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A Forewarning? Gasoline Prices Crash in Tiny Illinois Town
Submitted by Wall St. Daily as part of our contributors program Last weekend, motorists in Illinois got the bargain of a lifetime when a computer glitch caused an impromptu sale on unleaded plus fuel for one penny per gallon. Instead of p...
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Wal-Mart To Invest $450 Million To Ramp Up Its Grocery Business In Canada
Amid its struggling business in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and China, retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has decided to strengthen its operations in Canada. Recently, Wal-Mart Canada’s chief executive announced that the company will be spendin...
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What’s Driving Sam’s Club’s Growth?
A number of retailers in the U.S. have struggled to achieve positive comparable store sales growth in the recent past on account of weak consumer spending. However, warehouse clubs have performed relatively better due to their attractive cost sav...
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64 Best Dividend Stocks for 2014
Submitted by Value Stock Guide as part of our contributors program 64 Best Dividend Stocks for 2014 We start the new year with our annual list of the best dividend stocks for 2014. This screen contains 64 names across a variety of indu...
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Heavy Fall In Foot Traffic & Small E-Commerce Channel Likely To Impact Wal-Mart’s Holiday Sales
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has been struggling with its growth lately on account of the sluggish economic environment in the U.S. Due to the impact of slow job growth and higher taxes, healthcare costs and gasoline prices, U.S. buyers spent reluctantly ...
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Wal-Mart’s Growing Grocery Business Is Good For Its Sales, But Not For Margins
The key to Wal-Mart ‘s (NYSE:WMT) success has been its strategy of offering products at the lowest prices in the market, which it refers to as ‘Every Day Low Price’ strategy. This has allowed the retailer to acquire an enormous...
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Wal-Mart’s Q3 Results Disappoint But E-Commerce And Smaller Format Stores Provide Hope
Retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) reported the third straight quarter of comparable store sales decline in the U.S. as its Q3 sales were weighed down by weak consumer spending and low store traffic. The company’s results are unlikely to get...
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What’s Impacting Wal-Mart’s Gross Margins?
Wal-Mart is the pioneer of modern supply chain management with strong focus on vendor partnerships, distribution, and inventory management. The retailer employs strategies such as cross docking, vendor managed inventory and RFID (radio frequency ...
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4 Cheap Stocks and Shares With High High Dividends And A Stable Business
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . I’ve received access to the gurufocus database recently. They run on their site several automated screener to find great value stocks. Today I used the undervalued predic...
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The Netflix Revolution: Should You Invest?
Submitted by Sizemore Investment Letter as part of our contributors program On my recent trip to Baltimore, I sat down to chat with Jeff Reeves about “revolutionary” stocks, using streaming pioneer Netflix ( $ NFLX ) as an example. Netflix has ...
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Wal-Mart Stores: A high dividend growth company
Submitted by Dividend Growth Investor as part of our contributors program . Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. It operates retail stores, restaurants, discount stores, supermarkets, supercenters, hyp...
