Urban Outfitters Maintains Its Edge (URBN, ANF, GPS)
Retailers these days have to walk a fine line. Economic difficulties have caused consumers to become extremely cost conscious and retailers that are keeping prices too high are seeing their sales fall off a cliff. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) is a
Abercrombie (NYSE: ANF) Reverses Course!
Are public companies too focused on short-term results?
"...anticipate continued pressure on the gross margin rate for 2009 as a result of mark-downs."
"...the customer is extraordinarily price-sensitive. We are reducing AURs (average unit retail
Analysts' Upgrades, Downgrades: Lowe's
Advance Auto Parts (AAP Quote) upgraded at Merrill/BofA to Buy. $50 price target. Estimates also raised, to reflect accelerating industry trends.
Con-Way (CNW Quote) upgraded at Merrill/BofA from Underperform to Buy. $35 price target. Recent
The deal on what's in the camp duffel
NEW YORK -- You just bought the most awesome sneakers. They're baby-blue and green Converses and have a Koosh ball attached on the front of each shoe. You can't wait to bust them out of your summer-camp duffel -- until you see that no one else has
