Black Friday

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), two retail behemoths and leaders in their respective spaces, have gone all out to woo holiday shoppers. Here is a list of irresistible offers from these two biggies you can look forward to: Wal-Mart for one promised customers...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is off to a characteristically sluggish start to its abbreviated Black Friday trading session, opening up roughly 0.2 percent. Traders have gotten used to a boring, low-volume Black Friday session in recent years, but the Black Friday trading session hasn...

Thanksgiving weekend offers a rare four-day weekend for most Americans. Unfortunately, Wall Street is afforded no such luxury. Instead of shutting down on both Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, the NYSE and other major U.S. exchanges are open for business for an abbreviated Friday session that...

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT)'s holiday cheer is abounding, as the discount retailer announced via a Business Wire release that holiday shopping season has gotten off to a strong start. The company noted that guests started shopping early Wednesday morning with its pre-sale on Target.com....

After feasting on turkey, stuffing and football, many Americans will be hitting malls and shopping centers Friday to celebrate Black Friday, a contrived retail notion that, in the eyes of many, marks the official start of the holiday shopping season. Black Friday is widely believed to be a catalyst...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) unleashed more than 75,000 deals for Cyber Monday, with new deals as often as every five minutes on toys, electronics, fashion items and more. Customers are using Amazon's "Watch A Deal" feature to ensure they don't miss out on any deals. Amazon said the most-...

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said it sold 150 million pounds of turkey and ham this Thanksgiving week, with more than 70 percent of traffic during the retailer’s Black Friday event coming from mobile. What Consumers Want Besides the massive amounts of meat sold, throughout...

The holiday season is around the corner, with the Black Friday kicking it off later this week. Black Friday is observed annually on the Friday that follows Thanksgiving Day. Although the concept of Black Friday has existed since 1932, it rose to prominence as one of the busiest shopping...

Now that the Thanksgiving holiday is almost here, Americans are already salivating. While most Americans can’t wait to take a bite out of some turkey and dressing, shoppers are all about the mouth-watering Black Friday deals. The majority of stores still choose to close the doors on...

Previewing the holiday shopping season, which officially kicks off with Black Friday falling on November 25 this year, Drexel Hamilton said Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AU Optronics Corp (ADR) (NYSE: AUO), Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and LG Display Co Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: LPL) are most...

The battle between Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) heated up earlier this year when Wal-Mart tried to steal Amazon's thunder during its Prime selling event. The rivalry between the two giants intensified on Wednesday after Amazon announced it will offer...

U.S. retail investors are looking ahead to the critical Thanksgiving weekend shopping events, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, for Chinese retail investors, it doesn’t get much bigger than this weekend’s Singles' Day event. China's 'Anti-Valentine's Day' In China,...

October is treading the middle-of-the-road, without any major pullback, keeping the indexes off the correction territory, or a notable move to the upside. October: Typically A Strong Month By historical trends, October is typically a better performing month for the markets. Argus pointed out in a...

With just a few days left in October, it is safe to say the U.S. holiday shopping season has arrived. However, before investors get too caught up in how Black Friday, Cyber Monday and related fare will affect their portfolios, one of the world's biggest consumer-driven events is on tap and it...

Retailers adopt different strategies and marketing gimmicks to draw consumers out of their shells, especially amid the fluid economic environment, and force them into splurging on good and services they not only need but also want. Designating days for focused shopping, when retailers allure...