail sales rose 1.4% in October. Although analysts had anticipated a 1% jump in retail sales, October’s rise is largely due to the turnaround in auto sales. ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Commerce Department released the October retail sales report Monday morning and, on the surface, the report provided a much-needed boost that the U.S. consumer is returning to pre-recession spending ...
Monday, November 16, 2009
The true test of the economic recovery is fast approaching: The holiday retail season.
Most retail ers are offering gloomy outlooks. Abercrombie & Fitch saw same-store retail sales fall 27% this year, ...
Monday, November 16, 2009
No matter how bad things get, folks are still shelling out big bucks for iPhones and Androids. Crazy? Maybe. An opportunity? You bet!
Once again, I must start this column with a confession: The entire ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009
What do your local 7-Eleven, a major toy maker, and the U.S. Treasury have in common?
Never let it be said that America cannot adapt to changing circumstance.
After 18 months of recession (and three ...
Friday, November 06, 2009
... with mutual funds and investment banks getting back in the game, but smaller, retail investors sitting on the sidelines.
Should we see an increase in earnings at self-serve investment firms – ...
Monday, October 12, 2009
... such projects are by no means cheap).
No, the major risk is that China itself has become a retail ghost town... a manufacturer to the world plagued by deadly overcapacity.
Hugh Hendry, the head ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
... highly unlikely they will come from consumer spending. The National Retail Federation (NRD) predicts that “this year's holiday sales for the combined November-December months will decline 1% to ...
Thursday, October 08, 2009
This week the markets await earnings reports. But we may already see signs of good news coming from the financial sector.
According to FierceFinance.com, Bank of America (BAC:NYSE) and Goldman Sachs ...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
... highly correlated with unemployment, which remains stubbornly high despite the recent strength in equity markets. The credit card news is likely to weigh on retail stocks as investors had been counting ...
Monday, October 05, 2009
Apple reported today that downloads from its store have surpassed the two billion mark. Since its introduction, the applications store has seen unparalleled growth with virtually no competitor in sight. ...
Monday, September 28, 2009
19.
Signs of Hope for U.S. Economy
(Matching tags: Employment Rate,Taipan Insider,Retail Industry,Sara Nunnally,Housing Sector,Banks,Natural Gas,Economic Growth)
... some time.” The central bankers meet again next week, Sept. 22-23.
Retail Sales Jump
But there is the fact that according to the Commerce Department, sales last month exceeded expectations and rose ...
Friday, September 18, 2009
... are selling at their most aggressive clip since the summer of 2007.”
Retail Sales Jump
$15,520 is earmarked for YOU in Obama’s Stimulus Plan
It won’t cost you a penny to collect. But you’ve ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Kraft Foods Inc. plans to save over $300 million a year by cutting spending and increasing total revenue--this move will effect over 30,000 other companies.
From Brad Dorfman, Reuters:
CHICAGO (Reuters) ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Retail stores are reporting significant declines in this seasons back-to-school shopping with a 2.9% sales decline compared to last year.
From Stephanie Rosenbloom, The New York Times:
The nation’s ...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
... JoS. A Bank Clothiers Inc. (JOSB: News ), a retail er, reported an increase in profit for the second quarter ended August 1, reflecting 6.2% increase in comparable store sales. Earnings per share was ...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
The world’s second-largest luxury-jewelry retail er Tiffany & Co. reported its Q2 profits were off, but less than analyst estimates.
From Cotten Timberlake, Bloomberg:
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Tiffany ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Discount store Dollar Tree Inc. reported a 51% profit increase for Q2 and boosts FY09 outlook... as cost-conscious shoppers flock to discount retail ers to stretch their dollars amid the economic slowdown. ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
With agriculture and construction sales down, John Deere's profits have fallen 27%.
From Thomas Black, Bloomberg:
Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Deere & Co., the world’s largest maker of farm equipment, ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
27.
4 Challenges Consumers Face
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... insightful Baron’s Article entitled “They Shopped ‘Til They Dropped.” The bottom line was that the recent rally in retail stocks may be sending a false signal. Rather than indicating an improving ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Business leaders ask NAFTA governments to restrain provisions that push citizens to buy local goods.
From Doug Palmer, Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North American business groups urged leaders of ...
Friday, August 07, 2009
29.
Short Stock Opportunities
(Matching tags: Short Stocks,Real Estate,New Growth Investor,Healthcare Industry,Retail Industry,Zach Scheidt)
... made significant profits over the coming months as the stock dropped to an eventual low of $10.01. However, the negative news and weak retail environment now seems to be fully priced into the stock and ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The latest numbers from the Department of Commerce show that now, for the second month in a row, retail sales are up. In May, retail sales gained 0.5%, and sales gained 0.6% in June.
While economists ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
... with students in grades kindergarten through high school is expected to spend $548.72 on school supplies, down from $594.24 in 2008, according to the National Retail Federation.
Read the full article. ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Retail sales for June were raised by an increase in auto and gas sales.
From Emily Kaiser, Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A jump in auto and gasoline sales boosted U.S. retail ers in June, while a ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
... housewife who wore a mustard-colored sari as she slowly pushed a giant wagon through the air-conditioned superstore.
For shoppers like Gopal, the arrival of the world's largest retail er in one of the ...
Monday, July 13, 2009
34.
Christmas In August
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Double your money as Sears gives away the store six months early.
Just how desperate are things going to get for American retail ers? Waaayyy desperate.
We already know that the optimistic early reports ...
Monday, July 13, 2009
The month of June, posting a 6.7% sales drop, did little to raise the hopes of suffering retail ers.
From Stephanie Rosenbloom, The New York Times:
The nation’s retail ers were already reeling from ...
Thursday, July 09, 2009
... for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday. CNN Money reported, “The outdoor clothing retail er plans to sell most of its assets to private-equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors for $202 million.”
...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
... in the financial press and the talking wigs on TV, reports on retail sales, jobless claims and business inventories told us this:
1. Destruction of U.S. Net Worth Slows Dramatically
2. Jobless ...
Friday, June 12, 2009
Retail data show a 0.5% rise in sales for May, the first increase in three months, reports Bloomberg. The Wall Street Journal says, however, it’s the third increase in five months.
“Economists forecast ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $1 Trillion
So far this fiscal year, the budget deficit is $991.9 billion, 12% of U.S. gross domestic product. Gus Faucher, director of macro economics at Moody’s Economy.com, ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wal-Mart (WMT:NYSE), which has posted some of the best sales through this recession, hasn’t joined other retail ers in reporting sales for May. It has decided to stop monthly sales reports altogether. ...
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Although the market rallied earlier this week on news of a spike in consumer confidence, major retail ers are still struggling to hold onto sales and profits.
For example, Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST:NASDAQ) ...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Seems like Apple Computer (AAPL:NASDAQ) can do no wrong. While global handset sales fell at a record pace, Apple’s touchscreen iPhone defied expectations.
In general, smartphone sales increased 12.7% ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Home Depot (HD:NYSE), the country’s largest home improvement retail er, surprised analysts on Wall Street by beating earnings expectations in the first quarter of this year.
The company earned ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
... reduced, however, the sector did see better sales, and PC makers and retail ers “sought to re-fill the channel,” reports MarketWatch. But persistent economic worries have industry experts questioning whether ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
How to earn 367% off American Retail ’s “Seven-Ten Split.”
“Biggest jump in wholesale food prices in more than a year!” – Associated Press, commenting on the Labor Department’s latest wholesale prices ...
Monday, May 18, 2009
U.S. Stock Market Rallies on Retail Data
A Taipan Publishing Group Market News Article By Sara Nunnally, Senior Research Director, Taipan Publishing Group
Major retail ers posted “steady results,” reports ...
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Retail Company Shows Solid Growth
Joseph A Banks - Defying All Odds
A Taipan Publishing Group Investment Research Report By Zachary Scheidt, Editor, Taipan's New Growth Investor
Investors in Joseph ...
Friday, April 24, 2009
Retail data from the Commerce Department has pointed to a 1.1% drop in sales this March, the first decline this year. This drop is unexpected as most economists predicted a rise of 0.3%.
Also, retail ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Gasoline prices climbed 8.3% in February, pushing consumer prices up by 0.4%, bigger than the expected 0.3% that would have been on par with January’s consumer price increase.
This push higher has now ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Could there be any possible upside to global recession and market declines to rival the Great Depression? Believe it or not, the answer is yes... General Electric gives answer as to why.
Though it ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
