en-us Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp COST is hoping that consumers are becoming more comfortable making purchases as the No. 1 U.S. warehouse club operator heads into the year-end holiday shopping season."We still are cautious but are keeping our fingers crossed that people are buying a little bit," said...]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:15:25 -0800 COST COST Reuters) - U.S. retailers are poised to defy gloom this week as earnings expectations have improved, but the big test will be what they say about holiday shopping.Earnings estimates for Standard & Poor's 500 retailers have headed higher in recent weeks, some after October same-store sales...]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:45:22 -0800 JCP WMT JCP,WMT Reuters) - More than half of U.S. retail chains posted October sales that fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations, raising doubts about a widespread recovery for the holiday season.Department store chains and teen retailers in particular disappointed investor expectations, while such disparate companies as apparel...]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:47 -0800 ARO AMZN AEO JCG JCP KSS SKS GPS TJX ARO,AMZN,AEO,JCG,JCP,KSS,SKS,GPS,TJX Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:56:15 -0700 ANF ANF Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:18:45 -0700 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:21 -0800 BJ BJ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 FDO FDO Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 WMT WMT Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 COST WMT COST,WMT Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 WMT WMT Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 WMT WMT Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 WMT WMT Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700 WMT WMT Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700 COST WMT COST,WMT Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700 WMT WMT Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700 JAVA JAVA Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700 WMT WMT