Shelly Banjo

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) reported on Friday third-quarter results, which sufficiently satisfied investors' appetite to the point where shares gained more than 2 percent. According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, investors are treating McDonald's stock like filet mignon as opposed to what it...

Gadfly's Shelly Banjo is very blunt in her take on the restaurant sector. Investors should expect to see continued pain as the group continues to report its third-quarter earnings. According to Banjo, sales growth at North American restaurants during the second quarter happened to be the slowest...

Retail investors hoping for a busy holiday shopping season will either be extremely encouraged or discouraged, and it all depends upon who they listen to. According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, retailers are saying their outlook for the holiday season is the "shakiest" it has been in years. For...

Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) has already sold off many of its assets, including Land's End, Sears Hometown and Outlet stores, Sears Canada and Orchard Supply, in addition to having spun off hundreds of stores into a giant real estate investment trust called Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:...

Pier 1 Imports Inc (NYSE: PIR) picked a bad time to start handing out $1 million cash bonuses to its failing executive team. According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, Pier 1 Imports, the struggling home-decor retailer, just handed out a cool million bucks to three top executives as a retention bonus....

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)'s $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com closed Monday, but the retailer's woes won't go away overnight. Bloomberg Gadfly's Shelly Banjo offered four pieces of advice for Wal-Mart that could help close the gap between its online business and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:...

Many investors erroneously undervalue and underestimate just how big Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s apparel sales are. According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, Amazon first bought Zappos in 2009 and sold consumers basic apparel items such as t-shorts, leggings and jeans. Over the coming...

Malls are dying, apparently. So when an anchor tenant like Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) announced plans to close 100 stores it merely sped up the official demise of malls, right? According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, this couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, mall owners, such as...

If Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW)'s strategy moving forward is simply finding a new CEO and banking on the popularity of its "front woman" Oprah Winfrey, then the company may be in trouble. According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, Weight Watchers' search for a CEO to replace...

Despite all the negativity surrounding brick-and-mortar retail, especially in the electronics space, Barclays still believes Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) is a compelling value investment. The investment bank said that Best Buy is "well positioned to take modest share within the muted growth...

Activist investor Bill Ackman disclosed a 9.9 percent stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG). Ackman also noted that Chipotle's stock is "undervalued" and represents an "attractive investment." According to Gadfly's Shelly Banjo and Tara Lachapelle, the...

Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) has talked a lot about monetizing its real estate assets, but according to Bloomberg Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, all the chatter "hasn't amounted to much action" at a time when its physical stores are actually more valuable than the entire retailing business. In the most recent...

The once struggling department store J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) is now expected to post a $1 billion profit this year — the first time doing so since 2012. So, What Happened? According to Bloomberg Gadfly's Shelly Banjo, the first step of JC Penney's turnaround was...

The bearish case against owning GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has been well communicated to the market. The company is a retailer of physical hardware and video games that consumers can easily purchase online or download directly through their console. GameStop's stock plunged more than 10 percent on...