Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) 76.35 $WMT
50 Shades of Green: Whole Foods Market, Inc. Rolls out Environmental Rating System
Justin Loiseau, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 5:30PM CDT
Like it or not, organic isn't everything. Whole Foods Market is fed up with this increasingly irrelevant label and has created its own to inform Americans on whether they're eating in an environmentally responsible way. This move makes sense for...
WFM: 38.80 (+0.35), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue Oct 28, 5:14PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies were mixed at the close of trading:
TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), COST: 131.06 (+0.14)
Retail and Fast Food News: What You Need to Know
Sean O'Reilly and Nathan Hamilton, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 5:00PM CDT
In this edition of Where the Money Is , Motley Fool Analysts Nathan Hamilton and Sean O'Reilly discuss major events this week in the world of consumer goods stocks. To start, they discuss the ramifcations of the recent announcement that several well...
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), M: 57.27 (-1.22), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), DIN: 89.20 (+4.05), DENN: 8.64 (+0.92)
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue Oct 28, 4:46PM CDT
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T: 34.33 (+0.22), F: 14.16 (+0.34), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), M: 57.27 (-1.22), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63)
Dow Jones (DJIA) Today: Visa (V) Leads The Day Higher, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Lags
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 3:30PM CDT
The Dow component that led the way higher today was Visa (NYSE:V), which sported a $3.30 gain (+1.6%) bringing the stock to $216.71. Holding the Dow back today was Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), which lagged the broader Dow index with a 24-cent decline...
V: 216.71 (+3.30), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Why Adding Billions of Emerging Market Users May Not Help Facebook's Ad Revenue
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 3:05PM CDT
Internet.org is an initiative started last year by Facebook to provide Internet connections in places of the world that are lacking. In total, Facebook wants to connect 5 billion more people, or the roughly two-thirds of the globe that do not...
KO: 40.56 (-0.20), AMZN: 295.59 (+5.62), AXP: 88.01 (+1.38), FB: 80.77 (+0.49), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), PG: 86.47 (+0.52), MSFT: 46.49 (+0.58), VZ: 49.96 (+0.54)
Retail skirmish blocks Apple Pay at checkout line
By MAE ANDERSON - AP - Tue Oct 28, 4:09PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Plan on paying in stores with your shiny new iPhone 6? Not so fast.
WFM: 38.80 (+0.35), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), M: 57.27 (-1.22), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63)
Rite Aid, CVS Remove Apple Pay from Stores - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Oct 28, 2:16PM CDT
Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) and CVS Health Corporation (CVS), have reportedly blocked the use of Apple Inc's (AAPL) recently launched mobile payment application, Apple Pay, in all its stores across the country.
BBBY: 66.30 (+0.51), TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), GPS: 37.28 (-0.19), SHLD: 37.42 (-1.58), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
New 'Call of Duty' video game due out next week
AP - Tue Oct 28, 2:13PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest installment in the blockbuster "Call of Duty" video game franchise goes on sale next week, and retailers including Best Buy and Wal-Mart will sell a special edition of the game beginning one day early.
ATVI: 19.23 (+0.24), AMZN: 295.59 (+5.62), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue Oct 28, 12:25PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 1 p.m.:
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), COST: 131.06 (+0.14)
GameStop (GME) Stock Falls After Walmart (WMT) Sells Used Video Games
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 10:58AM CDT
GameStop (GME) stock is sinking today after Walmart (WMT) began selling pre-owned video games in 1,700 of its U.S. stores.
ATVI: 19.23 (+0.24), GME: 41.03 (-0.78), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
How Whole Foods Market, Inc. Plans To Stand Apart From Other Grocers
Brian Stoffel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 10:17AM CDT
Twenty years ago, the thought of a grocer focusing heavily on higher-priced natural and organic projects was nothing more than a pipe dream. "Nobody cares about where their food comes from, and no one is willing to pay higher prices for organic...
WFM: 38.80 (+0.35), KR: 54.63 (+0.06), TFM: 35.71 (+1.65), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), SFM: 29.15 (+0.48), NGVC: 17.50 (+1.03)
Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue Oct 28, 9:32AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 10 a.m.:
TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), COST: 131.06 (+0.14)
Walmart (WMT) Stock Falling Today Despite 'Call of Duty' Early Sale Announcement
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 9:19AM CDT
Walmart (WMT) announced that it is offering customers an opportunity to buy the 'Call of Duty' video game the day before its official launch.
ATVI: 19.23 (+0.24), GME: 41.03 (-0.78), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), SNE: 17.72 (+0.24)
Why Apple Pay and Other Mobile Payments Will Explode In The Next Five Years
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 8:41AM CDT
Tim Cook says more than one million mobile people have starting using his company's new payment service.
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
Apple Pay Battle vs. Walmart's MCX Is VHS-Betamax All Over Again
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 5:10AM CDT
The fight is over which technology will be used at the terminals in stores. At stake is trillions of dollars in potential revenue.
V: 216.71 (+3.30), AXP: 88.01 (+1.38), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), GOOGL: 558.94 (+9.06), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), MA: 76.00 (+1.89), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
Walmart to Offer "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" a Day Early on Nov. 3
Business Wire - Mon Oct 27, 11:01PM CDT
It's game on at Walmart today. The retailer announced that it will offer "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" 24 hours before the official release. The Day Zero Edition will be available to customers starting at 12:01 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 3 in more than 3,600 stores. Timed to the release of the highly anticipated game, Walmart unveiled that it has begun selling certified, pre-owned video games in 1,700 stores.
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Will SodaStream (SODA) Miss Q3 Earnings on Low Demand? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Oct 27, 5:50PM CDT
SodaStream International Ltd. (SODA) is set to report third-quarter 2014 results on Oct 29, before market opens.
POST: 36.74 (+1.06), CENT: 7.94 (+0.74), HSY: 95.53 (+0.69), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), SODA: 21.92 (-0.06)
Apple Pay Faces Resistance From Drug Chains
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Oct 27, 12:28PM CDT
Major pharmacy chains CVS Health and Rite Aid have disabled Apple Pay in their stores nationwide less than a week after the mobile wallet technology was introduced, according to Bloomberg and other news agencies. CVS Health (CVS) and Rite Aid (RAD)...
V: 216.71 (+3.30), AXP: 88.01 (+1.38), M: 57.27 (-1.22), MCD: 92.60 (+0.59), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), GOOGL: 558.94 (+9.06), GPS: 37.28 (-0.19), TWTR: 43.78 (-4.78), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), MA: 76.00 (+1.89), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
How Will More Security Breaches Affect Visa's Q4?
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Oct 27, 11:29AM CDT
Last week Staples (SPLS) became the latest retailer to investigate a possible credit card data breach. But analysts still seem bullish on plastic despite the uptick in security issues leading into the holiday season. Analysts polled by Thomson...
SPLS: 12.36 (-0.10), HD: 96.59 (+1.12), V: 216.71 (+3.30), TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), FLT: 140.27 (+1.72), MA: 76.00 (+1.89), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
50 Shades of Green: Whole Foods Market, Inc. Rolls out Environmental Rating System
Justin Loiseau, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 5:30PM CDT
Like it or not, organic isn't everything. Whole Foods Market is fed up with this increasingly irrelevant label and has created its own to inform Americans on whether they're eating in an environmentally responsible way. This move makes sense for...
WFM: 38.80 (+0.35), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue Oct 28, 5:14PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies were mixed at the close of trading:
TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), COST: 131.06 (+0.14)
Retail and Fast Food News: What You Need to Know
Sean O'Reilly and Nathan Hamilton, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 5:00PM CDT
In this edition of Where the Money Is , Motley Fool Analysts Nathan Hamilton and Sean O'Reilly discuss major events this week in the world of consumer goods stocks. To start, they discuss the ramifcations of the recent announcement that several well...
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), M: 57.27 (-1.22), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), DIN: 89.20 (+4.05), DENN: 8.64 (+0.92)
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue Oct 28, 4:46PM CDT
___
T: 34.33 (+0.22), F: 14.16 (+0.34), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), M: 57.27 (-1.22), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63)
Dow Jones (DJIA) Today: Visa (V) Leads The Day Higher, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Lags
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 3:30PM CDT
The Dow component that led the way higher today was Visa (NYSE:V), which sported a $3.30 gain (+1.6%) bringing the stock to $216.71. Holding the Dow back today was Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), which lagged the broader Dow index with a 24-cent decline...
V: 216.71 (+3.30), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Why Adding Billions of Emerging Market Users May Not Help Facebook's Ad Revenue
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 3:05PM CDT
Internet.org is an initiative started last year by Facebook to provide Internet connections in places of the world that are lacking. In total, Facebook wants to connect 5 billion more people, or the roughly two-thirds of the globe that do not...
KO: 40.56 (-0.20), AMZN: 295.59 (+5.62), AXP: 88.01 (+1.38), FB: 80.77 (+0.49), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), PG: 86.47 (+0.52), MSFT: 46.49 (+0.58), VZ: 49.96 (+0.54)
Retail skirmish blocks Apple Pay at checkout line
By MAE ANDERSON - AP - Tue Oct 28, 4:09PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Plan on paying in stores with your shiny new iPhone 6? Not so fast.
WFM: 38.80 (+0.35), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), M: 57.27 (-1.22), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63)
Rite Aid, CVS Remove Apple Pay from Stores - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Oct 28, 2:16PM CDT
Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) and CVS Health Corporation (CVS), have reportedly blocked the use of Apple Inc's (AAPL) recently launched mobile payment application, Apple Pay, in all its stores across the country.
BBBY: 66.30 (+0.51), TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), GPS: 37.28 (-0.19), SHLD: 37.42 (-1.58), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
New 'Call of Duty' video game due out next week
AP - Tue Oct 28, 2:13PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest installment in the blockbuster "Call of Duty" video game franchise goes on sale next week, and retailers including Best Buy and Wal-Mart will sell a special edition of the game beginning one day early.
ATVI: 19.23 (+0.24), AMZN: 295.59 (+5.62), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue Oct 28, 12:25PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 1 p.m.:
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), COST: 131.06 (+0.14)
GameStop (GME) Stock Falls After Walmart (WMT) Sells Used Video Games
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 10:58AM CDT
GameStop (GME) stock is sinking today after Walmart (WMT) began selling pre-owned video games in 1,700 of its U.S. stores.
ATVI: 19.23 (+0.24), GME: 41.03 (-0.78), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
How Whole Foods Market, Inc. Plans To Stand Apart From Other Grocers
Brian Stoffel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Oct 28, 10:17AM CDT
Twenty years ago, the thought of a grocer focusing heavily on higher-priced natural and organic projects was nothing more than a pipe dream. "Nobody cares about where their food comes from, and no one is willing to pay higher prices for organic...
WFM: 38.80 (+0.35), KR: 54.63 (+0.06), TFM: 35.71 (+1.65), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), SFM: 29.15 (+0.48), NGVC: 17.50 (+1.03)
Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue Oct 28, 9:32AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 10 a.m.:
TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), COST: 131.06 (+0.14)
Walmart (WMT) Stock Falling Today Despite 'Call of Duty' Early Sale Announcement
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 9:19AM CDT
Walmart (WMT) announced that it is offering customers an opportunity to buy the 'Call of Duty' video game the day before its official launch.
ATVI: 19.23 (+0.24), GME: 41.03 (-0.78), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), SNE: 17.72 (+0.24)
Why Apple Pay and Other Mobile Payments Will Explode In The Next Five Years
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 8:41AM CDT
Tim Cook says more than one million mobile people have starting using his company's new payment service.
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
Apple Pay Battle vs. Walmart's MCX Is VHS-Betamax All Over Again
at The Street - Tue Oct 28, 5:10AM CDT
The fight is over which technology will be used at the terminals in stores. At stake is trillions of dollars in potential revenue.
V: 216.71 (+3.30), AXP: 88.01 (+1.38), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), GOOGL: 558.94 (+9.06), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), MA: 76.00 (+1.89), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
Walmart to Offer "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" a Day Early on Nov. 3
Business Wire - Mon Oct 27, 11:01PM CDT
It's game on at Walmart today. The retailer announced that it will offer "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" 24 hours before the official release. The Day Zero Edition will be available to customers starting at 12:01 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 3 in more than 3,600 stores. Timed to the release of the highly anticipated game, Walmart unveiled that it has begun selling certified, pre-owned video games in 1,700 stores.
WMT: 76.35 (-0.24)
Will SodaStream (SODA) Miss Q3 Earnings on Low Demand? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Oct 27, 5:50PM CDT
SodaStream International Ltd. (SODA) is set to report third-quarter 2014 results on Oct 29, before market opens.
POST: 36.74 (+1.06), CENT: 7.94 (+0.74), HSY: 95.53 (+0.69), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), SODA: 21.92 (-0.06)
Apple Pay Faces Resistance From Drug Chains
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Oct 27, 12:28PM CDT
Major pharmacy chains CVS Health and Rite Aid have disabled Apple Pay in their stores nationwide less than a week after the mobile wallet technology was introduced, according to Bloomberg and other news agencies. CVS Health (CVS) and Rite Aid (RAD)...
V: 216.71 (+3.30), AXP: 88.01 (+1.38), M: 57.27 (-1.22), MCD: 92.60 (+0.59), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), BBY: 32.66 (-0.33), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), GOOGL: 558.94 (+9.06), GPS: 37.28 (-0.19), TWTR: 43.78 (-4.78), AAPL: 106.74 (+1.63), MA: 76.00 (+1.89), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
How Will More Security Breaches Affect Visa's Q4?
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Oct 27, 11:29AM CDT
Last week Staples (SPLS) became the latest retailer to investigate a possible credit card data breach. But analysts still seem bullish on plastic despite the uptick in security issues leading into the holiday season. Analysts polled by Thomson...
SPLS: 12.36 (-0.10), HD: 96.59 (+1.12), V: 216.71 (+3.30), TGT: 60.65 (-0.91), WMT: 76.35 (-0.24), CVS: 85.20 (+0.36), FLT: 140.27 (+1.72), MA: 76.00 (+1.89), RAD: 5.06 (+0.26)
