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Growth of Online Retailers Makes Internet the New Shopping Battleground

{ Posted on Nov 29 2011 by David Zeiler }
While online retailers have celebrated the growth of online shopping, conventional retailers determined not to lose customers have been ramping up their Internet efforts. Forrester Research Inc. (NYSE: FORR) estimates that online shopping will increase by 15% to ...Read More »

Don’t Miss These Three Year-End Trading Strategies

{ Posted on Nov 25 2011 by Larry D. Spears }
Before yesterday's Thanksgiving leftovers even got cold many U.S. consumers ventured out to catch the best Black Friday deals, already worried about how much this holiday shopping season will cost them. But instead of fretting over how ...Read More »

These Are the Retailers to Watch This Earnings Season

{ Posted on Oct 14 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
There are a handful of savvy retailers that prepared for the tough economy by positioning themselves to profit - and now they're being rewarded with blockbuster earnings. So far this earnings season, more than half of retailers ...Read More »

Three Reasons the China Currency Bill Will Backfire

{ Posted on Oct 06 2011 by David Zeiler }
A Senate bill that aims to restore American jobs by punishing China for its undervalued currency may resonate with a frustrated American public, but it won't work. In fact, instead creating jobs, the bill is more ...Read More »

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) Has Dethroned Wal-Mart as the Discount King

{ Posted on Aug 25 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) the second-largest U.S. discount retailer, may have found a strategy to oust Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) as the No. 1 discount-shopping source. For years retailers have tried to get an edge on ...Read More »

Federal Stimulus Should Keep Stock Market Bulls Happy

{ Posted on Feb 21 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks rose fitfully last week in a typically strange, exciting, exasperating options-expiration week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index all ended roughly 1% higher, while ...Read More »

Federal Stimulus Should Keep Stock Market Bulls Happy

{ Posted on Feb 21 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks rose fitfully last week in a typically strange, exciting, exasperating options-expiration week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index all ended roughly 1% higher, while ...Read More »

Stock Market Bulls Have Bears on the Run Despite Poor Unemployment Report

{ Posted on Jan 10 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks survived a big test of the winter rally on Friday as they finished a positive week with mild losses. The Friday session featured a report on non-farm payrolls that came in worse ...Read More »

Question of the Week: Online Shoppers Are Essential to Survival of U.S. Retailers

{ Posted on Dec 08 2010 by Kerri Shannon }
U.S. retailers are learning an important lesson this holiday season. And it has nothing to do with the prices they set for Barbie dolls, video games or HDTVs. The lesson being learned is that the successes of future Black ...Read More »

Question of the Week: Black Friday Shoppers Go Online For More Deals, Fewer Crowds

{ Posted on Dec 01 2010 by Kerri Shannon }
"Black Friday" was once known as the day that determined holiday shoppers awoke before dawn to get in line at their favorite retailer for once-a-year discounts. In recent years, however, Black Friday has morphed into a ...Read More »