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View ArticleThis Discount Retailer is Up 17% on Takeover Chatter
Discount retailers have been hot. Now, the Schiffer/Gold family and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. has sent a “going private” proposal to 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE:NDN) for $19.09 a share in cash....
View ArticleThese 3 Big Stock Earnings Deserve Your Attention
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View ArticleTarget’s Weak Results: Blame It On the Weather
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View ArticleTarget Warning Rings True: Q4 Was Meaningfully Weak
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View ArticleCan Amazon’s Prime Pantry Compete with Costco and Wal-Mart?
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched another new service this week, and this one targets the likes of competitors Costco (NASDAQ:COST) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). The service, which...
View ArticleDollar General: Recent Weakness Is a Buying Opportunity
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View ArticleHere’s Why Dollar Tree Is Discount Retailer to Watch
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View ArticleThe Bottom Line for Retail Sales and Talbots (TLB), Express (EXPR), and...
With retails sales driving 70 percent of the economy, it’s no wonder that retail spending and consumer confidence are watched closely for signals to our economic future. Today’s reports give...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Family Dollar (FDO) Q3 Earnings Report
Earnings Estimates (High/Mean/Low): $0.80/$0.764/$0.74 Matthews, North Carolina based Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO), which opened its first store in Charlotte, NC in 1959, currently operates...
View ArticleSector Spotlight: Discount Retailers Become Acquisition Targets
Family Dollar Stores (NYSE:FDO) has received a go-private buyout offer from Nelson Peltz’ hedge fund Trian Capital for $55-60 per share. Will this kick off a wave of M&A in the discount retailer...
View ArticleThis Discount Retailer is Up 17% on Takeover Chatter
Discount retailers have been hot. Now, the Schiffer/Gold family and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. has sent a “going private” proposal to 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE:NDN) for $19.09 a share in cash....
View ArticleThese 3 Big Stock Earnings Deserve Your Attention
The Dow (NYSE:DIA) marched 71 points higher on Wednesday. With the end of the first quarter here, these companies released earnings on Wednesday. 1) Mosaic (NYSE:MOS): Shares are down 1.07% in late...
View ArticleTarget’s Weak Results: Blame It On the Weather
In the middle of April, Target (NYSE:TGT) lowered its first quarter adjusted earnings per share estimate due to “softer-than-expected sales trends,” a move that reflected both a general concern that...
View ArticleTarget Warning Rings True: Q4 Was Meaningfully Weak
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/ Target (NYSE:TGT) warned investors that December’s data breach would hurt fourth-quarter results, and management was right. For the three-month...
View ArticleCan Amazon’s Prime Pantry Compete with Costco and Wal-Mart?
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched another new service this week, and this one targets the likes of competitors Costco (NASDAQ:COST) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). The service, which...
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