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The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Waiting at Pier 1 The home furnisher is gearing up to report yet another quarter's worth of bad news. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expect to see for the retailer's third-quarter 2006? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pier 1 Docks Over the past 18 months, the retailer's gross, operating and net margins have all collapsed -- and the culmination of this collapse is contained in analysts' prediction of just a penny's worth of profits when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cost Plus Losses World Market operator Cost Plus reports its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Expectations are low, but that doesn't mean the company can't underperform them. Or, the bar is set so low that shares could fly on even the tiniest bit of good news.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Children's Place Kids' clothing retailer Children's Place reports first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Investors, will it be buy, sell or waffle? Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pier 1 Overloaded We already know that the quarter's earnings will disappoint. Instead, investors need to focus on the future -- specifically, does the company have one?
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sportsman's Guide Shifting Wall Street has had more than a month to chew over January's guidance and has bid the company's shares up 14% in response. Can the stock go higher tomorrow? That will depend on two things.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: TurboChef Flames Out The oven maker returns to the public markets with news on its first quarter of 2006. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Triangulating Garmin Garmin's rolling margins don't seem to be revealing much of a trend in its business. One quarter they're up, the next they're down. If analysts are correct in their estimates, the fourth-quarter will turn out to be a down quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pricing Cost Plus How do rising sales turn into falling profits? Sadly, that's exactly what's going on at Cost Plus. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Nike Ready to Run Investors, an established retailer like Nike will probably have well-managed inventory, but keep an eye on the inventories tomorrow, just to be sure.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Serving Williams-Sonoma The high-class home furnisher reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool March 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen Diagnosed Walgreen investors need to keep a close eye on inventory growth to make sure it doesn't outpace sales. Otherwise, those inventories might need to be marked down, or even pitched in the dumpster one day.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Woodmark Tomorrow, the cabinetmaker reports its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 numbers. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dollar General Strategizes The discount retailer opens its doors bright and early tomorrow morning, and the crowds are already forming to see what first-quarter 2006 earnings it will report. Want to know Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Through Tiffany's Window The high-end jeweler reports first-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Trying on Perry Ellis The clothier reports first-quarter 2007 earnings results tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Talk America Talks Talk America's flat to declining sales, plus fewer profits earned on those sales, is not a recipe for earnings growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pier 1 Is Sinking The eclectic home furnisher is set to close out another miserable year when it reports its fourth-quarter and full-year numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cost Plus, Profits Minus? The retailer is set to close out another miserable year shortly when the World Market operator reports fourth-quarter and full-year numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hasbro Hits Play Over the past two quarters, the company's inventories have grown almost in lockstep with sales growth -- no danger signs there. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Under Armour Undresses Under Armour's short history doesn't tell investors much more than that gross margins are strengthening -- a strength that hasn't yet dropped to the bottom line.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard American Standard's gross margin, which wasn't impacted at all by restructuring charges, has remained strong -- even growing slightly. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Tom Taulli	Pier 1 Still Treading Water After another ugly quarter, the home furnishing retailer needs real change. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is It HOTT in Here? Investors, focus on inventories and free cash flow. That's where you'll find the first evidence of a turnaround, if one exists.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: As American Axle Turns With sales flat to declining, investors don't want to see either inventories or A/R rise in comparison with their year-ago numbers (as, sadly, they have been doing recently.)
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Foolish Forecast: Big Lots Staying Small? Views you can use to get clues on the news in advance of Big Lots reports. We already know comps and sales are up, so expectations are high.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Batter Up at Dick's Even if the sporting goods retailer meets expectations of 20% long-term earnings growth, the price looks pretty rich for investors.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dollar General Forms Up Discount retailer Dollar General forms up to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 results tomorrow morning. Will investors give it a medal or a dishonorable discharge from their portfolios?
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Eyeing American Eagle The clothing retailer is set to release its second-quarter 2007 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Long Walk Off Short Pier 1 The home furnishings retailer is set to report its first-quarter 2008 financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Bed Bath & Beyond the Miss The home furnishings retailer is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Should You Believe in Credence? When the semiconductor tester reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings, will this make for three quarters in a row of missing analyst projections? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Lonely Walk Down Pier 1 It's tough to find good news in this once quirky-but-successful retailer. Digging into the third-quarter results, there is no reason for investors to get too hopeful.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Silicon Labs Gels The semiconductor company is up 47% over the past 52 weeks. Can its winning streak continue?
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is It Your Best Buy? Stock shoppers, start your engines. The electronics retailer reports its fiscal first-quarter 2007 numbers tomorrow before market open. Should investors be nervous?
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Best Buy Opens Early Best Buy is expecting to report same-store sales gains of 6% to 7% in the fourth quarter, and "strong" revenue growth overall. In contrast to its customers, Best Buy says it's been keeping tight reins on its own spending.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Braving the Amazon.com Tomorrow, investors will see whether the company can pick up the pace again and reverse its slide with some real, honest-to-goodness cash profits.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Marking the Finish Line The footwear retailer is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings numbers tomorrow after close of trading. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool August 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Applied Materials Ready to Leap Recently, the company has been able to leap Wall Street's hurdles simply by not letting its earnings decline as much as expected. Tomorrow, to make the Street happy, it will need to more than double last year's profits. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Briggs & Stratton Suffers Things haven't been going too well at Briggs for quite some time. At last report, analysts agreed that the company would report strong sales growth but post a 10% decline in quarterly earnings, to $0.47 per diluted share.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American's Wobbly Standard With two earnings misses, a beat, and a match to its credit over the last four quarters, the kitchen and bath fixture-maker hasn't exactly set the standard for consistent outperformance lately. What is in store for the third quarter? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Xerox, Do You Copy? The world's most recognizable copier brand name has promised to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings numbers shortly. Investors, here is what you need to know.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Urban Outfitters Unzips The hipster clothier is ready to report fiscal 2007 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Time to Select Solectron? The electronics maker reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 earnings tomorrow. Investors, want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool April 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Standard Flush? While the nation's most famous toilet maker isn't doing so hot in the toilet-selling department, its air conditioning, residential, and vehicle control systems units all turned in strong performances. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2008 Rich Smith	No Strike 3 at Pier 1 After three straight years of losses, a new product appeared on Pier 1's shelves: a profit.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Very Same Furniture Brands The furniture maker reports its second-quarter earnings tomorrow morning. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Matthew Crews	Is Pier 1 Afloat? After another disappointing quarter, investors wonder what's in store for this furnishing retailer.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: New York, New Year Analysts are looking for clothier New York & Co. to hit the top of its latest guidance of $0.33 to $0.36 per share for the quarter. That 9% increase might be a bit optimistic, however, in light of the already confirmed "revenue miss."
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cracking Coke Open Whatever happens tomorrow with the net margin under GAAP, it's more important for investors to watch Coca-Cola's free cash flow, which usually exceeds accounting profits by a considerable amount.