retail sales

Today is Friday, Hanukkah begins Saturday and Christmas is on Sunday. Naturally, it is too late to place an order online (in most cases) but thankfully shopping malls still exist and retailers are more than eager to accommodate the last-minute crowd. CNBC's Courtney Reagan noted that Friday is...

Chain stores, including Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST), L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB) and Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ), released their monthly same store sales results last Thursday, while a vast majority remained mum on their monthly scorecard. A Waning Tradition A few years ago, most...

Many retail executives are attributing their companies' poor performance to the U.S. election. Maybe it's a convenient scapegoat or maybe they are on to something, as the list of CEOs pointing toward the election to justify poor performance just got bigger. According to Bloomberg, Dunkin Brands...

Retail investors hoping for a busy holiday shopping season will either be extremely encouraged or discouraged, and it all depends upon who they listen to. According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, retailers are saying their outlook for the holiday season is the "shakiest" it has been in years. For...

Following the release of the September sales results, Buckingham Research Group reiterated its Neutral rating and $23 price target on the shares of Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS). The firm noted that sales fell 2 percent in September on a 3 percent drop in same-store sales, worse than the 2 percent drop the...

Wedbush said in a research note released Friday it believes trends improved modestly versus August due to strength over the Labor Day weekend. Reviewing the September sales data of soft-line retailers, analyst Morry Brown noted that L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB) reported results mostly above the...

Retail sales are expected to grow around 4 percent this holiday season, but investors are cautioned against assuming this is a bullish sign for large retailers. This figure would mark an acceleration from last year's holiday sales, which rose 3.6 percent from the year before. Bloomberg, citing a...

Chris Graja, a senior retail analyst with Argus Research, discussed Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW)'s business outlook during a retail related conference call last week. According to Graja, Lowe's has proven to be a bigger winner compared to its peer Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) in picking up Sears...

U.S. equities were trading slightly higher on Thursday with all major indices trading in the green. However, as CNBC's Bob Pisani pointed out Thursday morning, energy stocks are "on fire." Pisani pointed out that the S&P Energy index was trading higher by more than 1.5 percent...

U.S. retail March sales numbers have started to trickle out. Here’s a quick look at the March and Q1 numbers available so far. 9 Names Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported a 1.0 percent rise in same-store sales (SSS) (including gasoline and forex) in the United States, but a...

Retail sales figures from the holiday shopping period are set to be released on Friday, with most analysts expecting to see a 0.1 percent decline in December. The figure confirms what many have been grumbling about since the New Year began; retailers haven't gotten much out of this year's holiday...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Federal Reserve said it was expecting to increase interest rates before the end of 2015. However, as the year draws to a close, many analysts are beginning to push their predictions for a rate hike into next year. Economic data from the United States has been soft...