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What Will the Cable Business Look Like in 2018?
Cord-cutting has been slowly growing, and that has begun to change how people consume television. The trend is speeding up, and a number of companies have become established in the space, while a....
More Holiday Marketing Tricks: Helping You Feel Like Part of the Crowd
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are back with more warnings about the mind games that advertisers and retailers play on us -- and they play with extra....
Costco Wholesale Corporation Earnings Soar, Thanks to Strong Sales
Following a sales slowdown that lasted for most of 2016, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) has come roaring back this year. Comp-sales growth has been accelerating in recent months, culminating in a....
CarMax Earnings Preview: 3 Trends to Watch
CarMax (NYSE: KMX) will post its third-quarter earnings report before the market opens on Thursday, Dec. 21. And despite positive business trends lately, investors are cautious about the used-car....
What We're Watching In 2018
We're just a few weeks off from 2018, and the tech industry is buzzing with potential change.In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Tech, hosts Dylan Lewis and Dan Kline talk about a few things....
A Price War Is Brewing Between Oracle and AWS
Oracle's (NYSE: ORCL) cloud computing business is a fraction of the size of market leader Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services. While AWS produced $4.6 billion of revenue in Amazon's latest quarter,....
3 Retailers Hitting 52-Week Highs Right Now
Traditional retailers are dying, they say. The days of brick-and-mortar stores are numbered as consumers flock to cost-cutting online merchants. Things have gotten so dreary in the retail world....
Guess Who's Gaining on Apple and Spotify in Streaming Music?
The evolution of the music industry began with the introduction of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod in 2001. The ability to download songs directly onto a pocket-sized device capable of storing....
15 Retailers That Went Bankrupt in 2017
Image source: Getty Images.2017 is set to go down as the year of the retail apocalypse. Brick-and-mortar chains have announced more store closings this year than any other on record, and at least....
Will 2018 Be Target’s Best Year Ever?
It's safe to assume 2017 is a year Target (NYSE: TGT) investors would rather forget. Shares of the retail commerce giant are down 14%, while the greater S&P 500 is up 19%. Even worse, the....
What's Going on With Amazon Web Services in China?
In the United States, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) dominates its respective industries. The company enjoys an enviable lead in e-commerce, boasting 44% of U.S. e-commerce spending in 2017. In the....
3 Hated Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
There are two ways a stock's dividend yield can rise. The company can raise its dividend, or the stock can tumble. International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), and....
As Expected, Amazon and Google Dominated the Smart Speaker Market Last Quarter
Last week, Strategy Analytics released its latest estimates on the smart speaker market. Surprising no one, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google....
3 Things Costco Wants You to Know
Many retailers are posting improving operating results these days as consumer spending marches higher. But the numbers that Costco (NASDAQ: COST) just announced stand out as particularly strong.....
Amazon Ramps Up AI at AWS
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is primarily known for the massive scale of its e-commerce operation and is the undisputed leader in the field. The company is also known for its Amazon Web....
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
Stocks moved strongly higher Friday on rising expectations that the Republican tax bill will pass. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closed....
2 Reasons to Consider Best Buy Stock
There's no comeback story in retail quite like Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY). The stock has surged by more than a factor of five since bottoming out at the beginning of 2013. The consumer-electronics....
5 More Sneaky Ways Marketers Trick You Into Overspending for the Holidays
In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are back with more warnings about the mind games that advertisers and retailers play on us -- and they play with extra....
Dollar General Dreams Big With 2,000-Store Growth Plan
A dollar and a dream might buy you a lottery ticket to riches, but Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is taking a different path to financial glory. The deep discount retailer unveiled a 2,000 store growth....
Target Just Got Serious About E-commerce
Target (NYSE: TGT) is making a big bet on e-commerce.The big-box chain said it would acquire Shipt -- an online grocery marketplace known for same-day delivery -- for $550 million. The move is....
2 Stocks That Turned $5,000 into $200,000
It's hard to get excited about a stock when it's down in the dumps. Oftentimes when a company's share price falls to hardly a-pulse level, there are good reasons for the fall. It can be hard to....
Costco Builds Momentum on Early Holiday Strength
The holiday shopping season is an important one for retailers, and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is one of the first companies to provide a firm reading on how the holidays have gone. Thanks to....
Casey's General Down Big on Weak Numbers
In today's episode of the MarketFoolery podcast, Chris Hill talks with Bill Barker from Motley Fool Asset Management about the day's market news. Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is up 4% today for no....
Why Tractor Supply Company Rose 13% in November
Shares of rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) rose 13.2% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence .Tractor Supply stock continued to benefit....
Target to Launch Same-Day Delivery -- What You Need to Know
Just as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced a major expansion of its one-day and same-day shipping ahead of Christmas, Target (NYSE: TGT) shared its own announcement about bolstering its....