Macy's
New York symbol M, operates department stores under the Macy's and Bloomingdale's banners.
U.S. Thanksgiving Day features the famous Macy’s parade in New York. It also marks the beginning of the Christmas season, the most important sales period for the big department stores. We assess how Macy’s investment in a major merchandising plan may affect its stock market investment prospects for the holiday season and beyond.
MACY’S INC. (New York symbol M; www.macysinc.com) operates …read more »
Retail spending continues to rise in the U.S., even with continued weakness in job and housing markets. That’s good news for these three leading department-store operators. All three should continue to benefit from the investments they have made in new stores, and in building their brands and online businesses.
MACY’S INC. $30 (New York symbol M, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; …read more »
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Macy’s Inc., New York symbol M, operates 850 Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores in 45 states. It also sells goods over the Internet.
We analyze Macy’s in Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our newsletter that gives you stock market news and advice on U.S. stocks.
In the three months ended July 30, 2011, Macy’s earnings rose 63.9%, to $241 million from $147 million …read more »
MACY’S INC. $28 (New York symbol M, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 426.8 million; Market cap: $12.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.macysinc.com)
has rebounded strongly since falling to below $7 in March 2009. That’s mainly due to the success of its “My Macy’s” strategy, which lets managers at its 810 Macy’s and 41 …read more »
Macy’s Inc., New York symbol M, operates 850 Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores in 45 states. It also sells goods over the Internet.
Macy’s is one of the companies we cover in Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our newsletter for U.S. stock market investing.
In its 2012 first quarter, which ended April 30, 2011, the company’s earnings jumped 233.3%, to $0.30 a …read more »
MACY’S INC. $25 (www.macys.com) reported that sales rose 1.6% at its 850 department stores in March 2011, to $2.21 billion from $2.17 billion in March 2010. Same-store sales rose 0.9%. The company expects same-store sales to rise by 8% to 9% in April 2011 from a year earlier, due to a cosmetics promotion and the later Easter holiday. Buy.
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Macy’s Inc., symbol M on New York, operates 850 Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores in 45 states, as well as in District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. It also sells goods over the Internet.
Macy’s is one of the U.S. stock market investments we analyze in our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter.
Macy’s makes a point of tailoring its lines …read more »
MACY’S INC. $23 (New York symbol M, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 422.7 million; Market cap: $9.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 0.9%; WSSF Rating: Average) operates 850 department stores under the Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s banners. It also sells goods over the Internet.
The company recently let its store managers tailor more of their stores’ goods to …read more »
Clothing sales are rising as the economy continues to recover. However, fashion trends are fickle, and consumers are often quick to switch brands.
The six clothing designers and sellers we analyze below own some of the top brand names in the industry. That will help them keep increasing their sales. As well, all six cut costs during the recession. That will …read more »
