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Projections for Coming Holiday Shopping Favor Amazon
Among Americans planning to buy gifts this holiday season, a full three-quarters expect to buy something from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). For those who routinely shop online, that percentage rises...
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Kohl’s to Accept Amazon Returns
Beginning next month, 82 Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) stores in Los Angeles and Chicago will accept returns from consumers who bought the goods from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Kohl’s will pack and...
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The Best and Worst Customer Service Among Department Stores
The struggles among retail stores in the past year are well known. Less store traffic, stagnant same-store sales and severe pricing pressures are just a few of the hurdles the industry has to deal...
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Retailers Completing Hiring for the Holidays
There is a chill in the air, and even though Halloween is several weeks away, Americans are starting to think about holiday shopping, as retailers complete their hiring plans. The onset of online...
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Kohl’s Black Friday Ad Leaked
With Halloween still one day away, it might seem like it’s way too early to be thinking about Black Friday, a full four weeks away. But retailers have to plan ahead and that’s just what Kohl’s Corp....
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5 Merrill Lynch Stocks to Buy Yielding 5% or More as Rates Plunge
The bond bears were just saying it recently: rates are going higher, the 25-year bond bull market is over and the downtrend line from years ago finally has been breached. For a couple of weeks it...
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Did Kohl’s Q3 Results Offer Any Good News?
Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) reported its fiscal third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday. The retailer said that it had $0.70 in earnings per share (EPS) and $4.3 billion in...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, CVS Health, Disney, Fiat Chrysler,...
Stocks managed to get that elusive sell-off on Thursday over some disappointment on the timing of tax reform, and the markets looked to open marginally lower on Friday as well. Investors need to...
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Retail Resurrection As Old World Stores Show A Pulse
Large retailers have shown such poor results that even minor progress makes it appear they have a brighter future than the one predicted for the last year. Results from several companies, most notably...
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4 Companies Expected to Post Massive Holiday Sales This Year
The huge growth of sales on the internet has been staggering and should continue this year. Last year between November 1 and December 31, online sales hit $91.7 billion, up 11% from $82.5 billion in...
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Interest Rates and Dollar Going Higher in 2018: 5 Stocks to Buy Now
The past year has been great for investors that poured money into the big U.S. multinationals, as those companies do a tremendous amount of sales overseas and were given the tailwind almost all year of...
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What Kohl’s Did Right This Holiday Season
Retailer Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) reported Monday morning that same-store sales in the two-month holiday period rose 6.9% year over year. The company took the occasion to raise its profit forecast and...
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6 Blue Chips Getting Big Analyst Upgrades and Price Hikes
With 2018 off to a roaring start — perhaps the best in the S&P 500 seen in over 30 years — analysts seem to be taking a hint and are raising their target prices on their favorite blue chip stocks....
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Coca-Cola,...
Stocks were indicated higher on Friday after a strong Thursday gain to all-time highs. The start of 2018 looks to be the best annual start going back to the late 1980s, but the bull market is also now...
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Macy’s, Nordstrom and More Major Retailers Reporting This Week
The return of volatility has created a lot of confusion in the markets over the past few weeks. However, we’re now reaching a point in the earnings season when a highly cyclical industry will be seeing...
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Are Investors Giving Kohl’s Enough Credit?
Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday. The retailer said that it had $1.87 in earnings per share (EPS) on $6.78 billion in...
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What Is Driving JC Penney Shares Down Ahead of Earnings?
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) saw its shares drop on Thursday despite no major news for the company coming out. Although its earnings report is expected on Friday morning, there don’t seem to be any...
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Wall Street Very Positive on Retail: 5 Top Stocks to Buy Now
It started kind of slow, but now that the full ramifications of the tax reform bill are being felt, not the least of which is more take-home pay for many workers, and that money is starting to find its...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Akamai, Finisar, Helmerich & Payne,...
The markets vacillated back and forth on Thursday, finally ending higher as investors kept an eye on a meeting at the White House with steel and aluminum workers, where the president officially...
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Credit Suisse Sees Many Retailers and Brands Offering Big Upside Ahead
When it comes to the world of softline retail and global brands, many disruptions have been seen in recent years. It’s not just the death star of Amazon either. Many consumers have turned to discount...
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