7 Ways Physical Retailers Are Trying to Fight Amazon in Their Stores
at The Street - 2 hrs 31 mins ago
As Amazon continues to eat up more of the retail market, brick and mortar stores are having to get creative if they want to stay in the game.
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Abercrombie & Fitch and Gap Could Be Retail Losers This Holiday Season
Tamara Walsh, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Nov 01, 11:30AM CST
The holiday shopping season is the most important time of year for retailers. And with the holidays just around the corner, it's time for investors to fill their shopping carts with their favorite retail stocks. However, Abercrombie & Fitch ...
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Why Big Media Isn't So Worried About Cord-Cutting
at The Street - Sun Nov 01, 10:43AM CST
When Disney, Time Warner and Fox report earnings next week, investors will watch closely to determine whether viewers and advertisers are accelerating their move away from TV and to mobile.
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Can Best Buy Score With A Nov. 7 Black Friday-like Sale?
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Nov 01, 10:31AM CST
In July Amazon.com successfully created Prime Day, a Black Friday-style sales event that gave the company one of the biggest sales days in its history. Essentially the company gave consumers a reason to shop during a time of year not usually...
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How Much Lower Can GrubHub Inc Shares Fall?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Nov 01, 10:07AM CST
Shares of GrubHub have fallen more than 30% since the beginning of the year due to concerns about rising competition, high valuations, and missed earnings expectations. Recently, the web-based platform for restaurant...
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Apple Ad-Block Won't Trip Criteo In Q3: Report
at Investor's Business Daily - Sun Nov 01, 7:02AM CST
Criteo (CRTO) reports Q3 earnings on Wednesday and how the ad tech firm fares will shed a light on whether Apple's (AAPL) new ad blocking has taken a toll on the company, and whether a rumored but not confirmed alliance with China e-commerce giant...
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E-Sports In Focus Ahead Of Activision Investor Day
at Investor's Business Daily - Sun Nov 01, 7:02AM CST
The "World of Warcraft" and "StarCraft II" world championships are well underway, with the finals to take place -- to the roar of cheering crowds -- at the ninth annual BlizzCon in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday. But will Activision Blizzard's (ATVI)...
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Barnes & Noble's Nook Is Fighting a Losing Battle Against Amazon.com Inc.
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Oct 31, 4:10PM CDT
At one point, the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader seemed like a viable contender in the battle with Amazon.com 's Kindle for consumers dedicated to digital reading devices. In those not-really-that-long-ago days, it could be argued that the...
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Here's Why Amazon.com, Inc. May Launch a Clothing Line
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Oct 31, 11:00AM CDT
Amazon.com puts its brand name on its Kindle tablets, e-readers, and streaming television devices. It also has a line of products dubbed Amazon Basics , which includes everything from computer accessories to HDMI cables, batteries, kitchen...
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You Need a Game Plan to Finish the Year
at The Street - Sat Oct 31, 11:00AM CDT
Strategy and execution will help see you through November and December.
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Forget Cable: You'll Be Streaming Live TV in the Near Future
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Oct 31, 10:00AM CDT
CBS's Les Moonves confirmed it's been in talks with Apple to stream live TV. Image: Apple. Just a few days after Bloomberg Business reported that Amazon.com was in talks with media companies, CBS CEO Les Moonves went on Bloomberg Television...
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Alibaba Ready For China's Biggest Online Shopping Day
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Oct 31, 7:02AM CDT
What started as a joke by college students has become the single biggest online shopping day in China for e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, on Nov. 11. Chinese university students picked the day for people who are single to celebrate, hence the day...
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Overstocked Retailers; Overpowering ETFs; and Bear-Proof Sectors: Jim Cramer's Best Blogs
at The Street - Fri Oct 30, 8:00PM CDT
Catch up on Jim Cramer's ideas from this past week as he discusses why any retail rebound will stall, how ETFs cause "rolling bears," and two sectors bullish sectors.
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Roll-Ups and Yahoo! Look Risky; Trust Sam Zell; A Bit of Bafflement: Best of Kass
at The Street - Fri Oct 30, 8:00PM CDT
In highlights from this week's trading diary and posts, Kass talks about roll-up problems, why he sold Yahoo!, what one proven prognosticator is selling, and why he's just plain confused.
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Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Here's Next Week's Game Plan
at The Street - Fri Oct 30, 7:12PM CDT
Companies with good earnings get rewarded by the markets, and there are lots from which to choose, Cramer says.
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Big Techs Jump In Earnings Season, Amazon To Apple
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Oct 30, 4:26PM CDT
With earnings season about halfway through, some big tech stocks are showing double-digit percentage gains for October. IBD Leaderboard stock Amazon.com (AMZN) put in a prime showing, rising 22% for the month. Microsoft (MSFT) hit all-time highs and...
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Prime Now Offers Special Release Night Deliveries Starting at Midnight Eastern of Call of Duty: Black Ops III; Amazon Prime Members Can Skip the Line and Get the Most Anticipated Game of the Year Delivered Right to their Doors
Business Wire - Fri Oct 30, 4:19PM CDT
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced its Prime Now service will offer special delivery windows for Prime members wanting to get Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops III delivered just as it becomes available at midnight eastern standard time on the game's release night - Friday, November 6.
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Is Liberty Interactive (QVCA) Poised to Beat on Q3 Earnings?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Oct 30, 3:35PM CDT
Liberty Interactive (QVCA) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2015 financial numbers on Nov 4, before the market opens.
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Good Timing Makes for a Major Month
at The Street - Fri Oct 30, 3:03PM CDT
We are heading into the best time of the year seasonally.
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Stock Market's Big Month May Continue Through Year-End
at The Street - Fri Oct 30, 3:01PM CDT
Stocks enjoyed their biggest monthly gain in four years during October. And the outlook for the rest of the year looks pretty good, too.
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