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The Wall Street Journal reported on December 18, 2013 that Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) had been the victim of an "extensive theft" of customers' credit and debit card data. Understandably, consumers panicked and investors worried. The timing couldn't have been worse, as...

Autumn officially arrived at 10:29 p.m. ET September 22. Just ahead of that, the 2014 holiday shopping season began. For those who missed the signs, here are six sure indicators, along with the retailers that introduced them, offering proof positive that the holidays have arrived. 1....

Hoping to boost lagging end-of-year sales, a number of retailers announced a push to attract customers after Christmas. Many big-name stores are taking part – including Macy’s (NYSE: M), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and even online giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Some traditional bricks and mortar...

Black Friday, as the official start of the holiday shopping season, is over. Thanks to a shortened holiday calendar with only four weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas (not to mention the fact Hanukkah begins November 27), many retailers had already planned an early start to this important...

If you are wondering why more retailers are opening on Thanksgiving Day this year, the calendar might have a lot to do with it. Thanksgiving is on November 28, the latest it has been since 2002. That means six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas and that translates to about $1.5...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) owned, Kmart will open at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day and stay open for 41 consecutive hours until 11 p.m. on Black Friday. To date, this decision represents the earliest Thanksgiving Day opening of any major retailer yet. Black Friday as the traditional beginning of...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) said Tuesday it was mulling over spinning off both its Land’s End and Sears Auto Center businesses, according to The New York Times. Brian Sozzi, chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisors said this is yet one more sign of impending doom for the brand. As...

A number of retailers have struggled in 2012, most notably Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and Sears Holdings (NYSE: SHLD). All have seen their stocks fall notably. However, given their vulnerable states, modest successes this holiday season might result in...

Sears Holding (NASDAQ: SHLD) is to be booted from the S&P 500 because it no longer considered representative of the index, according to Standard & Poor's. That is, Sears has too few shares available for trading to be representative of one of the world's top 500 companies. For investors who...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) posted a narrower second quarter loss this year than it did in 2011. Sears has cut expenses and reduced inventories in an attempt to turn the company highly profitable once again. Merchandise inventories fell to $8.7 billion from $9.3 billion in the second quarter....