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- Sears: It's a Discount Store, Not a Hedge Fund
- A store is a store, not an investment vehicle. Proof of this comes via the miserable quarter Sears Holdings just posted, capped by a $56 million loss. Comps at Sears stores fell 9.8 percent, while same-store Kmart sales were down 7.1 percent, in a quarter when other discounters (Costco and...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Lampert's Last Move Could Be a Sears Buyout
- Sears Holding could be facing an end game, but that might not be the worst thing in the world for the man who controls the company, Edward Lampert. When Lampert and his ESL hedge fund took control of Sears several years ago, observers in the commercial real...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Sears Adopts Its Own Blue Light Special as Retailing Distinctions Fade
- Sears and Kmart are getting more alike all the time. Sears has begun running hourly promotions in its stores, reminiscent of the Blue Light Specials that Kmart ran for years in an iconic marketing approach it has tried to revive with limited success. Announced...
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
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- Lampert losing his luster; Sears boss's financial wizardry can't hide retailer's profit plunge.(News)(Financial report)
- Byline: MONEE FIELDS-WHITE Time is running out for Edward Lampert, the hedge fund manager who controls Sears Holdings Corp. Investors who bid up Sears shares on the strength of Mr. Lampert's reputation as a financial alchemist now see the compan Byline:...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Sears' Lampert Rails But Eventually Makes a Retail Point
- In his annual letter to Sears Holding investors and employees, Edward Lampert once again comes across more as a hedged fund manager than the chairman of a retail business, but he eventually makes an important point about the company’s prospects. Much of Lampert’s missive is a scold...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Institutions pile into Sears; Value investor Miller among those buying what Lampert selling.(Sears Holdings Corp)(Bill Miller)(Edward S. Lampert)
- Byline: SANDRA JONES Two large institutional investors poured money into Sears Holdings Corp. in the second quarter, part of a wave of institutional buying since Edward S. Lampert, the billionaire hedge fund manager, took control of the company in Byline: SANDRA JONES ...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- Sears/Ed Lampert; Retail turnaround or liquidation?(Focus: Make or Break)(Sears, Roebuck and Co., Edward Lampert )(Brief Article)
- Byline: Sandra Jones Something was missing when financier Edward Lampert took the stage at a Manhattan hotel in November to unveil his plan to take over Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion. When a Wall Street analyst asked about spending plan...
- Research articles 2005-01-03
- EVERY LAST PENNY; After attacking costs, Lampert says he wants to grow Sears. Investors are waiting.(Edward S. Lampert)
- Byline: MONEE FIELDS-WHITE Hedge fund manager Edward S. Lampert has proved to investors he can wring profit out of a moribund retailer. Now they want to see how he's going to build Sears Holdings Corp. While store sales have declined, Mr. Lamper...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- ATTENTION, KMART VENDORS: MEET EDWARD LAMPERT.(appointment, US)(Biography)
- NEW YORK-Kmart's emergence from Chapter 11 last week has given the retailer new stock, new financing and a new chairman, hedge-fund investor Edward Lampert. NEW YORK-Kmart's emergence from Chapter 11 last week has given the retailer new stock, new financing and a new...
- Research articles 2003-05-12
- Stealth investor is taking a big bite of Big Store.(News)(millionaire Edward Lampert acquires stakes in Kmart Corp., Sears Roebuck & Co.)
- Byline: SANDRA JONES Edward Lampert, the stealth Connecticut multimillionaire poised to take control of Kmart Corp., has been quietly buying up big chunks of Sears, Roebuck and Co., making him the retailer's second-largest shareholder. ESL Part Byline: SANDRA JONES ...
- Research articles 2003-04-07
- Lampert: It's about operations, not real estate.(News)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Brent Snavely Kmart Holding Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert took a moment last Wednesday to sound off on his much talked-about real estate play with Kmart's recent sales of stores to Home Depot Inc. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. On Sept....
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- Lampert sheds light on Sears; chairman promises discipline and responsiveness in combined company.(News)
- Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- As the combined Sears Holdings Corporation posted its first quarterly results last week, Chairman Edward Lampert promised that the company will be highly disciplined about expenses and capital allocation, but more responsiv Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- As the combined Sears...
- Research articles 2005-06-13
- Autozone: Lampert's Impressive Gains
- Todd Sullivan submits: All of last year CNBC had been running stories about Sears Holdings SHLD Chairman Eddie Lampert, saying he has "lost it", or words to that effect. Yet, AutoZone AZO, which Lampert will soon own about 50% of is trading just off an all-time high. The silence...
- External links 2008-09-23
- Lampert's potent force in investing branches into retailing
- NEW YORK -- DreamWorks SKG co-founder David Geffen laughs when asked what it's like to invest with Edward Lampert, the hedge fund manager and Kmart chairman who startled the business world last week with Kmart's $11 billion deal to buy Sears. "He doesn't make it easy," Geffen says. ...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- RESETTING THE LAMPERT WATCH.(Correction Notice)
- Due to incorrect calculations, the Lampert Watch chart in the Sept. 29 issue of HFN should have read this way: Company: Lampert's Stake(1); % Ownership Kmart(2): 50.8; 49.8% AutoZone: 25.5; 28.5% Autonation:75.2; 26.7%...
- Research articles 2003-10-20
- Eddie Lampert Has a Conflict of Fiduciary Interest
- Jason Schwarz submits: In his dual role as CEO of Sears SHLD as well as CEO of ESL Investments, Eddie Lampert finds himself caught in a conflict of fiduciary interest. He is supposed to act in the best interest of his hedge fund investors which causes him problems as...
- External links 2008-12-03
- Eddie Lampert Heads into Memorial Day a Happy Man
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Making $561,000,000 in one stock on the Friday before the long Memorial Day weekend is a good way to start the summer, right? Sears Holdings SHLD is currently up $8.50 on the day after reporting better than expected earnings after the close...
- External links 2009-05-22
- Goodbye, Eddie Lampert. We Hardly Knew Ye.
- Well, it looks official. As I have warned previously in these pages, Eddie Lampert's wild experiment at Sears is coming to an end. Even the Wall Street Journal (on Wednesday Jan. 23) and now the New York Times (see this link, from Friday) agree that he does not know what...
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- Lampert's will is Kmart's fate
- Kingmakers and puppet masters have come and gone in this industry, but none has stirred as much intrigue over the last few years and Edward S. Lampert, institutional-investor-cum-retail-empire-builder.
- Research articles 2004-03-08
- Kmart's Lampert: back to basics
- TROY, MICH. -- Gone are the days of high-flying spending on store remodels and technology, obsession with growing topline sales and merchandise buying driven by suppliers as Kmart repositions its business to stay profitable and satisfy customers first. That was the message of Edward Lampert, Kmart's board chairman, at the...
- Research articles 2004-06-07
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