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Top 30 Retailers of 2013
Despite the colossal Internet market place of the 21st century, NRF Stores has round up the 100 most successful retailers, and according to the statistics, with the exception of one or two names, they...
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Amazon’s Kiva Acquisition Leaves Some Retailers Hanging
Did Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) acquisition of warehouse robotics company Kiva Systems leave the latter’s brick-and-mortar retailer customers hung out to dry? The Boston Globe reports that Kiva...
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Whisper Number: How Will Walgreens’ Stock Move After Earnings?
Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) is expected to report earnings on Friday, December 20. The whisper number is $0.81, seven cents ahead of the analysts’ estimate. Whispers range from a low of $0.80 to a high of...
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Walgreens Cures an ACA Problem: Offers Prescription Coverage
Source: http://www.bms.com/news/media_library/rd/Pages/default.aspx Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) will provide up to one month of prescription drug coverage to people who have enrolled in a federal...
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Walgreens’ December Sales Rose Higher Despite New Generic Drugs
Source: Philip Pessar Walgreen’s (NYSE:WAG) same-store sales rose by 6.1 percent in December, according to the Wall Street Journal. Interestingly, even as the company reported higher pharmacy sales,...
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Top 10 Brands Consumers and Investors Love
A powerful brand is one of the most recognizable economic moats in Corporate America. With the global economy remaining sluggish, consumers are still cautious when deciding which companies receive...
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Walgreens Extends Deadline for Newly Insured Americans
Good news for newly insured Americans under the Affordable Care Act: Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) has extended a program that helps provide 30-days worth of prescription medications at no upfront cost upon...
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Grocery Stores Growing Stale? Consumers Turn to Target, Wal-Mart
Most consumers associate grocery shopping with traditional stores like Kroger (NYSE:KR), Safeway (NYSE:SWY), Whole Foods (NYSE:WFM), and Trader Joe’s. That’s where it seems you’d find most people...
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Walgreens’ December Sales Rose Higher Despite New Generic Drugs
Source: Philip Pessar Walgreen’s (NYSE:WAG) same-store sales rose by 6.1 percent in December, according to the Wall Street Journal. Interestingly, even as the company reported higher pharmacy sales,...
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States Ask Retailers to Inhale CVS’s Anti-Tobacco Policy
Source: Thinkstock Last month, CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE:CVS) said it would halt the sale of tobacco products in its stores that also have pharmacies. Now, more than two dozen state attorneys are...
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Whisper Number: How Will Walgreen Investors React to Earnings?
Walgreen (NYSE:WAG) is expected to report earnings on Tuesday, March 25. The whisper number is $0.93, one cent ahead of the analysts’ estimate. Walgreen has a 32 percent positive surprise history,...
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Is eBay Poised to Fill Amazon’s Retail Market Gap?
Source: Thinkstock While it will likely always maintain its online auction site, since 2012 eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) has shifted growth focus towards partnering with retailers through its Marketplaces...
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5 Tips for Avoiding ATM Fees
Source: Thinkstock You shouldn’t have to pay to withdraw your own money. But, as ATM fees continue to rise, you’re forced to spend more of your hard-earned cash just trying to access your own money....
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Apple Bests Other Websites in Password Security
Source: Thinkstock Following the Heartbleed Bug’s discovery this year, many users were advised to change their passwords. Dashlane Security Group, the company behind Dashlane Password Manager, decided...
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Strong May Sales Drove Walgreen Shares Above Struggling Peers
Source: Thinkstock On Wednesday, shares of Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) soared 4 percent to a new all time high of $75/share. Furthermore, for the year, Walgreen shares have risen an incredible 30...
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Walgreen’s Bottom Line Is More Than Just the Last Quarter
Source: Getty Images Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) is the nation’s second largest pharmacy chain that needs no introduction. What you may not know is that it operates 8,683 locations in all 50 states, the...
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Walgreen Earnings Disappoint: Is It Time to Reconsider the Stock?
Source: Philip Pessar / Flickr Creative Commons On Tuesday morning, Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG), the second largest retail pharmacy operator, reported earnings that largely disappointed analysts and...
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Amazon’s Fire Phone: Will It Burn Online Retailers or Fizzle Out?
David Ryder/Getty Images There is a classic philosophical thought experiment that asks: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” In the world of...
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The 5 Most Socially Responsible Brands
Getty Images What is it that truly drives consumers to choose certain brands over others? Things like packaging and advertisements play a role, but new research indicates that a company’s public...
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Here’s What Apple Pay Has Achieved After Just Two Months
Source: Apple.com When Apple first announced Apple Pay at its iPhone-focused media event in September, industry watchers’ predictions about the potential of the mobile payments service ranged from...
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