Brazil's battered retailers are starting to reopen after weeks of coronavirus lockdown but may exit the crisis transformed, with the e-commerce sector strengthened and brick-and-mortar chains facing an uphill path to normality.
The coronavirus has been a disaster for millions of Americans as well as for the U.S. economy, but the shift in daily life from the stay-at-home orders has provided a tailwind for a number of businesses. Those who are fortunate enough not to need their $1,200 stimulus checks to
Same-day grocery delivery is hard to come by these days, as Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have seen a surge in demand for their speedy fulfillment options. Now you're lucky if you can get a delivery time slot within a week of ordering, if you can get one at all.
One of the most profound shifts in consumer behavior resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has involved e-commerce. With widespread stay-at-home orders in place, and people going to stores only when absolutely necessary, many are shopping online for the very first time, or using
If you've been tracking Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) in recent weeks, you may have noticed an alarming trend. While its competitor Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) remained a relatively attractive value stock in April as stocks rebounded out of the worst market plunge since the
Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) recently announced it would tap Oracle's (NYSE: ORCL) cloud infrastructure platform to support its video conferencing service. Zoom's service previously ran on its own data centers, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft'
Warren Buffett is considered by many to be the best investor of all time. For more than five decades, Buffett has generated incredible returns for shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), the company he helped build into a $440 billion masterpiece of Ameri
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reupped its deal with the NFL to stream 11 Thursday Night Football games during the 2020 through 2022 regular seasons. As part of the agreement, Amazon will also receive the exclusive rights to broadcast one game per season, starting with a Saturday night g
There are always opportunities available in the market. Even amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, there are businesses poised to emerge stronger from the turmoil -- and deliver handsome rewards to their investors.
Investors have had a love-hate relationship with Wayfair (NYSE: W). The largest online home goods retailer has delivered blistering sales growth, but even before the COVID-19 outbreak, the shares have been very volatile. One reason is that investors have had a difficult time wr
What happened
Shares of Foot Locker (NYSE: FL), Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY), and Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL), the respective leading retailers of shoes and accessories, golfing products, and assorted consumer goods, all dropped by double digits during intraday trading Friday after
The Dow marked the first day of May with a 622-point loss. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also closed in the red, as tech giant Amazon.com (AMZN) led the indexes downward, following a less-than-stellar first-quarter earnings report. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff
What happened
Shares of travel stocks, including Eldorado Resorts (NASDAQ: ERI), OneSpaWorld Holdings (NASDAQ: OSW), Tripadvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP), and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), were falling today as the sector got swept up in the broader market sell-off.
A Wall Street selloff deepened on Friday as President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, compounding fears about the pace of an economic recovery from a looming recession.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total volume of 261,741 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat