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The retailer noted a 2% year-over-year increase to its consolidated comparable store sales for the five-week period.

TJX Cos. (NYSE:TJX) reported its December 2010 sales results on Thursday. The retailer reported that sales for the five-week period that ended January 1, 2011 rose 6% year-over-year to $3.0 billion. For the 48 weeks that ended Jan

Barnes & Noble announced that with millions of NOOK eReading devices sold, the line has become the company's biggest bestseller ever in its history. The new NOOKcolor Tablet is the company’s number one selling gift of the hol

The post-Christmas blizzard that buried several parts of the country under mounds of snow may have lost people more than just valuable travel time.

--Nordstrom (JWN): -0.57%
--The Limited (LTD): -1.22%
--Macy's (M): - 0.87%
--While other retailers are trading moderately.

Taking a look midday at what's moving the market. Retailers are getting a lot of attention today after news that 2010 holiday sales jumped 5.5%--the biggest increase in five years.
Data from MasterCard Advisors indicated tha

Citigroup Inc. hiked its price target for Actuant Corp. (NYSE:ATU) on Friday, from $26 to $29, with a Hold rating maintained. Citigroup raised its 2011 EPS estimate for the firm from $1.40 to $1.60, and hiked its 2012 EPS estimat

Morgan Stanley adjusted its 2011 and 2012 EPS estimates for Rite-Aid (NYSE:RAD) and maintained its underweight rating on the stock. The bank now sees a 2011 loss of $0.66 per share, a wider loss than its previous estimate for a lo