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Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), which saw strong same-store sales in February where other big retailers did not, is scheduled to report its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results Tuesday, March 12, before the markets open. Investors will be looking to see how the company has held up, with consumers...

While most of the big retailers already have posted their most recent quarterly results, Wednesday will bring fourth-quarter and full fiscal-year reports from specialty retailers American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), PetSmart (NYSE: PETM) and Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS). Analysts...

Discount retailers Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) and TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) are scheduled to share their fourth-quarter and full fiscal year results Wednesday morning before the opening bell. Retailers that cater to lower and middle income customers benefitted from belt tightening during the...

After Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) all posted better-than-expected per-share earnings last week, the quarterly results from big retailers continue to roll out this week. Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy'...

Rival home improvement superstore operators Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) are scheduled to step into the earnings spotlight this week. The latter will report its fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2012 results Monday, February 25, before the markets open, followed by the former,...

It all started with rumors, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, of an OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) merger. The office-supply chains are known to be suffering from a too large bricks and mortar footprint with too much inventory in competition with online sellers like...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is claiming victory over show-rooming. In a company press release the electronics retailer announced that it would price match selected online stores in addition to its longstanding policy of price matching local retailers. Is it premature to claim victory in a battle that...

U.S. markets are closed on Monday for the Presidents' Day holiday, and many of the S&P 500 have already posted results for the most recent quarter. But PC makers Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) step into the earnings spotlight this week. Also, the world's largest retailer...

Slow economic growth like the United States is experiencing now is ideal for secular growth stocks. Bank of America defines secular growth in part as companies with earnings that have lower than average variability, as well as a forecast for between 10 percent and 20 percent earnings growth over...

Target (NYSE: TGT) has found another way to keep consumers from shopping at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Toys 'R' Us -- by matching their prices all year long. The company announced that it will price match items found on all four of those retailers'...

The short interest in big retail companies was mixed during the first two weeks of December, the heart of the holiday shopping season. The number of shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) increased...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) may not be able to sell more PCs, tablets, smartphones or MP3 players than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). It may not be able to produce a more popular music service than iTunes or build a better software marketplace than the App Store. However, Sony could one day top Apple in the area of...

TechBargains.com, which promotes itself as the site that retailers "hope you don't discover," has published a new report detailing the shopping habits of consumers, particularly those with a smartphone. After conducting a survey of an undisclosed number of individuals, TechBargains found that 73...

The short interest in big retail companies was mixed as the holiday shopping season got underway. Shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Lowe's (NASDAQ: LOW) and Target (NYSE: TGT) increased somewhat between the November 15 and November 31 settlement dates....

Dollar General (NYSE: DG), which just recently became an S&P 500 component, is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2012 results early Tuesday, December 11. Investors will be hoping for a fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth and earnings per share (EPS) of $0.50 or...