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A Foolish Take: How Productive Are U.S. Department Stores?
The past decade was brutal for American department stores, which were besieged by superstores, off-price retailers, fast-fashion retailers, and e-commerce giants.Investors usually measure a....
How Steve Wynn Wrestled Back Control of Wynn Resorts
When MGM Resorts acquired Mirage from Steve Wynn in 2000 during a hostile takeover, he lost control of the Las Vegas gaming giant he had spent over a decade building. It wouldn't be long after....
3 Stocks That Could Make or Break Bill Ackman's Portfolio
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is one of the most closely followed activist investors in the world, known for his hands-on investment style. Ackman has made some investments in recent years, such....
What's Different at Whole Foods Starting Now?
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has closed its acquisition of Whole Foods and the online retailer plans immediate changes for the upscale supermarket, including lowering prices on some items. That's good....
3 Stocks That Are Up 125% or More in 2017
Your company would have to do something seriously wrong to not do well in this market. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are up about 10% so far this year, so they should....
3 Things Investors Missed in Activision Blizzard Inc.'s Quarterly Report
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) shares shot up to a new high following blockbuster second-quarter operating results. Among the highlights were a surprising 4% sales boost as the video-game....
3 Trends Working Against Chipotle Mexican Grill
Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) hit four-year lows last week, and it's easy to wonder if the worst is behind the out-of-favor burrito roller. The stock has plunged nearly 60% since....
3 Reasons Costco Wholesale Corporation Stock Could Fall
Out of all the traditional retail businesses in the U.S., Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is considered by many to be best in class. The warehouse-club chain has delivered impressive growth for....
How Shake Shack Inc. Makes Most of Its Money
Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) traces its roots to a single hot dog cart that operated in New York City's Madison Square Park in 2001. Today, the company owns more than 60 burger joints across the U.S.....
Why I Won’t Buy Chipotle Mexican Grill -- Even At These Prices
I have little doubt that ten years from now Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) will still be around, serving up burritos to the masses. And with the stock now trading at its lowest level in nearly 50 months,....
Don't Like Video Game Stocks? This Might Change Your Mind
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) -- which owns eight games with at least $1 billion in lifetime sales -- reported that gamers spent about 43 billion hours playing its games in 2016, which was on....
Food Safety Is the Story Now, but Convenience Is the Future for Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has spent more than a year battling back from the damage the 2015 E. coli scandal did to its brand.Even though the company has taken strong steps to protect its....
Look at Amazon's Newest Prime Benefit
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has packed Prime full of new benefits year after year. What started an unlimited two-day shipping program has quickly expanded into video and music streaming, digital photo....
The Best 3 Dividend Aristocrats Over the Last 10 Years
Stocks that have paid dividends over long periods of time are often well-managed companies that run a good business and take a measure of care with their money. Even better are those that have....
Disney World's Least-Visited Park Needs a New Name
There's a massive makeover taking place at Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Florida resort, which is clear to visitors of Disney's Hollywood Studios. Large chunks of the park are walled off as construction....
Hollywood and Silicon Valley Go to War for Talent
Name calling, hair pulling, and all-out brawling -- that's not just what you'll see on Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) original series G.L.O.W (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) but what investors should....
Kohl's Faces the Challenges of Omnichannel Retailing
It's 2017, and by now Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) and most other brick-and-mortar retailers have accepted that having an e-commerce website is a must. As more and more consumers are buying....
Is It Too Late to Buy That Hot Tech Stock?
In this video from Motley Fool Answers, the team addresses the challenge of determining whether a tech stock is overpriced. Why does the sector often command such high valuations? And how do you....
Wal-Mart Is Proving People Want to Buy Their Groceries Online
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) reported another quarter of strong year-over-year online sales growth. Net sales increased 60% in the second quarter, following a 63% increase in the first quarter. And while....
2 Stocks That Turned $7,000 Into $700,000
It isn't easy to make piles of money on the stock exchange, but it isn't impossible, either. There are a great many examples of companies that either flew under the market's radar or plunged into....
Amazon Is Going After Prime Subscribers in Europe With More Sports
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has expressed interest in investing in live sports rights for about a year, and it made a big splash when it won the streaming rights to Thursday Night Football in 2017. At....
Costco Wholesale Corporation in 6 Charts
As an investor, you'll be well served by identifying the major drivers of the businesses in which you invest. That way, you can spend your time following the metrics that matter most, and....
How Amazon Surprised Everyone With Its Official Debut in Brick-and-Mortar Retail
Late last year, buzz was building that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) would be diving headlong into a brick-and-mortar store network that would eventually add up to as many as 2,000 locations. And on....
3 Stable Stocks for Conservative Investors
Not every investor is after the next home run stock. In fact, plenty simply want to own companies that have stable operations and offer up predictable returns.So which stocks do we think are a....
Whole Foods Market, Inc. to Lower Prices: What You Need to Know
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has all of the permissions in order to close on its acquisition of Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), which was first announced in May. The acquisition will close on....