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As fans of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos know, there are always winners and losers. In the retail sector, the losers include Sears, J.C. Penney, Bon-Ton Stores and Radio Shack, among many others. The winners include Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG), as deep...

Brian Sozzi, CEO and Chief Equities Strategist at Belus Capital Advisors dropped by on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep on Wednesday to discuss retailers. Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD) is a retailer that Sozzi follows closely and wants to see succeed due to positive childhood memories. According to Sozzi, Sears'...

On December 5, 2013, Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT) closed at $17.51. That day, Benzinga published an article, "3 Reasons to Short Bon-Ton Stores." Bon-Ton Department Stores is now trading around $12.40 a share. It is off by well over 30 percent for the last month of market action. The reasons...

Major indices ended the day little changed as investors and traders were not sure how to react to today's job reports. 74,000 jobs were added, well below the estimated 196,000. The report proved to be a complete contradiction to every other report previously seen. Related: ETFs Moving On The...

Hoping to boost lagging end-of-year sales, a number of retailers announced a push to attract customers after Christmas. Many big-name stores are taking part – including Macy’s (NYSE: M), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and even online giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Some traditional bricks and mortar...

The main question going in to Tuesday's trading session was whethere the Fed will decide to scale back its $85 billion monthly bond buying program. A budget deal in Congress and solid economic data make the case that tapering will begin sooner rather than later. Major indices were virtually...

Stock futures declined before the equity markets opened after the ADP employment report showed a higher than expected 215,000 jobs were added during the month of November. Investors and traders were spooked by the report that solidifies the Fed's case to begin tapering. Traders and investors...

Black Friday, as the official start of the holiday shopping season, is over. Thanks to a shortened holiday calendar with only four weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas (not to mention the fact Hanukkah begins November 27), many retailers had already planned an early start to this important...

If you are wondering why more retailers are opening on Thanksgiving Day this year, the calendar might have a lot to do with it. Thanksgiving is on November 28, the latest it has been since 2002. That means six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas and that translates to about $1.5...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) owned, Kmart will open at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day and stay open for 41 consecutive hours until 11 p.m. on Black Friday. To date, this decision represents the earliest Thanksgiving Day opening of any major retailer yet. Black Friday as the traditional beginning of...

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) said Tuesday it was mulling over spinning off both its Land’s End and Sears Auto Center businesses, according to The New York Times. Brian Sozzi, chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisors said this is yet one more sign of impending doom for the brand. As...

This year, by October 31, 158 million Americans will have spent close to $7 billion on scary stuff. This will include scary decorations, scary costumes, and if you believe most health experts, scary candy. All this according to the National Retail Federation Halloween Spending Survey conducted...

If Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) goes down, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will feel the pain. It may sound counter-intuitive, but according to The New York Times, it’s true. The theory, born out by recent history in the book business, is that when customers lose the opportunity to browse at a...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is claiming victory over show-rooming. In a company press release the electronics retailer announced that it would price match selected online stores in addition to its longstanding policy of price matching local retailers. Is it premature to claim victory in a battle that...

The headlines sound like ads from the latest Wes Craven horror flick. Watch out for the 'checkout fee'! screams CNN. Credit Card Users Brace for Possible ‘Checkout Fee’! cries Fox. Beware the credit card trap! hisses Inforum. As reported by most news outlets, including Fox News, the story...