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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
August 14, 2007
Lawrence Rothman |
An Early Gift, Saks Style Luxurious times abound for upscale retailer Saks Fifth Avenue. Same store sales for July crushed analysts' expectations. It's clear that the management decision to get rid of stores catering to middle-income consumers was correct. |
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
March 6, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Saks Sets the Pace The luxury retailer led the holiday pack, but a slowdown looms. |
CRM
November 2014
Maria Minsker |
More E-Commerce Experiences Are in Store New technology enables retailers to bridge the physical and digital divide for the holiday shopping season |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Federated Trims Out Lord & Taylor The department store giant announces a plan to sell off its Lord & Taylor chain by year's end. There has been speculation that Saks or Neiman Marcus might be interested in acquiring the stores. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Federated Leads Retail Upswing The department store chain is gaining momentum going into the holiday season. In retail investing, it's always best to ride high sales waves before the inevitable wipeout. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Saks Appeal The department store retailer provides some hot shopping. |
InternetNews
December 23, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Online Shoppers: Early and Often Two market research firms released studies this week showing that online shoppers logged on early - and often - to do their gift shopping. |
InternetNews
December 31, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Holiday E-Commerce Holds Strong Through Home Stretch With just a handful of days left to measure, holiday e-commerce sales are looking good, even with growth rates down from last year. |
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
December 12, 2003
Alyce Lomax |
Sears Slashes, Mad Dashes? The department store retailer tries the early holiday-sale lure to hook shoppers. |
InternetNews
December 23, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Web Retailers Bet on Eleventh-Hour Deals The waning hours of the holiday shopping crush caps off a season of surging sales. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2009
Kristin Graham |
Spring Hasn't Sprung for Retail The National Retail Federation predicts a double-digit decline in Easter sales. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Rieva Lesonsky |
'Tis the Season Get into the holiday marketing spirit with these expert tips. |
PC World
December 23, 2002
Curtis Franklin Jr. |
Seeking Out Christmas Online Here's where to track Santa's route, send him e-mail, play holiday games, and maybe even learn something about the season. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2011
Tamara Rutter |
Stocks to Dump This Holiday Season Which retailers have the most to lose this holiday season? |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
Black Friday's Big Deals Forget holiday surprises. Retailers are rolling out all the stops to make sure that the holiday sales don't somehow slip your mind. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Weekend Sales Help E-tailers Bounce Back After a midweek slump, e-commerce sales picked up again over the weekend. But with only one week to go, the jury's still out for the overall season. |
InternetNews
December 21, 2005
Tim Gray |
Online Retailers Cashing In A new report says online shoppers have spent $18.6 billion in the first six weeks of the 2005 holiday 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. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2010 |
Holiday Season Ends With a Bang for E-tailers Last big push for holiday shopping nets Internet retailers huge sales, with four days last week topping $900 million as consumers race to get orders in with free shipping. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Online Shoppers Have Fewer Last Minutes With fewer days from Thanksgiving to Christmas, shortened holiday season sees total spending down from last year despite last-minute shopping surge. |
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
September 29, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Unhappy Holidays for Best Buy Holiday hiring takes a tumble. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
ECommerce Will Always Have Procrastinators ECommerce might make Americans put off shopping just a little longer before Christmas. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2008
Kristin Graham |
Black Friday Missing the Black With tightening budgets and dissipating credit, Santa's sack is going to be a whole lot lighter this year. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2005
S.J. Caplan |
A Goat of a Tale So how does the new children's book, titled "Cashmere If You Can," relate to Saks' investing story? It's uncertain whether Saks will enjoy the holidays as much as the goats in the story will. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
LouAnn Lofton |
Wal-Mart's Holiday Worries Gloomy news from the world's largest retailer casts another shadow over the prospects for a prosperous holiday season for U.S. retailers. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Mercedes Cardona |
Holiday Hangover: Forget the Rising Sales Cheap shoppers will keep retailers' earnings marked down. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cyber Monday Is a Joke Online holiday shopping is no longer a one-day affair. E-commerce has matured over the years, and the huge e-tail spurt begins on Thanksgiving Day, when many brick and mortar retailers are closed. |
PC World
December 22, 2000
John F. Thorsberg |
Sprightly Santa Web Sites Sprinkle Seasonal Cheer Selections include Santa-tracking, North Pole mail, music and art projects, and classic Christmas stories and songs. |
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
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 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. |
InternetNews
November 28, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Retailers Ringing in Holiday Cheer Whether it's Black Friday or Cyber Monday, online holiday visits this week are bringing holiday cheer to retailers, as holiday shoppers flocked to the Internet for deals. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away Department store giant Macy's posted quarterly results for its preholiday quarter that were more ho-hum than ho, ho, ho. Maybe it's time to get rid of this stock and replace it with one of these three retailers: Kohl's... Amazon.com... Target... |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2008
Graham et al. |
Retail's Desperate Hour Desperate times call for desperate promotions. Here's what the top companies have planned. |
Entrepreneur
February 2009
Scotty Reis |
Growth Will be Organic Here are some tips for growing without an external cash infusion. |
Fast Company
Elizabeth Segran |
Santa Claus Is Real Being Santa Claus at a department store is not for the faint of heart or the weak of knee. The hours are long, the place is noisy and you must stay upbeat as hundreds of children and their demanding parents demand your attention. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
Cancel Christmas Kiss off Kwanzaa and say sayonara to your menorah. Leave the holidays to the Joneses. Saying "no thank you" to the holiday push may just save your finances -- and your sanity. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2005
Erin Joyce |
Stocks Tumble After Solid Start Investors were ho-hum about holiday sales and nervous about the spreads on treasury notes... Amazon shares lost...Retailers and online retailers were reporting fair sales results from early data following the Christmas selling season...etc. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Retailers Drop a Black Friday Bomb Early results suggest consumers are slow to spend. |
InternetNews
November 28, 2005
Tim Gray |
Retailers Brace For 'Cyber Monday' Onslaught While the holiday shopping season officially kicks off on the Friday following Thanksgiving, the online sales action, expected to hit nearly $20 billion this year, begins on Cyber Monday. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Apple, Best Buy, and Good Buys for the Holidays According to a report, holiday spending is expected to increase 3.7%. What does that mean for investors? |
Inc.
December 2005
Nadine Heintz |
Things I Can't Live Without: Fred Schwam The CEO of American Christmas Decorations, which creates holiday displays for more than 300 New York City businesses, including Radio City Music Hall, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue talks about his business and items he values. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 23, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Karma on a Hanger As institutions focus on high-value customers, the lesser-value customers still need banking services. Eventually, there will be tech-savvy competitors that will identify cost-effective ways to serve - and profit from - these customers. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Coleman-Lochner et al. |
Forget Hemlines. Ties May Be the New Indicator Armed with renewed confidence, men are heading to stores in greater numbers this season. |
