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Retail sales: Signs of life, but not yet a rising tide

source: BloggingStocks

Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Costco Wholesale (COST), Gap Inc (GPS), Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)

Published Fri, Nov 6

Cramer on BloggingStocks: A monumental run

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Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Market matters, International Business Machines (IBM), Gap Inc (GPS), Cramer on BloggingStocks

Published Mon, Oct 19

September sales eke out gain

source: just-style.com

On the first anniversary since the sector went into freefall following the collapse of the world's financial markets in September 2008, it's perhaps not surprising that US apparel retailers yesterday (8 October) posted monthly same-store sales results that in many cases marked thei...

Published Fri, Oct 9

Donald Fisher, legendary retail giant, dies

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Back in the late 1960s -- when the hippie movement was in full force -- Donald Fisher started a blue jeans store in San Francisco. Yes, it eventually turned into a retail empire, called The Gap (NYSE: GPS). The company now has more than 3,100 stores and $14.5 billion in revenues.

Published Mon, Sep 28

Breathing new life into Aquascutum

source: just-style.com

Other retailers are stepping up their focus on online apparel and footwear customers in an attempt to grow sales - the most recent of which is Gap Inc's shoe site Piperlime, which has added women's wear to its line-up. Labels including Marc by Marc Jacobs, 7 for all Mankind, Joie, J Brand, an...

Published Sun, Sep 13

Twelve straight months of retail sales declines

source: BloggingStocks

Some retailers actually showed gains. TJMaxx (NYSE: TJX) and Old Navy, a Gap (NYSE: GPS) company, for example, saw year-over-year sales increases, though upscale stores generally sustained declines. The action on the discount side could be an early sign that the consumer is ready to pla...

Published Fri, Sep 4

American Eagle Outfitters bombs with comps in the second quarter

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American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), a fashion retailer that competes with Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), didn't do too well in Q2. Total sales went down 5%, and earnings per share on a GAAP basis fell a most awful 50% to 14 cents. According to Bloomberg, the adjus...

Published Fri, Aug 28

Aeropostale posts a sharp increase in Q2 profit

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Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO), a retailer that competes with Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), and Gap (NYSE: GPS), posted what I thought was a superb second-quarter earnings summary on Thursday after the bell. The figures were very appealing, and...

Published Fri, Aug 21