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With Sears Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) integrating its Kenmore product line with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), the home improvement space has suddenly shifted. Sears’ Kenmore appliances will now be sold on Amazon, and the line of Kenmore Smart appliances will be integrated with Amazon...

As the sector struggles, one leading specialty retailer has thrived and has rewarded investors. However, short sellers have bet heavily against this stock in the most recently reported period. The share price of this home improvement store operator has pulled back from a recent all-time high. As...

This weekend's Barron's cover story and a companion article take a look at retailers that can thrive despite big e-commerce competition. Other featured articles offer the prospects for Warren Buffett's formidable conglomerate and an exclusive ranking of the 500 best performing...

The financial struggles of American retailers were underscored by quarterly earnings reports from companies in the space. The Trends In Retail Stocks Shares of J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) were hammered on May 12, falling about 14 percent after JC Penney's reported a revenue miss. Ahead...

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) reported on Tuesday its first-quarter results in which the office supply retailer's earnings of $0.17 was in line with expectations and revenue of $4.15 billion fell short of the $4.50 billion analysts were expecting. According to Loop Capital Markets' Anthony...

Glancing at some of the concerning headlines gives the impression that nearly every retailer is struggling to compete against the likes of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). To a certain extent, this may be true and retail investors looking for an "Amazon-proof" company have few options....

Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Wall Street analysts expect very different results each of them. Just one of them exceeded earnings expectations in the previous two periods. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results has...

This weekend's Barron's offers five ways to play the rising global demand for fresh water. Other featured articles tale a look at the prospects for meal-ordering service facing headwinds and a newly independent restaurant-equipment supplier. The outlooks for an entertainment...

Three leading retailers are due to report earnings this week. The most recent quarter included the all-important holiday shopping period. Wall Street expectations for the three are varied. On the earnings front this week, the focus turns to the big retailers. Perhaps the most anticipated...

Seth Basham of Wedbush maintains a Neutral rating on shares of Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) with a $145 price target after chatting with the company's CEO Craig Menear and chief financial officer Carol Tome during a meeting with the sell-side community. While Basham stated that he left the meeting...

Many investors had legitimate concerns that the home improvement market is showing signs of slowing down after years of strong growth. According to Oppenheimer's Brian Nagel, Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD)'s third-quarter report on Tuesday proved this to be far from the case. Speaking as a guest on CNBC...

The parade of earnings reports from big retailers rolls on this week. Wall Street analysts have very different expectations for two big-box store operators. One of them beat earnings estimates in previous period and one was in line. It's that time when big retailers to take their...

Shares of Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) traded at around the $20 level when the financial crisis of 2007–2008 affected its core business of selling home improvement products. When the economy began showing signs of rebounding, Home Depot naturally saw an uptick in its business. The stock has been...

Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) has seen its stock gain nearly 15 percent over the past year and has soared around 350 percent over the past five years. Despite the strong outperformance versus the S&P 500 index, which returned 86 percent over the past five years, analysts at JPMorgan think the Dow-...