All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Retail

Dollar averaging down, Breeden Capital reduces its break-even point for its stake in Zale as it considers alternative exit strategies.   

As the smartphone market becomes a highly competitive space, the Danger Inc. IPO has the implications of trying to exploit their “firsts” of a full keyboard, Web content access and messaging.

The speculation of Vodafone acquiring Carphone Warehouse could change the wireless retail operations in U.S. Best Buy stores to become exclusive agents for Verizon Wireless.

The outlook for automotive retailing in 2008 looks grim, this on the heels of the worst sales year in a decade.

Extended access to credit at a lower cost for Brazilian consumers will leverage Christmas sales across unusual industries in 2007.  Items that have dominated Christmas sales historically, such as clothing, shoes, cds/dvds and cosmetics, will continue to be important, but will not be the central...

Turning points are all about permanent changes in the behavior of consumers and the retail environment.  Retail managers that recognize them and tailor their organizations to respond to the changes will be the big winners.  Here are six turning points that may make a difference. ...

As we approached the holiday season and retailers were becoming increasingly busier, why were the associate staffing levels about the same or severely diminished as before the increase in business?

Jewelry stock prices fall to 52 week lows as holiday sales miss expectations.  Industry sales could be the worst in two decades.  Here's the logic. 

As more shoppers chose gift cards as holiday gifts, retailers may find both sales and profits decline.  Here's why.

Circuit City quarterly loss widens , for the third quarter," the company reported that net sales decreased 3.1% to $2.96 billion from $3.06 billion in the same period last year, with consolidated comparable-store sales decreasing 5.6%. Comparable-store sales increased 5.2% for the third quarter 200...