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Holiday Hangover: Forget the Rising Sales Cheap shoppers will keep retailers' earnings marked down.   |
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January 5, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
A Tiny Victory for Big Retail The holidays are over, but retail's problems may have just begun. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
News Flash: Retail Stinks! One more reason to worry about retail holiday cheer. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Grim Tidings for the Holidays? The next few months look downright dismal for retail. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2009
Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Sell Target Today Not everyone is on the buy side. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
The Financial Crisis and Credit Cards Get ready to feel some pain. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Louise Lee |
What's Roiling The Selling Season Retailers' tactics, like pushing gift cards, are changing the business for good. |
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
November 28, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ho Ho No for Visa and MasterCard Another victim of consumers' gloomy mood will be credit card processors Visa and MasterCard. Not only will they be stung by the inevitable drop-off in consumer spending, but what little spending is left might go to a relic form of payment that some may have forgotten even exists ... cash! |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2009
Chris Jones |
For J.C. Penney, Just Breaking Even Looks Good J.C. Penney, with its more than 1,100 department stores, continues to stay above water through conservative business practices and savvy inventory management. |
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
November 24, 2008
Kristin Graham |
How the Credit Crisis Stole Christmas The lack of credit is dramatically altering the holiday season for shoppers and for retailers. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2009
Tim Beyers |
The Daily Walk of Fame: Consumers Be proud of your frugality, you credit card cut-ups. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2009
Kris Eddy |
Is Shopping Contagious? How will culture shape foreign consumer spending? |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
Is Wall Street's Party Over? Indices closed lower last week for the first time after four straight weeks of gains. |
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
May 17, 2011
Andrea Kalvesmaki |
3 Reasons to Watch Macy's Now This retailer is rallying through increased sales and effective business strategies. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Fool Poll: How Much Will You Spend This Holiday Season? Should retailers be smiling or frowning? |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Penney Beats by a Nickel Retailer J.C. Penney reports rising profits as it begins the last year of a five-year turnaround plan. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2011
Tierney Plumb |
Retail Looks Healthy Now, but Wait Till the Holidays The economy could push figures down. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
A Bleaker, Blacker Friday Shoppers may drive a very hard bargain this year. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2011
Lipman & Esterhuizen |
Retailer Stocks: Sales Come in Worse Than Expected ... Again Retailers are surely hoping the October numbers do not serve as an indication of how the holiday sales will play out. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Death of Credit Cards There's no way around it -- the key to a stabilized economy is to get people to spend less and save more. Unfortunately, that'll mean a reduction in the standard of living for those reliant on plastic. |
InternetNews
February 12, 2010 |
Holiday Season Saw Slight e-Commerce Rebound Capping off a year of flat growth, holiday online shopping showed modest improvement over disastrous 2008 season, according to new data from Web metrics firm comScore. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2008
Morgan Housel |
When Is a Sale Not a Sale? A sluggish holiday season has retailers slashing prices; great for consumers, but not for investors. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2009
Colleen Paulson |
Who's Broke Now? These days, it's survival of the fittest in retail and consumer products. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Is Retail Doomed? May same-store sales data doesn't build confidence. |
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
February 29, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Oh My, Kohl's, That Was Dreadful The only good thing Kohl's can say about 2007 is that it's over. What began as a year filled with promise, ended in a wash-out. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Use That Credit Card -- Or Else! When you care enough to charge somebody for not borrowing. Punishing responsible customers might not be the banks' brightest idea ever. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Retail Stocks' Imminent Danger The retail rally's been too bubbly. Look out below! |
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
March 28, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
No Easter Eggs for J.C. Penney The retailer warns of sales and earnings well below expectations. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004
Gerry Khermouch |
This Holiday Season, Shoppers Blinked Unlike last year, retailers held prices firm. It looks as though their strategy paid off. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2011
Morgan Housel |
A Big Myth About U.S. Consumers Why we haven't given up on credit cards. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Ryan Fuhrmann |
J.C. Penney Waits It Out The retail chain posted decent quarterly numbers but will have to hunker down. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Will Smartphones Kill Credit Cards? The billion plastic payment cards we carry may soon be obsolete, their functions incorporated into cell phones. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Back to Religion for Some Retailers The one cardinal rule in retail is that everything you buy, you have to sell. But when times get tight, retailers lose sight of this "religious" principle and get caught in a catch-22. Read on to see which retailers have found this religion, and which haven't. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
Lawrence A. Rothman |
Slow and Steady at J.C. Penney A calendar glitch made the back-to-school season look worse than it really was. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
J.C. Penney Cashes In J.C. Penney's turnaround efforts continue to pay dividends. Investors may want to seriously consider placing some shares into their investment shopping bag. |
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
August 4, 2011
Sean Williams |
MasterCard Rings Up Another Outstanding Quarter New clients, an international boom, and deflation all put big profits on the plastic purveyor's plate. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
This Is Why Same-Store Sales Numbers Matter You'll find them everywhere that retail sales numbers are reported: "same-store sales." You might not think too much about the term, but it's important to understand what it's telling you. |
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
September 27, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Target: Bull's-eye or Bear Trap? Is this discount retailer a good buy right now? Some say no. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2008
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Foolish Forecast: J.C. Penney Is Next in Line In advance of quarterly reports, analysts expect department store operator J.C. Penney to show declines in both sales and earnings. |
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
May 18, 2007
Jeremy MacNealy |
Will "M" Be a Moneymaker for Federated? The department store operator prepares to shift gears after a lackluster quarter. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2008
Dayana Yochim |
Retail Holiday Hell Which retailers will survive this make-or-break holiday season? |
