Black Friday

The holiday shopping season is off to a really good start for discount retailers. For department stores, however, the season is shaping up differently. “If you take a look at where we are and what we’ve seen thus far, off-price [...] have all done considerably well; a heck of a lot...

In a year that has flown in the face of all expectations, the top five traded stocks on Black Friday broke from tradition. Historically, Black Friday trading focuses on retail stocks expected to increase revenues because of the holiday season. This year, however, TD Ameritrade clients spent...

Watch out Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), there may be a serious smartphone competitor in town. New data suggest Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s new Pixel smartphone was the real winner on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. A research report from Localytics analyzed both Android and Apple...

Shares of Tilly's Inc (NYSE: TLYS) climbed as much as 34 percent to set a new 52-week high of $13.19 following the company’s third-quarter beat, driven by strong Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales and cost cuts. Tilly’s, a specialty retailer of casual apparel, footwear and accessories...

GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) issued a press release on Wednesday announcing solid camera unit sales growth during the week of Black Friday, indicating restructuring efforts to trim costs and projecting strong holiday demand in the United States for its new HERO5 cameras. Camera Unit Sales Growth GoPro...

Following its retail channel checking, Wedbush said Black Friday's importance is paling in significance, as reflected by higher promotions year-over-year and slowing in-store traffic. Analyst Morry Brown presented the promotions offered by companies in 2016 compared to what was offered in 2015....

Wedbush said its checks show Black Friday promotions of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) and Anthropologie were higher than last year, with Francesca's Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: FRAN) lapping tough compares despite strong traffic. Apparel Retailers “Traffic was strong at both Urban and...

Despite aggressive promotions, retail sales on the Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend declined, with strong online sales growth being offset by declines in bricks-and-mortar sales, Wedbush’s Seth Basham said in a report. Basham mentioned that the decline was partly due to sales being...

As online retailers kick off Cyber Monday sales, early Black Friday numbers this holiday season seem to be mixed. The National Retail Federation (NRF) is reporting that 154 million shoppers made purchases over Black Friday weekend, up from 151 million in 2015. However, those 154 million consumers...

Specialty retail and departmental stores witnessed mixed Black Friday weekend sales versus 2015, with e-commerce remaining “the clear winner” and in-store revenue continuing to be under pressure, Morgan Stanley’s Kimberly C. Greenberger said in a report. In-Store Mixed, E-Commerce...

Although all festivities around the Thanksgiving Day are now past us, the shopping bonanza is far from over. Shoppers thronged stores during the Thanksgiving weekend, the four-day period starting Thursday. Online behemoths such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) as well...

If you believe Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping was just limited to U.S. retailers, think again, as recent findings from International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) shows that retailers outside the United States too have seen significant growth in online sales this year during these...

Checks indicate traffic trends in the footwear industry were broadly better during the Black Friday shopping event, Brean Capital’s Eric Tracy said in a report. Tracy noted the checks for the kick-off to the critical holiday shopping season were, however, weighed against last year's very easy...

The Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Dash Button is popular with consumers, as the Wi-Fi connected device reorders your favorite product with the press of a button. Customers can buy a Dash Button for $4.99 and receive a credit for $4.99 after the first press. The Dash Button, which is available...

As millennials and older generations gear up to save this holiday season, the decade's long tradition of the Black Friday and Thanksgiving evening sales rush has dwindled for 2016. While the Thanksgiving week sales are still newsworthy, the extravaganza had fewer participants. Some retailers even...