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Phillips-Van Heusen (NYSE: PVH) is set to report first-quarter fiscal 2011 results Tuesday, May 31, after the markets close. Analysts are looking for the shirt maker to report that earnings grew 28.4% from a year ago to $1.16 per share. That consensus earnings estimate is unchanged from 30 days ago...

Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, the traditional start of the summer season. So it must be time to stock up for picnics and barbeques. Good for the supermarkets, right? But with the specter of rising foods costs, is this actually good time to consider supermarket stocks? Below is a quick...

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results before the opening bell on Wednesday, May 25. Analysts expect the wholesale club operator to announce that earnings came to $0.77 per share. The consensus estimate was $0.75 per share 60 days ago, and per-share...

This week, quarterly results are due from Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) and Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL), which are expected to report that earnings are lower than they were a year ago. From AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), DSW (NYSE: DSW), H.J. Heinz (NYSE: HNZ), Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL),...

Hibbett Sports (NASDAQ: HIBB) is on tap to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow morning, May 20. Analysts are looking for the retailer to report that earnings grew 11.9% from a year ago to $0.67 per share. That consensus earnings estimate is unchanged from 60 days ago. Note that...

Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) will be reporting its first-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, May 19, before the opening bell. Analysts are looking for the tech company to post earnings of $1.47 per share on revenue of $2.1 billion. That is up from $1.16 per share on $1.9 billion in the same period of last...

Citigroup commented on Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) in a report released yesterday. In the report, Citigroup was positive in its assessment. Citigroup writes, “We were pleasantly surprised by WMT's first quarter earnings beat. While Walmart U.S. comps of (-1.1)% remained in negative territory, it was the...

Goldman Sachs has raised the price target on Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) from $59 to $60 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) reported 1Q11 non-GAAP EPS of $0.66 below MS' $0.70 and consensus' $0.69, Morgan Stanley reports. “Results were driven be a decline in script count, down 5.2 million or 2.7% sequentially and down 0.3% y/y,” Morgan Stanley writes. “Previously announced contract...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is attempting to overhaul its image to regain the customers lost to other retailers. Best Buy's image has become that of a big-box retail chain, an image that CEO Brian Dunn is trying to rid the company of. Dunn's latest concept is creating "connected stores." These stores...

Used game complaints and personal info recording have cast a dark shadow on the world's largest retailer of video games. But are they enough to hurt the company's share price? GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is no stranger to lawsuits. In 2006, a handful of store managers sued the company, claiming that...

JP Morgan is out with its report today on Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), downgrading WMT from Overweight to Neutral. In a note to clients, JP Morgan writes, "While sentiment on the stock is hardly upbeat (despite a 60%+ sell-side “buy” ratio), we don't foresee a positive catalyst on the horizon that would...

Deutsche Bank reports that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to strengthen its positioning as a low priced leader. “Since our checks in Nov, the price differential between Amazon and other multi-category retailers has further increased,” Deutsche Bank writes. “Category-specific trends remain largely...