Topic: Brian Sozzi

Should You Trade Black Friday?

Black Friday is a day for shoppers and retailers, but does it also present an opportunity for investors? No so much. "Black Friday is not a...

Lowe's: One Big Mess

Lowe's(LOW) beat third-quarter expectations, but it wasn't a pretty quarter. The home-improvement retailer surpassed what was widely considered...
Recently we got a slew of numbers from some of the biggest and largest names in retail, and the results were mixed, as consumers appear to be...
Posted on 10/04/11 at 11:13am by Jonathan Chen . Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research report on Costco (NASDAQ: COST )...
Posted on 09/23/11 at 3:35pm by Jonathan Chen . Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies was just on CNBC discussing the shoe sector along with...
Posted on 09/12/11 at 11:04am by Jonathan Chen . Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research report on the sovereign debt...
U.S. retailers can be happy about their performance on black Friday, the so-called official start of the holiday retail season. According to the National Retail Federation industry group, "more shoppers visited stores and websites over black Friday weekend, and they spent ...
Coach, Inc. (COH) reported earnings this morning that beat Wall Street estimates, and shares are up sharply over the year, gaining over 30% this year (see earnings report here).. At first blush, the report may have a few wondering if this type ...

Nordstrom, Costco Ring Up Success

INVESTORS GOT A WELCOME bit of good news this morning. Same-store sales for August were up an average of 3.3%, according to Thomson Reuters. "The dip in the savings rate to under 6% in August suggested that consumers spent somewhere, and ...

Target, BJ's have pickup in consumer spending

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Discount retailer Target Corp and warehouse club operator BJ's Wholesale Club Inc posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings as consumers began to spend on more than just necessities.Target cited sales of more profitable items like apparel, while BJ's saw ...