Black Friday

To celebrate Black Friday, here is a list of Benzinga's 19 favorite gift ideas and some Black Friday week deals for your loved ones...or just yourself. Electronics Philips 65 inch Class 4K Android Smart TV for $278 at Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT). PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB Fortnite Neo Versa gaming...

Last December, Wall Street looked like a forest thanks to all the bears prowling around. This December, things seem a little more jolly, with major indices beginning the month near all-time highs and the stock market on pace for its best year since 2013. The question is whether trade talks put that...

The retail environment will brace itself for nearly half of the entire U.S. population who will shop this week, according to American Apparel and Footwear Association CEO Rick Helfenbein. Total retail sales for the entire 2019 holiday shopping season could increase by as much as 4% year-over-year...

Video game system makers are hoping to score in the battle for buyers with some pretty big Black Friday deals. The real winners might be those looking to give gaming consoles. If they can wait until Black Friday, they'll save $100 or more on some consoles, with a number of discounts also coming...

Thanksgiving and Black Friday are days away, which means millions of families will gather together for some quality time and shopping. Here is a summary of every major retailer who confirmed their Thanksgiving Thursday and Black Friday opening hours, according to BestBlackFriday. "If no...

Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) has released its lineup of Black Friday sales and deals, creating the potential for strong fourth-quarter account additions, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  The Analyst Ziv Israel maintained a Buy rating on Roku with a price target lifted from $150 to...

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) shoppers can now dictate their grocery orders through Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices. What Happened Walmart said in Monday it reached an agreement with Apple to bring Walmart Voice Order functionality to Siri. Customers can now speak an order outlook and add items to...

Video game stock performance in the two months heading into the holidays has given investors about an even shot at gains and losses over the last decade, historical price data show. Unless you include Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). When looking at six video game stocks’ performance...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) has earned $28 billion on Singles’ Day so far, data from the South China Morning Post shows. What Happened Sales crossed the $10 billion mark in the first 30 minutes, according to SCMP, with Hong Kong, the U.S., the U.K.,...

The busiest season for consumer spending is just around the corner, and a slew of estimates are likely to be thrown around regarding how the holiday shopping season will pan out. The season starts with Black Friday weekend, which is the four-day period between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber...

December usually means a holiday push for retail sales — but that may not hold true for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and sales of its latest iPhones.  Model Sales This year, Apple has produced perhaps its most diverse line of iPhones in terms of size, capability and price. The...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, but there's still plenty of time left for retail stocks and the related exchange traded funds to gain investors' favor this holiday season. Down more than 11 percent in the fourth quarter, the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) could use some...

Along with other Internet-related exchange traded funds, the Amplify Online Retail ETF (NASDAQ: IBUY) is enduring a rough fourth quarter. IBUY, the original e-commerce ETF, is saddled with a fourth-quarter loss of 18.35 percent, but bullish Cyber Monday data boosted the fund to start this week....

The holiday shopping season kicked off with Black Friday, which raked in record online sales of $6.22 billion, up 23.6 percent year-over-year, according to Adobe Analytics data.  This should bode well for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which has bulldozed its way to e-commerce dominance...

Online Black Friday sales increased over 23 percent year-over-year, CNBC reported, citing data from Adobe Analytics. Small Business Saturday was set to reach $3 billion in sales, while Cyber Monday is expected to produce a new record of $7.8 billion, an 18-percent increase from 2017. Raymond James...