Specialty Retailers

In a report published Tuesday, Wedbush analyst Morry Brown detailed mall checks at many specialty retailers. Express: Reduced Level Of Promotions Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) held a reduced level of promotional activity at stores and online and chose not to lap 40 percent off entire store offer...

In a report published Thursday, Wunderlich analyst Eric Beder maintained a Buy rating on shares of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) with a $49 price target ahead of the company's first quarter print on Monday. "We continue to believe the Street (with the sell side still over 50 percent Hold-...

Ike Boruchow of Sterne Agee on Tuesday commented that his specialty retail group is off to a “tough start” in 2015, having declined 4.2 percent. “While expectations had been for a fairly robust holiday, very few companies have actually hurdled the ‘high bar' with...

Lorraine Hutchinson of Bank of America commented in a note on Monday that specialty retailers are likely to post holiday results that are in-line with expectations, as weather conditions were mild during the week heading in to Christmas as opposed to 2013's storms that hurt foot traffic. Hutchinson...

Morry Brown of Wedbush and his team spent plenty of time at shopping malls observing traffic first and discussing traffic trends with store managers through the first three weeks of December. Here are his highlights: Specialty Retail: Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) and Gap Inc'...

According to Morry Brown of Wedbush, both Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) and Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) attracted high levels of traffic throughout December following promotional activity that stole traffic away from specialty retailers. Brown commented in a note over the weekend that store checks...