If you follow my articles, then you know that I'm not bullish on most retailers.
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September 13 - News
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) continues to maintain its profitability by opening new stores and expanding its reach outside of the U.S.
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September 12 - News
The past 5 years have been very challenging for retailers. Most of them had to pay the consequences of missing the e-commerce revolution. Some of them, like giant Wal-Mart...
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September 11 - News
The month of September has the dubious honor of being the worst performing month for the S&P 500.
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September 11 - News
Retail sales have been generally weak as of late, with the biggest bright spots being automobiles and home improvement retailers.
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September 11 - News
Apparel retailers took it on the chin in August, as consumers continued to shell out less for clothing and more for cars and home improvements.
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September 6 - News
For a variety of reasons, I'm not a Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) member, but I'm starting to think that I may be the only person left who isn't.
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September 6 - News
Companies have long offered incentives to consumers in an effort to drive revenues and help the bottom line.
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September 4 - News
In a bit of an earnings report shock, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) unexpectedly missed estimates for the second quarter.
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September 3 - News
The Fool chats with Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)'s new CEO, Craig Jelinek.
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September 3 - News
PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) owns and operates membership shopping warehouses and clubs in Latin America and the Caribbean, and it is widely considered to be Latin America...
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September 3 - News
In the investing world, we tend to focus on the numbers and big ideas, discussing concepts such as earnings, valuations, and leadership in our quest to assess the worthiness of...
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September 2 - News
Chances are that you don't have to look for very long to find articles or statistics that are critical of the health reform law signed into law by President Obama in 2010: the...
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August 27 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is a retailing juggernaut that rakes in more than $460 billion in annual sales, the majority of which are in the U.S.
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August 26 - News
In the following video, the Fool's Austin Smith chats with Craig Jelinek, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)'s new CEO.
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August 25 - News
With just five weeks and two days left until the state-run exchanges are scheduled to open for business, the reality of health-care reform, and its many unknowns, is beginning...
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August 25 - News
Join The Motley Fool for a video conversation with retired Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) CEO Jim Sinegal.
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August 25 - News
In the following video, the Fool's Austin Smith chats with Craig Jelinek, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)'s new CEO.
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August 23 - News
Join The Motley Fool for a conversation with retired Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) CEO Jim Sinegal.
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August 22 - News
The Fool chats with Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)'s new CEO, Craig Jelinek.
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August 21 - News
In the following video, the Fool's Austin Smith chats with Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)'s new CEO, Craig Jelinek.
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August 19 - News
The conditions in which some pigs destined for Tyson Foods, Inc.
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August 16 - News
The American consumer is slowly coming back from the worst recession in decades, but the road to financial health isn’t without a number of potholes.
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August 9 - News
The ongoing bull market is a bit mystifying -- the economy is still pretty weak -- but given the euphoria, many traders who view themselves as "value investors" probably feel ...
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August 7 - News
A cultural shift has occurred in America over the simple question of Bulk or Organic? It’s not an easy question to answer; both produce totally different lifestyles that Americans...
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August 7 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) has worked really hard to create a deep discount model that has kept its customers happy over the years.
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August 5 - News
Several U.S.-based retailers are struggling in key markets such as North America and Europe due to a rough economic environment which is leading to poor store traffic.
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August 5 - News
The Fool chats with Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) CEO Craig Jelinek.
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August 2 - News
Since a brand spanking new Big Lots, Inc.
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August 1 - News
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), the online retail giant, released its earnings for the second quarter on July 25, 2013.
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July 30 - News
Despite Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 24 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is the largest private employer in the world.
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July 24 - News
Since its founding in 1966, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) has been a promised land for tech consumers who want to get their hands on the latest and greatest offerings.
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July 22 - News
Have you ever seen an empty parking lot at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 20 - News
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) has collaborated with Visa Inc (NYSE:V) on a website offering financial advice to its employees featuring a sample budget scenario for a full...
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July 19 - News
Retail sales were up in June, according to the Commerce Department, but not as much as everyone had expected.
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July 17 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are some of the most powerful retailers in the world. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 17 - News
Fool columnist Alyce Lomax wrote a great article on Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) this week, and it got me to thinking.
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July 17 - News
The relatively high price to earnings ratio of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) compared to other leading big retailers hasn’t gone by unnoticed.
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July 12 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) has a lot going for it at the moment. With 50 million members, it’s evident that Costco is here to stay.
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July 11 - News
When you lie down with dogs, you get fleas. For the past decade Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 11 - News
The retail industry is rapidly changing as more people purchase goods through e-commerce platforms.
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July 10 - News
I had always dismissed The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR), which dominates many Southeastern markets, until a decade ago when Harris-Teeter came to town.
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July 10 - News
At a glance, two recent retail success stories, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) don’t seem to have much in common.
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July 10 - News
There is a certain feel good factor about Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), the largest warehouse retail club in the U.S.
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July 10 - News
It is quite certain that a lot of individuals who have aspired to run an independent business must have executed their first sale on eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY).
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July 10 - News
Going healthy is the most "in" thing in the US.
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July 8 - News
In the last 10 quarters, PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) has rewarded investors by returning more than 430%.
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July 8 - News
According to Marketline, the global department store industry is expected to reach $395 billion by 2015, showing a compound annual growth rate of just 2% from 2010.
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July 8 - News
Investors in Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) have had a pretty good time of it over the last year with a near 50% gain as I write however, the recent results were somewhat disappointing...
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July 5 - News