The world's largest retailer is eliminating fees to open a layaway account, where it used to charge shoppers $5 to let them pay ahead for an order in installments ahead of Christmas...
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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In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are assumed to be delayed, outdated investment tools of a forgotten age.
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August 23 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) have both reported earnings in the last week, and in both cases, investors didn't particularly like what they...
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August 23 - News
Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) is one of the most popular stocks for investors betting on consumers' continued love of discounts, even in relatively good economic times.
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August 22 - News
Though most schools already sent out their official supply lists weeks ago, it's safe to say frenetic back-to-school shopping is officially under way -- a fact of which I was ...
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August 22 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) is billed by its bulls as a Wal-Mart killer.
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August 22 - News
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) saw its bottom line fall today in its latest earnings report, and shares are off 3.5% as a result.
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August 21 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 21 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 21 - News
A new day on the markets brings new stocks that are in the middle of everyone's attention, benefitting from the most coverage.
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August 21 - News
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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August 19 - News
This week brought along with it a slew of warnings and revisions from retailers who are starting to see the writing on the wall.
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August 19 - 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
Let me offer you a choice: you can buy a company's growing earnings at 15% or you can buy a company expected to grow earnings by 37%.
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August 9 - News
As eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) battled tough economic conditions in Europe, it missed its earnings' estimates in the second-quarter.
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August 6 - News
For the past few years, the U.S. economy has been struggling, and though now it seems to be in the process of recovering, the retail industry still has some gains to realize.
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August 5 - News
Canada's Loblaw announced plans to buy Shoppers Drug Mart for $12 billion. That marries Canada's largest grocery chains with one of its largest drug chains.
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August 5 - 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
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) presents a credible threat to brick and mortar retailing, and many retail and consumer investors still do not fully appreciate the fact that Amazon...
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July 31 - News
Despite Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 24 - News
Since the beginning of the year, Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) has delivered good returns to its shareholders, up 23%--higher than the S&P 500’s return of more than 18.60%.
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July 24 - News
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) has been a good stock for its shareholders, rising more than 35.2% and beating the S&P 500’s return of nearly 17.90%.
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July 22 - News
The smoke from July 4th has barely cleared and already commercials are letting us know it's back to school season.
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July 22 - News
Predicting what Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) might look like in three to five years brings to mind the parable about the blind man and the elephant. It really does depend...
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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
There's been a lot of concern about dividend stocks of late as interest rates have started to move higher.
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July 19 - News
Credit card use is up, and that's great news for industry heavies Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) , both of which have been on a tear over the past few month.
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July 16 - News
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) has outperformed Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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July 15 - 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
The world's largest retailer abandoned its proposal to open three stores and is weighing its options for three other sites that are currently in construction after the D.C.
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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
Many discount retailers got off to a slow start at the beginning of this fiscal year, and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), whose fiscal Q1 ended in early May, was no exception.
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July 10 - Stock Analysis
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has announced its further expansion into the Canadian retail market after the planned addition of 20 stores that are slated to open in British Columbia...
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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
In May, the Bureau of Economic Analysis published its Personal Income and Outlays Report. According to its report, consumer spending increased 0.1% from the previous month.
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July 10 - 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
