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Target’s Webster Collection to Hits Stores in May, Profits Rise 7.3%
If you cannot afford to visit Miami this spring, maybe you should take a trip to Target (NYSE TGT) instead? The retail stores are introducing their new S/S 2012 collection from The Webster, a line...
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Auto and Retail Sales Decline in May, Ford Exceeds Estimates
In May, U.S. retail sales declined thanks to slower employment gains and weaker wage gains affecting demand. This was the second consecutive month for the fall and a sign the economy is tapering....
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Retail Sales and Industrial Production Figures are Not That Bad
“Davidson” submits: There has been much talk lately on the imminent slow down and potential recession looming in the US and globally. Many assert the recent reports on employment, retail sales,...
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Rising Consumer Sentiment Is Good news For Retailers Like Wal-Mart
There has been a steady stream of encouragingly better news on the economic front from the U.S.A. Retail sales were up 0.8 percent for the month of July, representing the biggest increase since the...
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Sears, Home Depot, Best Buy, & Target Benefit from Back to School Sales
Retail Sales and the American Spender in Review and a ‘Speculative’ Outlook Retail sales quarterly numbers 2005-2012, which peaked at close to $400billion in the first quarter of 2012 On Tuesday of...
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Retail Sales Come in Much Stronger than Expected: Analysts Boosts Q3 GDP
September retail sales were much stronger than expected, and there were upward revisions to both July and August, thereby making last month’s increase even more impressive. Headline sales rose +1.1%...
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Hurricane Sandy Will Reduce Quarterly Retail Sales by 1-2%: Citigroup
Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall Central/Southern NJ Monday PM & impact expected to range from Mid-Atlantic to Southern New England. Flooding/Damaging wind gusts expected New Jersey,...
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Black Friday: Guns, TVs, Clothes, Gaming Systems and More
Via Stifel Nicholas Its Black Friday, when people get to knife each-other over $0.25 off on Milk at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)! Here is some of the latest news on retail, for both investors and...
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Jobless Claims Plummet As Retail Sales Rebound
Jobless claims and retail sales bring merry economic news just in time for the holidays. According to the Labor Department, jobless claims are at the lowest level they’ve been in two months. The...
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Canada’s New Cross Border Shopping Limit Helps US Companies
A study from Nielsen research showed that manufacturers and retailers in the United States such as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE:WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) are reporting better profits since...
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Wal-Mart Leaked Emails Put in Perspective
A leaked email obtained by Bloomberg news reported to be from a Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) executive characterized February MTD sales (through February 12) as “a total disaster” and “the worst...
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Retail Sales in Perspective
The Commerce Department’s retail sales figures came in relatively decent, with total retail sales coming in up 0.1 percent at $419 billion. The second most quoted figure related to the monthly retail...
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Low Tax Rate: Ireland Says “Don’t Blame Us”
Ireland’s deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore told that Irish tax regime should not be blamed for any loopholes in the international tax rules that have been used by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to avoid...
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Hottest Links: BAAP no GAAP, Berkshire Private? Clones Not 13Fs
Hottest links for Friday August 16th, 2013 (see Thursday’s edition of hottest links here). Top stories for today include; A case from someone who knows the company quite well for Berkshire Hathaway...
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U.S. Money Supply Decreases in August
The U.S. money supply decreased slightly in the week ending August 19, the Federal Reserve reports. Total currency in circulation was $1.1382 trillion, up 0.12% from $1.1368 trillion the week prior....
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Car Manufacturers Report Sales Increases In August
Car manufacturers such as General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), and Toyota Motor Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:TM) (TYO:7203) reported outstanding sales performance in the United...
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey Expands To 58.6 From 56
The NMI index from the Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing survey was a reading of 58.6 in August. This is an increase from the 56.0 reading in July, and indicates economic expansion in...
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U.S. Money Supply Increases
The U.S. money supply increased week over week for the week ending August 26, the Federal Reserve reports. Total currency in circulation was $1.1409 trillion, up 0.24% from $1.1382 trillion the week...
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U.S. Employment Situation – 169K+ Jobs Added In August 2013
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its employment situation release this morning that +169k jobs were added in August. This is worse than what economists expected for the month. The July...
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Recap of this week’s U.S. economic events
Recap of this week’s U.S. economic events: 169k nonfarm payrolls were added in August, the unemployment rate decreased to 7.3%, and much, much more. ADP saw 176k new private payrolls added in August....
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