This holiday season, J.C. Penney (JCP) CEO and Chairman Myron E. Ullman III is armed with a lineup of exclusive fashion brands he helped bring to the department store chain, and he's ready to battle

Since listing five reasons to sell Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) back in August, the retail stock has risen another 32%. Year to date, the stock is up over 75%. And what really takes the cake is Gold

Surprise! It's Christmas! (again...) Christmas always seemed to surprise me when I was first living on my own. It would be about this time of year I realized that I needed to spend a large sum of mon

The recession hasn’t taken a bite out of Petsmart’s (PETM) earnings, thanks to the company’s ability to cut costs and slightly increase margins on essentially flat sales.The nation&

While I still have at least one and a half feet placed firmly in the bull camp, I'm increasingly concerned with a number of signs from some key technical indicators.Near the top of my list of concern

As companies hire extra workers for the holidays, some of these seasonal employees are already wondering: How do I turn this temporary position into something permanent? And, in this economy, can I?R

The October retail sales numbers released this morning present a very mixed bag. Excluding autos, strategists say they looked mediocre at best. More to the point, the recent decision of corporate ins

In a move that will make the Internet more accessible to millions of users, Egypt today became the first country to apply for an officially registered domain name using non-Latin script.Information T

Stocks shrugged off a surprising decline in consumer confidence from the University of Michigan (or was it Ohio?) to finish higher Friday on light volume and end a second successive winning week. Dis

No one goes into Walmart (WMT) and asks to pay extra sales tax. Thus sales taxes are reasonable barometers for retail sales. This week we look at how taxes are doing in a period of economic recovery.