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The Motley Fool
November 29, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Santa Skipping Wal-Mart? So the retailer's sales are down. There are plenty of other reasons for investors to be of good cheer.   |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Gift Cards to the Rescue The holiday shopping season continues with prepaid plastic, which should provide a trickle of continuing income for reatialers. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Is Wal-Mart Warming Up? The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up? The retailer's third-quarter earnings increased 12.7% to $2.29 billion, or $0.54 per share. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004
Louise Lee |
Santa's Feeling Strapped This Year Consumer confidence fell in October for the third month in a row. Income growth is sluggish. Energy prices are soaring. And retailers across the country are bracing for what could be a cheerless season. |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2007
Kristin Graham |
Gift Cards: A Holiday Grinch? The increasing popularity of holiday gift card giving may make consumers happy, but not necessarily retailers. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Busted Toy Sales Instead of holiday after-glow, slumping toy sales brought woe for KB Toys. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Wal-Mart Sees May Flowers The leading retailer confirms that May sales are fulfilling expectations. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
J.C. Penney Rules June J.C. Penney succeeds in a month when many lower-priced retailers did not. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007
Mike Cianciolo |
The Easter Bunny Boosts Wal-Mart The retailer posted a surprise gain in same-store sales for March. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Play It Again, Sam Walton Despite a disappointing November that found comps sliding by 0.1%, the world's largest retailer bounced back during the critical holiday shopping season, posting a 1.6% uptick in same-store sales for the month of December. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2003
Alyce Lomax |
Sears Slashes, Mad Dashes? The department store retailer tries the early holiday-sale lure to hook shoppers. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Retailers on Parade This week will bring some notable retailers up to the earnings podium. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Unhappy Holidays for Best Buy Holiday hiring takes a tumble. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Retailers Ready for the Gift Card Redo Slack sales mean retailers are hoping gift cards bring holiday joy in January. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Roller-Coaster Summer Hurricane Charley throws some water on Wal-Mart's August sales forecast. Despite the possibility of a slow back-to-school season, it still behooves investors to watch the big picture and avoid pessimism over short-term movements. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Better Days for May? Is May Department Stores lagging the retail revolution -- or is it poised to benefit from a more wary consumer? |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Claire Stephanic |
Can Best Buy Beat Wal-Mart? Does Best Buy have a chance this holiday season, or will Wal-Mart once again stomp out the competition? |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Marches Ahead Same-store sales are tracking ahead of expectations. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Digging Through Retail's Rubble Many retailers, including Wal-Mart, came up empty-handed during the holidays. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Is Best Buy Now a Bargain? Today's freakout over the electronics retailer could spell opportunity for long-term investors. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Shabby Day at Ross Ross provider name-brand merchandise at cut-rate prices, disclosed a disappointing outlook, giving investors reason to bid the stock down today. |
InternetNews
December 26, 2003
Sean Michael Kerner |
More Happy Returns for eTailers Online shopping stats continue their end-of-year surge. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Christmas Comes Early Keeping an eye on the bottom line when you venture out for holiday shopping might help keep each purchase in perspective. In the meantime, resist the urge to start celebrating Christmas before Halloween. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Retailers' Hottest Holiday Gambit Won't Save Them Many free shipping deals sound like half-hearted efforts. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Holiday Trouble Lurks on Layaway We've found one more sign of a potentially grim holiday season. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Off Target? Like its rival, the discount retailer says it will miss its same-store sales forecast for June. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Just Can't Win U.S. sales improved, but deep discounts deteriorated profit. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Grinchy Glitch To the dismay of after Christmas shoppers, Wal-Mart has problems processing gift cards because of a glitch in a third-party verifier's system. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Merchants Await Redemption The success of gift cards has extended the holiday shopping season -- but there's a hitch for retailers. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Has Wal-Mart Hit the Wall? Should investors search for greener retail-stock pastures? |
InternetNews
November 1, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Good Tidings For Online Retailers in 2005 Online shopping is expected to increase this holiday season. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Gift Cards: $24.81 Billion and Counting Gift cards could mean strength for retailers in the first quarter. |
InternetNews
December 31, 2003 |
Early Online Shopping Numbers Show Big Gains The 2003 holiday shopping season proved to be a boon for online retailers with shoppers spending $13 billion just between Nov. 1 and Dec. 12 alone. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Wal-Mart Saves the World Great comps at Wal-Mart put the pressure on its peers to play it straight. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Christmas Joy? No, a Bloody Battle for Bucks Behind the scenes in the retail world, we have brutal competition with heavyweight contender Wal-Mart Stores out to utterly brutalize its rivals. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Beyonce, Brooks, and Bargains Wal-Mart tops Target in same-store sales for the first time in years. We can't lay all the praise behind the retailer's newfound success on something as simple as a new marketing campaign, but the ads are tactfully brilliant. |
InternetNews
December 6, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Online Shoppers Buying it All Online shopping got off to a quick start this holiday season, with e-tailers reporting a consumer spending increase of 24 percent over last holiday season, according to a survey. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Spring Is in the Air at American Eagle Same-store sales surpass expectations as a spring clothing line takes center stage. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2010
Kenneth Corbin |
Online Retailers Enjoying Brisk Holiday Season While the shoddy economy has kept many shoppers from checking everything off on their list this holiday season, online retailers are still enjoying a double-digit improvement over last year. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Retail's Wintry Mix Can retailers do well this holiday season, with so many concerns weighing on consumers? |
InternetNews
November 24, 2010 |
Holiday Ecommerce Season Starts Strong Latest report from online metrics firm comScore finds that online spending in the first three weeks of November jumped 13 percent over last year, prompting the firm to raise its forecast for the holiday season. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Toys Spark a Brutal Battle Will Target overthrow Wal-Mart as the king of low, low holiday prices? |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Woe Is Wal-Mart This year, there were no holly jolly holidays for the discount giant. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
Gas Prices Fueling Online Holiday Outlook Signs continue to point to a healthy holiday season this year, as reports on eSpending suggest good times for online sales are right around the corner. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cheers for Sears Sears does the right thing by lifting spoil dates from its gift cards. By announcing this move with just days left in the critical holiday shopping season, it is catching its fellow retailers off guard in terms of following suit. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Pumps Up a Gas War Will slashing gas prices at some of its gas stations refuel the discounter's U.S. sales? |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
Tierney Plumb |
Wal-Mart Hopes to Amp Up Spending With Layaway Layaway makes its first comeback at Wal-Mart since 2006. |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Wal-Mart's Taxing Comps Wal-Mart sees August same-store revenues up 2% to 4%. How should investors view this statistical range? |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Hitting the Wal-Mart There were very few surprises when retailers reported their April sales figures this morning and leading the list of mild underperformers was Wal-Mart, the country's largest retailer. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Saks Appeal The department store retailer provides some hot shopping. |
