Investors looking to cash in on a U.S. retail comeback will need to be as selective as the shoppers who scoured stores and websites for the best deals this holiday season.
U.S. retailers performed better during the holiday shopping season this year than in historically dismal 2008, in line with lowered expectations, according to data released on Monday.
U.S. retailers performed better during the key holiday shopping season this year after a historically dismal 2008, performing in line with dampened expectations, according to data released on Monday.
U.S. retailers posted a better performance during the 2009 holiday shopping season, with sales as tracked by MasterCard Advisors unit SpendingPulse up 3.6 percent.
U.S. retailers posted a better performance during the 2009 holiday shopping season, with sales as tracked by MasterCard Advisors unit SpendingPulse up 3.6 percent.
Stocks rose modestly on Monday as rising commodity prices boosted resource companies, while retailers gained after data pointed to a better performance for the key holiday shopping season.
U.S. retailers posted a better performance during the 2009 holiday shopping season, with sales as tracked by MasterCard Advisors unit SpendingPulse up 3.6 percent.
With the holiday shopping buzz behind us, Amazon released its annual post-Christmas statement and announced that more Kindle books were sold than real books through Amazon on Christmas day.
Procter & Gamble Co appears ready to expand The Art of Shaving -- the high-end shaving chain it purchased in June to provide a retail presence along with its Gillette brand.
American Greetings Corp posted a third-quarter profit, helped by portfolio changes, operational improvements and cost cuts, sending its shares up as much as 5 percent to a year high.
In the nights before Christmas, some U.S. retailers are opening their doors round the clock to wring out every last possible holiday sale.
The heavy snowstorm that swept the East Coast of the United States over the weekend may have cost retailers the potential for any upside to holiday sales, industry experts said on Monday.
Bargain-hunting shoppers are poised to flood U.S. stores on Super Saturday, but severe winter weather is threatening the East Coast and could limit turnout on what was shaping up to be the most important weekend for holiday sales.
Research In Motion posted a big jump in profit and issued an even stronger outlook on Thursday, as sturdy demand from holiday shoppers helped the BlackBerry maker fend off the competition.
Russia's UC RUSAL, the world's biggest aluminum maker, may not be able to sell IPO shares to retail investors even if it wins approval for its increasingly troubled $2 billion Hong Kong initial public offering.
British commercial property values posted the largest monthly increase in 15 years, up 2.4 percent in November, as the market's recovery accelerated after a two-year downturn, data showed on Monday.
New York gold futures hit a four-week low Friday, reversing initial gains as a resurgent dollar following upbeat U.S. economic data sent jittery bullion investors racing to cut positions.
The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Friday as a stronger-than-expected retail sales for November reinforced investors' confidence in a steady recovery of the economy.
Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers stepped up spending on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.
Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers stepped up spending on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.
Stocks were set to open higher on Friday after data showed retail sales rose more than expected last month, supporting optimism the burgeoning economic recovery would be sustainable.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening for Wall Street on Friday ahead of U.S. retail sales data, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.7 percent at 4:37 a.m. EST.
