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Hibbett Sports Has Small Town Shoppers Running Light
You don't have to live in a big city to buy cool running shoes. In small and midsize towns across some 26 states, Hibbett Sports (HIBB) fills a void that even Wal-Mart (WMT) can't satisfy: the latest color-splashed, lightweight running shoes from Nike ...
The Price Of Glamour
The list of glamorous growth stocks getting hit by what we call "minefield" price declines is getting fairly long. Some of the more influential names which have suffered sharp, swift declines include Nike (NKE), Chipotle (CMG), Facebook (FB), Coinstar ...
Perils of growth investing in slow economy
By Suzanne McGee · The Fiscal Times Growth managers must be glad that July is finally over. Now all they need to do is to figure out a way not to set themselves up for more sturm und drang in August and beyond.
Harley Davidson Q2 Profit Rises But Sales Disappoint
Harley-Davidson (HOG) shares dropped after it reported second-quarter profit early Wednesday that beat estimates, but its sales came up short.
July sales may turn out better than expected
By Andria Cheng, MarketWatch. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - After U.S. retailers reported their worst monthly sales in three years in June, July results are expected to show some improvement and give an early read on back-to-school, the industry's ...
Why Amazon Really Could Be a Value Stock at 179x Earnings
Amazon Logo. Here are my thoughts from the VALUEx Vail conference. The idea for this conference came to me when I attended VALUEx Zurich, organized by Guy Spier and John Mihaljevic in February 2011 (you can register for VALUEx Zurich 2012, here).
For Retailers, Where's the Olympic Gold?
With the Jubilee followed by the Olympics it is good to be British this year. So does that must mean its good to be a retailer in the U.K.
Avon Looks To End Bribery Probe, Q2 Earnings Weak
Cosmetics direct-seller Avon Products (AVP) is in talks to end a long-running probe into whether it paid overseas bribes, a violation of U.S.
AmBev Reports Impressive 2Q
Brazilian beer giant, Companhia de Bebidas das America (ABV - Analyst Report), also known as AmBev, reported second-quarter 2012 normalized earnings of R$0.63 per share, improving 6.8% from the prior-year quarter's earnings of R$0.59 a share.
MasterCard, Wright Express Hurt By Tight Spending
Consumers are reining in spending, and that's put a damper on credit card payments processors like MasterCard (MA) and Wright Express (WXS), which reported results early Wednesday.