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Hoping to boost lagging end-of-year sales, a number of retailers announced a push to attract customers after Christmas. Many big-name stores are taking part – including Macy’s (NYSE: M), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and even online giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Some traditional bricks and mortar...

The focus is on retail as the as the crucial holiday shopping season is set to get underway. Last week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) offered weak third-quarter results, while Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) turned in earnings beats. Plenty more retailers are on deck this...

As we mentioned Wednesday morning, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets has initiated coverage on some fashion retailers aimed at the teen markets. The analyst saw Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) as one of the best in the sector, with weakness already priced in, and gave it an Outperform rating...

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), which faced an uproar this spring arising from controversial comments the CEO made about plus-sized women, is scheduled to report its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results Thursday, August 22, before the markets open. Investors will be looking for the company to...

The earnings season for the big retailers is underway. Last week's second-quarter reports from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Macy's (NYSE: M), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) may have been solid, but weak outlooks for the rest of the year disappointed investors. Many more retailers are on...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) shareholders are disgruntled, a fact they made abundantly clear at the annual shareholder meeting at the University of Arkansas on Friday. In the wake of a first quarter report that clearly showed the company’s low-income shoppers continue to struggle with unemployment, low...

Analysts at Jefferies are betting that, as the U.S. economy recovers, consumer discretionary spending will rise. They have recommended that investors buy Deckers Outdoor (NASDAQ: DECK), Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL), Michael Kors Holdings (NYSE: KORS) and Tumi Holdings (NYSE: TUMI). Below we take a...

Things went from euphoric to worrisome on Wednesday as the Dow saw a 200 point swing. Technicians note that the charts show an outside reversal. In other words—cause for concern. There is a global selloff taking place this morning with the Dow poised to print a triple digit loss at the open....

The start of the retail earnings season last week was a mixed bag. Quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) ranged from so-so to disappointing, while J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) posted a larger-than-expected net loss. Macy's (NYSE: M) was the standout,...

Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) shares rose to a six-year high, Thursday, before closing at $13.87, up 29 percent. This on news from Reuters that private equity firm Sycamore Partners plans to take the teen apparel retailer private in a $600 million deal. Sycamore, founded by former retail specialist...

While most of the big retailers already have posted their most recent quarterly results, Wednesday will bring fourth-quarter and full fiscal-year reports from specialty retailers American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), PetSmart (NYSE: PETM) and Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS). Analysts...

Earlier Monday, brokerage firm Sterne Agee initiated coverage on a number of specialty retailers, citing strong growth prospects and longer-term fundamentals that are underappreciated or misunderstood. Among those retailers that Sterne Agee initiated with Buy ratings were Coach (NYSE: COH),...

After Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) all posted better-than-expected per-share earnings last week, the quarterly results from big retailers continue to roll out this week. Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy'...

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), which has been interested in opening a store in the former offices of The Beatles' Apple Records in London, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2012 results Friday, February 22, before the markets open. Investors will be looking for...

The short interest in big retail companies was mixed during the first two weeks of December, the heart of the holiday shopping season. The number of shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) increased...