Nasdaq Up 1.7%; Bed, Bath & Beyond Sinks After Hours
at Investor's Business Daily - 2 hrs 28 mins ago
The major averages climbed more than 1% Wednesday, as more earnings reports came out after the closing bell. The Nasdaq led the way, climbing 1.7%. The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 each rose 1.1%. But NYSE and Nasdaq volume was...
Investing Ahead of Earnings: Family Dollar, Fastenal, Pier 1 Imports and Rite Aid
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 8:24AM CDT
These four companies are reporting earnings this week. Here are some guidelines about when to invest in them.
'Fast Money' Recap: S&P Snapback
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed whether investors can trust this latest rlly.
Investor Beat: Apple and Twitter's Earnings
Chris Hill, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 08, 7:08PM CDT
After a banner year in 2013 for big tech stocks, 2014 has seen a lot of the biggest names in this space fall significantly. On Tuesday's Investor Beat , host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Bryan White take a look at Apple and...
What to Watch: Family Dollar and National Oilwell Varco
Chris Hill, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 08, 6:54PM CDT
In this segment from Tuesday's Investor Beat , Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Bryan White each discuss one stock they'll be keeping a close eye on this week, as earnings season begins. Jason will be looking ahead to when Family Dollar ...
Can Family Dollar Handle the Heat?
Daniel Jones, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 08, 4:30PM CDT
Source: Wikimedia Commons On April 10, before the market opens, Family Dollar Stores will release its revenue and earnings metrics for the second quarter of its 2014 fiscal year. Heading into earnings, some investors are probably wondering what...
5 Stocks Set to Soar on Bullish Earnings
at The Street - Tue Apr 08, 11:58AM CDT
These heavily shorted stocks could get squeezed much higher if they report positive earnings this week.
Stock Futures Turn And Rise; HollySys, JinkoSolar Climb
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Apr 08, 8:01AM CDT
Stock futures reversed out of early losses and edged higher ahead of Tuesday's open. Dow futures moved 19.1 points above fair market value. Nasdaq 100 futures traded up 8.3 points and S&P 500 futures were 1.6 points higher. The stock market today is...
Milwaukee WI Area Contact Center And Customer Experience Management Event May 1, 2014
PRWeb - Tue Apr 08, 3:51AM CDT
CCNG International Inc. is pleased to announce the next event of the 2014 Improving the Customer Experience event series hosted by CCNG member Kohl's at their contact center in Menomenee Falls, WI. The 20+ CCNG event series identifies strategies and best practices for customer service and contact center operations focused on customer experience improvements in five key areas - Call Center / Contact Center Customer Loyalty and Rewards Social Media / Social Care Customer Feedback and Satisfaction Self Service and Support The 2014 CCNG events started back on February 27th with member host Thompson Creek Window Company / Closet America contact center operation in Lanham, MD, followed by the March 13th event in Charlotte, NC hosted by member Family Dollar. April events include host Coca Cola in Tampa, FL on April 10th and on April 24th in Phoenix, AZ hosted by Toyota Financial Services. "CCNG events are new to the greater Milwaukee area and we are excited to have our member Kohl's kick things off hosting fellow CCNG members and their peers in call center, contact center, customer service and customer experience management" says David Hadobas, President and CEO of CCNG International Inc. This year CCNG events are focused on improving the overall customer experience. Attendees will gain valuable insights and perspectives from a wide range of industries including retail, travel, financial services, public utility, telecom, insurance, healthcare, BPO, and many more. Recent CCNG membership attendees share their thoughts about attending: "The presentations were SPOT ON and the takeaways were of most value! I just reviewed the pictures on Google and just wanted to share once again that it was a fantastic event!" Leatha Washington, HSN "Great information shared by the presenters and valuable interaction shared among the groups." Mimi McGarry, Greater Cincinnati Water Works "Just a quick note of thanks to you for doing an outstanding job at the recent CCNG event in Philadelphia. I have participated in I-don't-know-how-many events like this in my current and past business lives, and I must say this was not only of great interest and value, but also very professionally managed." Mitch Kraus, Plantronics The May event in Milwaukee will feature a morning keynote from member Darren Ford, President, ProCulture Consulting, followed by the Open Town Hall all-attendee group discussion led by our host Kohl's, our morning presenter Darren Ford and the sponsoring CCNG partner Avaya and member Working Solutions. Afterwards will be the thought leadership "talks" from the two sponsors, followed by small group sessions and site tour. A very engaging day full of insights, feedback, peer perspectives! For details on how to attend and guest pass availability, contact Ginger Graber, ggraber(at)CCNG(dot)com. View program details at - http://www.CCNG.com CCNG International Inc. Founded in 1992, CCNG International Inc. CCNG is a member Professional Peer Network (PPN) for Contact Center and Customer Service Executives, Managers, and Leaders. Within the CCNG Member Network, Contact Center and Customer Service Professionals: Connect for networking and sharing best practices Interact to enhance their professional network and gain valuable insight into Contact Center and Customer Service best practices and technology. Share their experience and ideas contributing to the valuable discussion All Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Care, Customer Service, and Customer Experience Professionals are invited to participate in the CCNG Member Network. For more information about the CCNG Member Network and to gain access, please visit CCNG.com. "Like" us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @CCNGNetwork.
Dollar General's CEO Is Selling. Should You?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 07, 1:30PM CDT
It can naturally be nerve-racking when the CEO of one of your investments is selling shares on the open market. It begs the question: Is he or she selling due to a lack of confidence in the future and should you sell as well? While it's impossible to...
InvestorsObserver releases comments on Wells Fargo, Capital One, The Gap, Alcoa and Family Dollar
PR Newswire - Mon Apr 07, 8:31AM CDT
InvestorsObserver.com releases its Stocks To Watch guide.
Will Q1 Earnings Be the Low Point for the Year? - Earnings Preview
Sheraz Mian - ZACKS - Fri Apr 04, 2:14AM CDT
Will Q1 Earnings Be the Low Point for the Year? - Earnings Preview
Family Dollar Stores to Host Second Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call
Business Wire - Thu Apr 03, 3:05PM CDT
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO), a discount store chain operating more than 8,100 stores in 46 states, will host a conference call for investors and analysts to discuss financial results for the second quarter ended March 1, 2014.
Checkpoint Systems Rolling out EAS Chain-Wide at Family Dollar
Business Wire - Thu Apr 03, 2:19PM CDT
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CKP), a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, today announced that it is implementing EAS loss prevention technology in each of Family Dollar's more than 8,000 stores nationwide. This is one of the fastest roll-outs in the industry, with 3,500 installations already completed and 120 more occurring each week.
Consumer Discretionary Equities Technical Analysis -- Research on Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Big Lots, and Family Dollar Stores
PR Newswire - Wed Apr 02, 9:59AM CDT
The trading session on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 ended on a higher note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,532.61, up 0.46% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,268.04, up 1.64%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.70% higher at 1,885.52. The gains were broad based as eight out of ten sectors ended the session in positive. The S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector Index finished the day at 520.53, up 1.40%, and the same has gained 2.85% in the previous three trading sessions. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG), Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR), Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) and Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO). Free technical research on DG, DLTR, BIG and FDO can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Family Dollar Enhances Product Range - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 02, 9:40AM CDT
In an attempt to enhance its product range and ensure optimum consumer value, Family Dollar announced the addition of over 400 new varieties of food in its stores on a nationwide basis.
Greenberg: What You May Have Missed
at The Street - Wed Apr 02, 8:33AM CDT
What you may have missed, including takes on Micron, SolarCity, Zagg, Fastenal, Family Dollar, Sysco and Nu Skin from the past week or so. When Micron reports earnings Thursday, expect a lot of focus on pricing in dynamic random-access memory (DRAM)....
Phoenix AZ Area Contact Center And Customer Experience Management Event April 24, 2014
PRWeb - Tue Apr 01, 10:02PM CDT
CCNG International Inc. is pleased to announce the next event of the 2014 Improving the Customer Experience event series hosted by CCNG member Toyota Financial Services at their Phoenix AZ contact center. The 20 plus event series will focus on strategies and best practices for customer service and contact center operations focused on customer experience improvements in five key areas - Call Center / Contact Center Customer Loyalty and Rewards Social Media / Social Care Customer Feedback and Satisfaction Self Service and Support The 2014 CCNG events began February 27th with member host Thompson Creek Window Company / Closet America contact center operation in Lanham, MD, followed by the March 13th event in Charlotte, NC hosted by member Family Dollar. Additional upcoming events include host Coca-Cola in Tampa, FL on April 10th and May 1st in Milwaukee, WI hosted by Kohl's. "CCNG has been working with Phoenix area call center, contact center and customer service members for over 20 years...celebrating and sharing best practices at member hosted events going back to the early 90's. It's always a highly engaged group of management at these Phoenix events" says David Hadobas, President and CEO of CCNG International Inc. This year CCNG events are focused on the customer experience and attendees gain valuable insights and perspectives from a wide range of industries including retail, travel, financial services, public utility, telecom, insurance, healthcare, BPO, and many more. Recent CCNG membership attendees share their thoughts about attending: "The ability to freely communicate our shared opportunities is great. It is so refreshing and valuable to be in a setting (not in conflicting industries) to comfortably share best practices. Thank you CCNG!" Michael Brouillette, Division Manager, Charlotte NC CCC, Allstate Insurance Company. "What I like about the CCNG event is the willingness for like-minded professionals to honestly share what they don't know. At our recent session most of the attendees were interested in an omni-channel solution and improving first call resolution. Both the center managers and solution providers shared valuable, real life solutions without all the sales chatter. It was well worth the time." George Simons, VP, Global Contact Services, LLC. "Based on conversations at the recent CCNG event I attended many of the participants were experiencing similar challenges including how to successfully initiate and manage work-at-home programs. Many managers are dealing with how to use work-at-home staff for increasing flexibility in staffing levels during peak hours and after hours" says Mike Hamblett, Account Manager, USAN, Inc. "Great value in hearing perspectives and discussing how to address work-at-home and many other important contact center issues." The April event in Phoenix will feature morning keynotes from Julie Silbar, Manager - Organizational Effectiveness, American Express Travel & Lifestyle Services and (host) Chris Brenner, Corporate Manager - Customer Service Center, Toyota Financial Services. Following these keynote presentations will be the Open Town Hall all-attendee group discussion led by our host two morning presenters and the sponsoring CCNG partners Plantronics, VPI, Five9, Aspect, OpenSpan and Avaya. After the networking lunch thought leadership "talks" from all six sponsoring partners, followed by small group sessions and site tour. A very engaging day full of insights, feedback, peer perspectives! For details on how to attend and guest pass availability, contact Ginger Graber, ggraber(at)CCNG(dot)com. View program details at - http://www.CCNG.com CCNG International Inc. Founded in 1992, CCNG International Inc. CCNG is a member Professional Peer Network (PPN) for Contact Center and Customer Service Executives, Managers, and Leaders. Within the CCNG Member Network, Contact Center and Customer Service Professionals: Connect for networking and sharing best practices Interact to enhance their professional network and gain valuable insight into Contact Center and Customer Service best practices and technology. Share their experience and ideas contributing to the valuable discussion
Family Dollar Stores
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Apr 01, 5:41PM CDT
Family Dollar Stores (FDO) said it's introducing more than 400 food items in its 8,000-plus stores. Food often is a higher-margin item for specialty discounters. The retailer also said it's cutting prices on some 1,000 items, including food brands...