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Here's How Amazon Can Make You Love Sears Again
Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has been the poster child for retailers that failed to adapt to the age of online shopping, aka the age of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN).The stock has been dying a slow....
Why Sears Holdings Stock Slumped Today
Shares of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) were sliding today in a broad-based sell-off in department store stocks after much of the industry reported earnings at the end of last week.The stock....
Sears Holdings Rebukes "Wall Street Journal"
Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) is complaining about its media coverage again. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story detailing the decline [subscription required] of Sears, "the Amazon of the....
Sears Holdings Corp.: This Train Wreck Is Going Off of the Rails
Last week, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) released one of its dreaded financial updates. Not surprisingly, the news was ugly. Sears narrowed its loss relative to the prior-year period, but the....
Shares of Sears Holdings Slip Even Further After Third-Quarter Update
Shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), best known for its Sears and Kmart stores that consumers have increasingly ignored, are down 4.6% as of 2:40 p.m. EST -- making its....
More Store Closures Won't Save Sears Holdings From Bankruptcy
Store closures have been a dominant theme at struggling retail giant Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) lately. The Sears and Kmart chains are both losing money, and the company hopes to shore up its....
Lowe's to Sell Craftsman Tools, Showing Sears What Could Have Been
Although some Craftsman tools have been available to buy at smaller hardware store chains like Ace Hardware, Atwood Ranch & Home, and Blain's, they've largely been items exclusive to Sears....
Bankruptcy Is Near for This Struggling Department-Store Company
One of the oddities of the so-called "retail apocalypse" is that no major department-store chain has filed for bankruptcy protection since the Great Recession. Profitability has been squeezed....
How Much Cash Does Sears Have Left?
Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) is burning cash like almost never before. According to a filing, Sears appears to have gone through $200 million in a single month.After borrowing $100 million from....
Why Sears Holdings Stock Is Dropping Today
Shares of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) were falling again today as worries continued to mount about the ailing retailer's future. On Monday, Sears revealed in a filing that it had gone through....
Can J.C. Penney Weather a Market Downturn?
At times it's seemed like J.C Penney (NYSE: JCP) would be a retail winner. The chain has made a number of strong moves, including adding appliances, offering home services in markets abandoned by....
Why Shares of Iconix Brand Group Are Crashing Today
Shares of brand management company Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ: ICON) tumbled on Monday after it disclosed that Wal-Mart would not be renewing the license for DanskinNow, a line of athletic....
Why in the World Are Shares of Sears Moving Higher Today?
Shares of Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD), a struggling retailer that provides home merchandise, apparel, and automotive products, among other items, are making a rare 5% move higher Thursday....
Why Whirlpool, HNI, and PACCAR Slumped Today
Tuesday was another winning day on Wall Street, and major benchmarks set new records based largely on favorable earnings reports from key companies. The Dow Jones Industrials vaulted to gains of....
Why Sears Holdings Stock Is Sliding Today
Shares of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) were headed south today after the department store chain broke off its 100-year-old relationship with Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) over a pricing....
Why Whirlpool Corporation Stock Sank Today
Shares of Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) were going down the drain this morning as the appliance manufacturer lowered its earnings guidance, and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) said it would no....
Sears Loses Its Biggest Outside Investor
After less than two years serving on the board, famed investor Bruce Berkowitz is resigning as a director of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) at the end of the month. Although he still has....
Why Sears Holdings Stock Slipped Today
Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) stock was falling today for the second day in a row following news yesterday that Fairholme Capital Management founder Bruce Berkowitz was stepping down from the....
Why Sears Holdings Stock Dropped 11.5% Today
Shares of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) fell 11.5% Monday after the department store chain announced that Bruce Berkowitz has decided to step down from its board of directors. Berkowitz -- who....
Sears Holdings Borrows Another $100 Million
Eddie Lampert wants Sears Holdings' (NASDAQ: SHLD) vendors to know it has plenty of liquidity and will be paying all its bills this Christmas. The hedge fund operator and chairman of the retailer....
Why Rite Aid, MannKind, and Sears Holdings Slumped Today
The stock market gained ground on Wednesday, with major benchmarks making modest moves higher that were sufficient to keep sentiment on Wall Street positive. Investors continued to see the markets....
Why Sears Holdings Stock Was Sliding Today
Shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) were headed lower for a second straight session after the retailer said that it would liquidate its Sears Canada stores, and as the company....
5 Retailers Struggling as We Head Into the Holiday Season
The holidays are meant to bring peace and rest.But for certain retailers, the last three months of 2017 are bringing anxiety about the possibility of failing to bring in necessary sales.Brittain....
Why Did Sears Holdings Corporation Shares Drop 11% in September?
Like a rock rolling downhill, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has moved steadily toward the bottom. Sure, there are occasional bumps that slow that progress, but nothing looks likely to stop the....
Why I Both Love and Hate J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) confounds me as a business.On a macro, companywide management level, I love what CEO Marvin Ellison has done. He's making the big moves that position his company for....