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- A Weak Quarter for Lowe's
- Greg Feirman submits: A 9.5% same store sales drop and 19% drop in net income at home improvement retailer Lowe’s LOW for the quarter ended July 31, 2009. The stock was down 11% on the news Monday. The report isn’t really all that different from many...
- External links 2009-08-18
- Teen Retailer Aeropostale Thriving in the Recession
- Greg Feirman submits: Rather than get one top at a Hollister, they can get two or three at Aeropostale. - Brian Tunick, Retail Analyst, JP Morgan by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-08-18
- Sales Drop at Wal-Mart
- Greg Feirman submits: This one really surprised me. Wal-Mart WMT has been benefitting from the recession as consumers trade down. But yesterday morning they reported a 1.9% same store sales drop for the quarter ended July 31, 2009. Does that mean consumers are struggling even more? ...
- External links 2009-08-14
- McDonald's Continues to Dominate During the Recession
- Greg Feirman submits: McDonald’s MCD yesterday morning reported another excellent quarter. Global same store sales increased 3.8% compared to the year ago period including gains of 2.5% in the US, 5.8% in Europe and 2.2% in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. That’s some solid sales growth...
- External links 2009-10-23
- Marriott's Q3: Room for Improvement
- Greg Feirman submits: Marriott Internatioal MAR yesterday morning reported results for their 3rd quarter ended August 31, 2009. With 3,292 hotels and more than 570,000 rooms worldwide, Marriott is an excellent barometer of travel & leisure spending. The key metric in the hotel business is REVPAR:...
- External links 2009-10-09
- Government Still Holding Everything Up: Retail Sales Provide Proof
- Greg Feirman submits: The Cash For Clunkers program was widely held as a smashing success with more than 700,000 vehicles sold with the rebates between July 27 and August 24. August 2009 auto sales were up 1% from the year ago period at 1,262,189. Unfortunately, September...
- External links 2009-10-07
- With Earnings, Carnival Cruise Lines Is Fully Valued
- Greg Feirman submits: Leading cruise operating Carnival Cruise Lines CCL reported solid fiscal year 3rd quarter earnings this morning. EPS of $1.33 a share beat their previous guidance of $1.15-$1.19 and they raised their full year forecast from $2.00-$2.10 to $2.16-$2.20. On a constant dollar basis net...
- External links 2009-09-22
- Caterpillar, Black & Decker: Adjusting to the New Reality?
- Greg Feirman submits: Our sales stayed pretty strong through October and well into November. We pretty much hit a wall in December. - Jim Owens subscription required, CEO Caterpillar by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-01-30
- Best Buy: Hit Hard, Worst Retail Environment Ever
- Greg Feirman submits: Since mid-September, rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior have created the most difficult climate we’ve ever seen. by Greg Feirman
- External links 2008-11-12
- Harrah?s LBO Teetering
- Greg Feirman submits: The problem is that this is worse than the worst-case scenario. - An executive closely involved with the Harrah’s LBO on the worst case scenarios factored into their models at the time of the deal, quoted in “Harrah’s Changes Its Game: Tough Times For Gambling, Large...
- External links 2008-10-28
- Why I Like Costco
- Greg Feirman submits: On Wednesday, Costco COST announced -2% same store sales growth for January and that 2Q earnings for the period ending February 15, 2009 are expected to be "substantially below" consensus estimates of $0.70 a share COST Press Release. As a result, shares are off almost...
- External links 2009-02-05
- Coinstar: A Countercyclical Play?
- Greg Feirman submits: Last Thursday, Coinstar CSTR, the operator of Coinstar kiosks that convert your spare change into cash for a fee and are located at many popular retail locations, reported what appears to be an excellent fourth quarter CSTR Earnings Release. I wonder if people are more...
- External links 2009-02-18
- Best Buy Reaction Could Reflect Sentiment Change
- Greg Feirman submits: But the bigger issue is sales. Comparable store sales were down 6 percent compared to the same period last year. True, the stimulus checks handed out last year have created difficult comps for retailers this quarter, not to mention the economic troubles. So why...
- External links 2009-06-16
- PF Chang's: Inside a Junk Rally Stock
- Greg Feirman submits: The less-worse trade is in the late innings. We’re at valuation levels where things have to start growing in order to maintain momentum in the stock. - Mitchell Speiser subscription required, Analyst, Buckingham Research, who has a Sell rating on PF Chang’s, quoted in “Is...
- External links 2009-04-28
- Saks: Making Hard Choices in a Tough Economy
- Greg Feirman submits: Our financial performance is increasingly being challenged by some of the most difficult economic conditions our Company has faced in its 84-year history. It is our expectation that the economic environment will remain extremely challenging through 2009, if not beyond. The sustained downturn in...
- External links 2009-02-26
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