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Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 8:01am | 1590Each week, Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention. Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With...
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Walmart Stock Hits New All-Time Highs, Company Goes Shopping For ... Malls?
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 7:51pm | 616The life of shopping malls has transformed in recent years with big-box tenants going bankrupt and malls looking for new uses for their large real estate space, including new tenants, apartments and entertainment experiences like those from Netflix. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) is now the owner of a...
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Super Saturday Foot Traffic Surges, Sales Hit $157 Million: Potential Winners Emerge
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - 5:11pm | 933Foot traffic at retailers soared on Dec. 21, the Saturday before Christmas. Here's a look at the potential winners from the last week of holiday shopping. What Happened: Foot traffic at retailers was up an average of 58% compared to daily averages in 2024, a trend that could see retail stocks...
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Will Netflix Save Shopping Malls? New Experiences A Potential Game Changer For Retail Centers
Friday, June 21, 2024 - 2:43pm | 998A leader in the streaming space, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) could see a new effort to diversification with in real life experiences to strengthen its well-known franchises like "Squid Game" and "Bridgerton," which rank among its most viewed series. While the new effort for Netflix's diversification...
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3 Retail Ideas For 2019's Back-To-School Season
Monday, August 12, 2019 - 4:18pm | 777Parents stocking up on back-to-school items might also want to pick up a few back-to-school stocks. Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Monday had an upbeat take on three retailers where parents are likely to be looking for start-of-school buys. Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) As a discount...
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JPMorgan On Kohl's Upgrade: 'Rare Large Cap Value Idea'
Friday, January 12, 2018 - 2:21pm | 413Despite gaining 70 percent over the past six months, Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS)'s stock is still underperforming the S&P 500 index by 30 percent over the past three years. But according to Wall Street's newest bull analyst, the company should be viewed as a "rare large cap...
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Strip Malls Vs. Shopping Malls, And Why Brixmor Is Now A Buy
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 8:59am | 305Strip malls are in better shape than their enclosed counterparts, prompting Mizuho analyst Haendel St. Juste to upgrade Brixmor Property Group Inc (NYSE: BRX), which has one of the country’s largest portfolios of strip malls, from Neutral to Buy. It’s been a tough year for retail REITs...
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Mall Stocks Vs. Mall REITs: What's The Safer Bet?
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 2:18pm | 491There’s no question the rise of e-commerce giants like Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has changed the shopping mall market forever. However, some mall retail stocks have adapted to the changes, while others have fallen victim to them. Shoppers will likely always enjoy the hands-on experience...
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Mall Owners To Department Stores: 'See Ya, Wouldn't Want To Be Ya'
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 7:03am | 415Malls 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...
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'The Age Of Amazon': Top Brick-And-Mortar Retailers And How They Survive
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 2:48pm | 352Have you been visiting a shopping mall consistently over the years? If so, you might have noticed that mall traffic isn't like it used to be, and retailers are becoming increasingly promotional to gain the valuable foot traffic. It might be a mystery to some trying to figure out how shopping malls...
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Did Mall Retailers Have A Happy Fourth Of July?
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 3:02pm | 382Randal J. Konik of Jefferies believes retailers benefited over the Fourth of July weekend from a combination of weather, promotions and healthy traffic. In a research report published Tuesday, Konik offered a deep dive into the retailing sector and included first hand observations. Overall, most...
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Credit Suisse: Sears REIT Seritage Asset Quality 'Better Than Expected'
Sunday, July 5, 2015 - 2:34pm | 1010Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) new REIT Seritage Growth Properties, is anticipated to start trading July 6, on the NYSE under ticker symbol SRG. Seritage will initially consist of 266 properties, totaling ~42 million square feet of "boxes," with Sears and Kmart as the primary...
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How Much Upside Do Sears REIT JVs Really Have?
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 11:54am | 842On July 1, Credit Suisse (CS) analysts George Auerbach and Ian Weissman published a detailed analysis on Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) real estate, which will be owned by Seritage Growth Properties. There are a total of 266 Sears store properties which make up the initial portfolio of Seritage...
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Here's Who Benefits The Most If Sears Goes Bankrupt
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 11:47am | 342According to Simeon Gutman of Morgan Stanley, if Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) were to “go away,” Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) stand to benefit the most, while J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) and Gap...
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Wedbush Heads To The Shopping Malls On A Pre-Holiday Finding Mission
Monday, December 22, 2014 - 12:07pm | 335Morry Brown of Wedbush and his team spent plenty of time at shopping malls observing traffic first and discussing traffic trends with store managers through the first three weeks of December. Here are his highlights: Specialty Retail: Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) and Gap Inc'...