The Pipe Dream That Is A Sears’ Turnaround
Marshall Hargrave, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 17, 9:32AM CDT
It's really been a roller coaster ride for the shareholders of Sears Holdings . The stock has been a perennial under-performer over the last half decade or so, in addition to being extremely volatile. Majority owner, and CEO, Eddie Lampert has been...
Sears Holdings Throws Another Shovel's Worth of Dirt on Its Grave
Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat May 24, 7:14AM CDT
Spin as he might to put some life back into Sears Holdings ' first-quarter results, chairman and CEO Eddie Lampert can't mask the pallor of the retailer's true state of health. With sales down another 7% as it closed 185 stores over the past year...
Is The Party Just Getting Started for Sears?
Daniel Jones, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jan 15, 3:20PM CST
Friday was a terrible day for shareholders of Sears Holdings . After Sears released sales results for the first two months of its fourth quarter of 2013, its shares fell 13.77% to $36.71. Following the company's decline in share price, analysts and...
Big Lots Gets A Chilly Reception in Canada
Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Dec 10, 10:48AM CST
Does Big Lots ' decision to retreat from the Canadian market after only two years suggest there's a big chill under way for retail expansion north of the border? Big Lots made headlines with the 2011 $20 million cash acquisition of Liquidation...
Sears Is at End of Its Rope With Lands' End Spinoff
Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Dec 10, 10:24AM CST
We knew this was going to happen sooner or later, as Sears Holdings has been publicly ruminating about it, but the troubled retailer recently made it official by filing with the SEC its plan to spin off its Lands' End division. Amid...
Will Slowdown in Consumer Spending Trip Consumer Stocks?
Ron DeLegge - ETFG - Wed Mar 13, 1:10AM CDT
Despite plenty of warning signs, consumer focused ETFs are plowing ahead. Should investors join the party or avoid the froth?