Amid all the chain-store carnage, some smaller merchants are trying to attract shoppers with new concepts, from textbook rentals to made-to-order pants. Some are online only, and others have bricks. But all are finding success …
Samsung Electronics (SSNHY) will delay the introduction of its Galaxy Tab tablet computer in South Korea while it equips the device with superior applications for the domestic market.
Samsung cancelled plans to show the new product to local media on …
Retail stocks tend to rise ahead of other sectors in the early stages of an economic recovery, and so far, following a familiar pattern, both up-market and discount chains have benefited at the expense of middle-market players. So is it time to buy stock in wholesale clubs?
Continue reading Face-Off on Stocks: Costco, BJ’s, Wal-Mart
Face-Off on Stocks: Costco, BJ’s, Wal-Mart originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:27:00.
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Avon Products Inc. (AVP) gained in trading on the Germany stock market after British newspaper The Daily Mail said L’Oreal SA (LRLCY) may bid for the company.
Avon’s German-traded shares advanced 6.2% from the Oct. 11 closing price in New York to $35.22 at 12:59pm in Frankfurt, Bloomberg News said.
That would give the company, which is based in New York, a market value of $15.1…
Continue reading Avon Rises in German Trading on Reports of L’Oreal Bid
Avon Rises in German Trading on Reports of L’Oreal Bid originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:44:00.
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Gap (GPS) is reinstating its familiar blue box logo, just one week after unveiling a new logo to great fanfare.
The new logo showed the word “Gap” on a white background with a small blue box jutting out of it. Customers and market players reacted with almost universal contempt.
One commenter on Gap’s Facebook page said the logo looked “like a child made it.”
Gap insisted the new…
Continue reading Gap Scraps New Logo After Just One Week
Gap Scraps New Logo After Just One Week originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:55:00.
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