holiday shopping

Another storm is heading to the East Coast soon, but this one won't be a classic Nor'easter with lots of snow. That is the good news. The bad news is that it's coming at one of the worst times of the year, just before Christmas. Truckers will be under pressure to make on-time deliveries...

Just a few days after Cyber Monday and less than a week after Black Friday, new exchange traded fund focusing on the booming e-commerce theme debuted. Global X, one of the largest purveyors of targeted and thematic ETFs, introduced the Global X E-commerce ETF (NASDAQ: EBIZ) on Thursday. What...

With the holiday shopping season here, perhaps it's not surprising that retail stocks and the related exchange-traded funds are spending more time in the limelight. Even the previously moribund SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) is up 5 percent over the past week and about 11 percent over the...

Thanksgiving week has historically been a good week for U.S. investors and an even better week for the retail sector. This year, the retail sector has lagged during Thanksgiving wee, but history suggests the ball could get rolling in the right direction for retail investors in the week ahead. The...

The Black Friday shopping event is almost here, and holiday shoppers are already planning their strategies. The website BestBlackFriday.com is on top of all the best deals, and here’s a rundown of everything you need to know. Thanksgiving Day Black Friday started out a one-day event. Now,...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) is inviting everyone to one of its 20,000 parties at any of its 4,700 stores, Fortune reported. Walmart, looking to gain an advantage over its rival department stores during the holiday season, will host parties in its stores. The first party will take place on...

Christmas and the holiday season are synonymous with gift-giving — which means consumers are digging into their wallets and going shopping. Ahead of the long Easter weekend, retailers and department stores are now trying to convince consumers that this holiday is much more than just...

Back in December, Benzinga reported about a retailer and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) advertiser called Hobbies Discount that was ripping off customers during the holiday shopping season. Customers were so angry with their Hobbies Discount purchases that they created a scam awareness page on...

Retail investors were dealt a major blow last week when Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) and Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) reported disappointing metrics for their holiday shopping season. Although 2017 is just a few days old, Kohl's stock is already lower by more than 16 percent since the start of the year,...

Steve Odland of the Committee for Economic Development, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Wednesday to talk about retail's biggest winners and losers. Odland started off by noting that consumer confidence hit the highest level on record since December 2001, while retail sales hit an 11-...

Monday was a rough day for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) shareholders as the stock lost nearly 7 percent and was within striking distance of its 52-week lows of $14.00. Investors hoping for some support from Wall Street analysts were likely disappointed again as Eric Beder of Wunderlich...

Checks indicate traffic trends in the footwear industry were broadly better during the Black Friday shopping event, Brean Capital’s Eric Tracy said in a report. Tracy noted the checks for the kick-off to the critical holiday shopping season were, however, weighed against last year's very easy...

If sales of Halloween candy is any indication of the health of consumers, the Holiday shopping season could exceed expectations. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) released its game plan to meet the needs of the tens of millions of consumers that will shop at its store, online and and in...

Shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) fell 8 percent in Thursday’s pre-market after the company reported a soft Marketplace GMV and active buyer growth for the third quarter and disappointing fourth-quarter guidance amid heightened expectations. Total GMV grew 5.5 percent, though U.S. Marketplace...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has released its 2016 Holiday Toys list, which includes more than 1,000 of the top toys and products for kids this holiday season. The online retail giant will be running daily deals on all of the toys on the list. On Thursday, Amazon toy experts released a list of...