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Short Sellers Move into Avon and Bebe Stores
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 9:46am | 983Read More...The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during in early April. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), GameStop (NYSE: GME), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and SuperValu (NYSE: SVU) increased between...
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Short Sellers Retreat from Best Buy and Rite Aid
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:29pm | 908Read More...The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed during the latter two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased somewhat between the March 15 and March...
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Short Sellers Aim for Best Buy and Office Depot
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 11:35am | 932Read More...The short interest in troubled retail companies was mixed but overall quiet during the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) increased somewhat between the February...
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Office Supply Merger Brings Out the Short Sellers (ODP, OMX, AVP)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 1:29pm | 858Read More...By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies increased during the final two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD...
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Retail Earnings Previews: Staples, American Eagle Outfitters and Others
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 2:09pm | 726Read More...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...
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Short Interest in Struggling Retail Stocks Declines (AVP, BEBE, SVU)
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 5:43pm | 858Read More...By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies declined during the first two weeks of February. However, the number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased between the January 31...
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How Apple Might Benefit from the OfficeMax and Office Depot Merger
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 11:09am | 558Read More...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...
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OfficeMax, Abercrombie and Other Top Performing Dividend Payers in November
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 2:41pm | 626Read More...Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing dividend-paying stocks in the past month. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million, and their share prices are more than 20 percent higher than 30 days ago. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) shares jumped more than 30...
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Abercrombie, OfficeMax and Other Top Performers in the Past 30 Days
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 2:02pm | 615Read More...Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) soared more than 34 percent Wednesday after the apparel retailer's third-quarter results topped analyst consensus estimates, due in part to strong international performance, and it raised its full-year outlook. Here is a quick look at Abercrombie and...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 5
Saturday, November 3, 2012 - 10:05am | 878Read More...The focus this week naturally will be on the presidential election and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. But on the earnings front, it is time for retailers to begin stepping into the spotlight. Here is a peak at what analysts expect to see from retailers for the period leading up to the holiday...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 6
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 6:29am | 905Read More...Analysts on average expect to see per-share earnings that are less than a year ago when Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH), MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA), Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) and Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) share their quarterly results this week. Retail...
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Goldman Sachs Comments on Office Depot As Gross Margin Shifts
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:31am | 102Read More...Goldman Sachs has published a research report on Office Depot (NYSE: ODP). In the report, Goldman Sachs wrote, "ODP delivered better-than-expected profitability, driven by better-thanexpected gross margin and solid expense control, despite sluggish sales. Roughly one-third of the beat was driven...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 25
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 9:40am | 1439Read More...The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...
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Oppenheimer Maintains Perform on Office Depot
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 9:17am | 168Read More...Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), maintaining Perform. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "A still very challenging economic environment and particularly weak white collar jobs growth continue to weigh significantly upon sales growth in the office...
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UPDATE: Citi Color on Office Depot PT Decrease
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 7:35am | 81Read More...Citi, which lowered its PT on shares of Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), is providing some color on the stock. “We are lowering our 2Q11 estimates to a loss of ($0.11) from a loss of ($0.07) based on lower sales growth assumptions,” Citi writes. “Our FY11 estimates go to a loss of ($0.04) from $0.00. We...
