Chains Take Inventory, Along With Some Chances
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Supermarkets are throwing everything they can think of at shoppers. And the range of services is as impressive as it is improbable.
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Here's a sneaky way to invest in a grade-A retailer.
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New plans -- for dealing with inventory and slacking stores -- could make Dollar a bargain.
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This holiday, toys are popping up in the most unexpected places: gas stations, auto-parts chains, home and garden stores.
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Lower sell-throughs lead to unhappily high inventories.
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''Cash-advance'' shops are treading where other small-business lenders fear to go.
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"Town Haul" does some trading spaces of its own: out of the suburban home and into the public realm.
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TROUBLE IS brewing in the aisles of Scotlandâs supermarkets. Products and produce once easy to hand are either on distant shelves or have simply disappeared altogether.
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Rising sales and net income isn't always what it seems, especially when there's a big, fat inventory hairball in the way.
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I have recently begun to circulate through some of New YorkÂs secondhand stores nursing the vague hope that I may find something interesting or inexpensive.
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Keep an eye on this small-cap industrial equipment firm.
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Things are looking up for once-beleaguered MicroStrategy.
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One of the mantras of global industry in recent years has been keeping inventories lean and mean, but there are increasing signs this cost-cutting strategy is creating strains and causing companies to miss out on sales.
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A sizable portion of the retail economy, including bulk warehouse clubs like Costco and SamÂs Club, are built on bargains that arenÂt really bargains.
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The retailer narrows its focus, but its work isn't done.
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Savvy investors can find retail bargains -- but not everything's on sale.
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Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations.