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Why Panera Bread Faces 'Significant Competitive Intrusion'
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 12:01pm | 303Read More...Karen Houlthouse of Goldman Sachs resumed coverage of Panera Bread Co (NASDAQ: PNRA) on Monday with a Sell rating and $139 price target. The analyst sees "significant risks of competitive intrusion" from newer, more food-forward and varied menu concepts. "The combination of...
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In Defense Of The Boomerangs: What Millennials Need To Have In Place Before Leaving The Nest
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 3:17pm | 838Read More...Whether or not you are a millennial or have one at home, you are probably aware of the current trend of housing oversized occupants in the proverbial parents’ nest. It has become such a common phenomenon that baby boomer’s children moving back in with their parents are endearingly...
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How This 19-Year-Old Student Balances Momentum Trading With College
Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 10:38am | 457Read More...Ben Banks was 12 years old when he bought his first two stocks. He didn’t know much about trading, but he was familiar with Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) and Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), so he purchased shares of the companies. Seven years later, he’s studying finance at North Carolina...
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Who's Going To Shop At Sears?
Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 8:25am | 645Read More...It’s no secret that Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD) is struggling. Sears, as well as its subsidiary Kmart, finds itself in a precarious situation that is fairly simple to understand: few people want to shop at its stores. Consider three big segments of consumers: Baby Boomers (76 million people born...
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Retailers Turn To YouTube To 'Target' Younger Audience
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 9:34am | 731Read More...Target (NYSE: TGT) have been turning to social media and other online entities to reach out to millennials with money to spend on clothing, electronics, and home furnishings. One entity being used more and more is Google subsidiary, YouTube. The New York Times reported Monday on YouTube stars...
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Disney To Buy Maker Studios From YouTube
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 11:05am | 565Read More...Of all the demographics, The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) wants to target, younger millennials are at the top of the list. It was no real surprise then when Reuters reported Disney had agreed to buy the Maker Studios network from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) owned YouTube. Maker Studios produces and...
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Traditional Restaurants Target Younger Customers with Tablet Technology
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 5:22pm | 477Read More...Applebee's, owned by DineEquity (NYSE: DIN), announced this week that tablets will be installed in every table of its 1,860 locations in the United States by end of 2014. Over 100,000 Intel (NADDAQ: INTC)-backed tablets from Presto (NYSE: NPK) will be be used by customers for ordering food and...








