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Last week, Brian Sozzi, CEO and Chief Equities Strategist at Belus Capital Advisors dropped by on Benzinga's PreMarket show to discuss retailers. Benzinga asked Sozzi to share his retail expertise on companies he does not normally follow and for his opinion on CVS (NYSE: CVS) decision to...

U.S. stocks finished the day almost unchanged as investors and traders were presented with a mixed bag of data today. A better than expected report on the service sector negated another report that showed that companies added fewer employees to their payrolls than anticipated in January. The...

In a move that could cost CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) $2 billion annually, the country’s second-largest drugstore chain said it would phase out cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco by October 1. The change affects the chain’s more than 7,600 drugstores nationwide and was part of an overall...

Walgreen (NYSE: WAG), which has already announced that sales for the period were strong due to increased investment in promotional strategies, is scheduled to share its first-quarter fiscal 2014 results Friday, December 20, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for details on sales...

On the earnings front, things will start out slow this week, but then FedEx (NASDAQ: FDX), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and others will take their turns in the earnings spotlight. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent...

Quarterly reports from Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some...

Investors are always looking for the “next big thing.” Business Insider, in a recent report, suggested the mobile health apps industry might be worth considering. Statistics support that notion with BI pointing out skyrocketing health care costs and the fact that health-related spending in the...

This weekend in Barron's online: the case for a Great Stagnation, as well as the prospects for Kohl's, Furmanite, Walgreen and more. Cover Story "Slowing to a Crawl" by Jonathan R. Laing. The United States may be headed for decades of slow growth, says Barron's in this week's cover story. The...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth of revenues from both of them, but a net loss from the agribusiness giant. Others scheduled to step onto the earnings stage this...

Among troubled retailers, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw significant upswings in the number of their shares sold short during the first weeks of September. Below is a quick look at how these three have fared and what analysts expect from them...

This weekend in Barron's online: managing health care expenses for the long term, as well as the prospects for GE, Nexstar Broadcasting, United Rentals, Approach Resources and more. Cover Story "How to Protect Your Health and Wealth" by Beverly Goodman. In this week's cover story in Barron's,...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the latter weeks of August. However, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw upswings of more than 30 percent in the number of their shares sold short. The short interest in Avon Products (...

Discount retailer Dollar General (NYSE: DG), shares of which reached a new 52-week high last week, is scheduled to report its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results Wednesday, September 4, before the markets open. Investors will be watching to see whether, now that the economy has started to revive,...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the initial weeks of August. GameStop (NYSE: GME), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw significant percentage swings in the number of their shares sold short. The short interest in...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of July. J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) saw significant percentage swings in the number of their shares sold short. Short sellers shied away from Barnes...