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Saturday November 22, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ) is the third largest warehouse club operator in the U.S. BJ's reported better-than-expected results for the third-quarter, beating the EPS consensus by $0.03 and coming in at the high end of its most recent guidance. The upside was due to a boost in gasoline ...
Monday November 17, 2008 — StockWeb
Monday:Economic Empire (-26), Cap U IP (76.6%, -0.1%)Earnings Lowe’s (LOW), Target (TGT), Ctrip.com (CTRP)Tuesday:Economic PPI Core (0.2%, -1.5%)Earnings China Med (CMED), Home Depot (HD), Medtronic (MDT), ReneSola (SOL), Saks (SKS), Jack In The Box (JBX), La-Z-Boy (LZB)Wednesday:Economic Weekly...
Friday November 14, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (BJ) is the third-largest warehouse club operator in the U.S. It offers customers a broad array of branded merchandise at lower prices than traditional wholesalers, discount retailers, supermarkets, and specialty retailers.
BJ's reported strong sales for the thi...
Friday September 12, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
BJ Services Co.'s (BJS) fiscal third-quarter 2008 earnings, though below the year-ago level, managed to beat estimates on the back of revenue improvement in all the segments.
Importantly, the company appeared to have achieved price and margin stabilization in its core U.S. pressure pump...
Tuesday August 26, 2008 — BJ's Wholesale Club
NATICK, Mass., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- It's September: Do you know where your scissors are?(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080403/BJSCLUBLOGO )With September deemed as National Coupon Month, it's time to dig out the scissors and slash those old, traditional notions of coupo...
Thursday August 21, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) reported strong results for the second quarter with total sales growth of 17.9% and comp-store sales growth of 15.5%. Its earnings per share were up 31.8% year-over-year and were $0.04 above consensus expectations. The company's efforts to improve its merchandise ...
Monday August 18, 2008 — StockWeb
Earnings started positively this week after the biggest mining group BHP Billiton posted today record earnings and increased dividend. Another interesting earnings this week I will be watching are Hewlett Packard and Home Depot.Monday:Economic NAEarnings BHP Billiton (BHP), Lowe’s (LOW), Trina Sol...
Tuesday August 12, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (BJ) reported strong sales results for the second quarter with total sales growth of 17.9 percent and comparable-store sales growth of 15.5 percent. The company's efforts to improve its merchandise and increase store traffic continue to drive steady sales growth....
Wednesday July 30, 2008 — BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
NATICK, Mass., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- "Can I take music lessons, puh puh puh lease?!" (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080730/NEW076 )
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080403/BJSCLUBLOGO )
With back to school around the corner for many parts of the country, those wo...
Monday July 14, 2008 — Stock Market Beat
My latest column is up at RealMoney.
This has been a terrible time to own stocks tied to consumer discretionary spending. The Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) is down more than 16% so far this year. So I’m somewhat surprised to find myself giving serious consideration to a retail stock that...
Tuesday June 3, 2008 — Stock Market Beat
On May 22, 5-star manager Neil Hennessy gave CNBC.com his Web Exclusive stock picks. But which stock did he slam?
Hennessy offered CNBC.com exclusively a list of value stocks that are worth a look, as investors wait for oil to top out:
Tupperware (TUP) cnbc_quoteComponent_init_getData("TUP","WSODQ...
Monday May 19, 2008 — StockWeb
MondayEconomic: Leading Inds (0.0%)Earnings: Campbell’s (CPB), Excel Maritime (EXM), Lowe’s (LOW), Perfect World (PWRD), DryShips (DRYS)TuesdayEconomic: PPI Core (0.0%, 0.2%)Earnings: AutoZone (AZO), China Energy (CSUN), Home Depot (HD), Target (TGT), Analog Devices (ADI), Hewlett (HPQ), Intuit (...
Sunday May 11, 2008 — BJ's Wholesale Club
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y., May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dad-to-be Kenneth Ryan and very expectant coach Nicole Avin of Queens Village, New York, today delivered an exciting win that earned them a year's supply of Pampers diapers along with a cart full of baby essentials. BJ's Wholesale Club hoste...
Friday May 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
I'm feeling a bit bullish now. At least more bullish than I have in awhile.
Why? This morning's surprising employment numbers are certainly a factor, especially considering that the loss of nonfarm payrolls was far less than expected.
What really has me optimistic, however, is the upw...
Wednesday April 30, 2008 — Verizon Wireless
ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless and BJ's Membership Club today announced a relationship that expands the Verizon Wireless "store-within-a-store" concept to seven BJ's locations around the metro Atlanta area including in Austell, Conyers, Cumming, East Point, Newnan, No...
Tuesday April 1, 2008 — BJ's Wholesale Club
NATICK, Mass., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- With more people facing economic challenges due to increasing food and gas prices, American families are choosing to eat more meals at home than in restaurants. According to Nation's Restaurant News, 50 percent of consumers are eating at home more and...
Thursday March 27, 2008 — BJ's Charitable Foundation
NATICK, Mass., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, BJ's Charitable Foundation(SM), as part of their quarterly giving schedule, presented 48 grants totaling $511,000 to non-profit organizations located in the areas BJ's Wholesale Club operates. The recipients support the Foundation's mission of pr...
Wednesday March 5, 2008 — Seven Summits Investment Research
CHICAGO, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available athttp://www.iotogo.com/s/030508B (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today's PriceW...
Tuesday March 4, 2008 — StockWeb
MondayEconomic Construction Spending (-.8%), ISM Index (49), Fedspeak ala Plosser & KrosznerEarnings Focus Media (FMCN), Gehl (GEHL), HSBC (HBC), ABM Ind (ABM), Basic Energy (BAS), Home Inns (HMIN), NCI Bldg (NCS), TurboChef (OVEN)TuesdayEconomic Auto & Truck (5.2M, 6.8M)Earnings Blount (BLT), Cle...
Tuesday January 22, 2008 — BJ's Wholesale Club
NATICK, Mass., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The big game is less than two weeks away which means it's time to start planning a home tailgating party for friends and family. According to Nielsen Media Research, last year approximately 93 million people watched the biggest game in football at their hom...
Wednesday January 2, 2008 — Seven Summits Investment Research
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites on key stocks.Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to all investors at:http://www.go7now.com/nb/0102Y (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today's Seven ...
Friday November 23, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks senior wholesale sector analyst Robert Plaza, CFA remains neutral on BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (BJ), the third largest warehouse club operator in the USA:'BJ's reported solid results for the third quarter, beating our EPS estimate by $0.02. The ups...