Sentences with phrase «retail analyst firm»

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U.S. retailers get ripped off to the tune of about $ 1.5 billion per year due to credit card fraud, says Dennis Behrman, a research analyst with Financial Insights, a Framingham, Massachusetts, research firm.

«They've done a very impressive job,» says R.J. Hottovy, senior retail and restaurant analyst at Chicago - based investment research firm Morningstar (with which Inc. shares an owner).

U.S. retail giant Wal - Mart (WMT) on Tuesday reported a second - quarter profit roughly in line with what analysts were expecting, as the firm's bottom line got a boost by strong overseas sales and cost controls.

Beyond urban showrooms like Open House, Target will find it difficult marketing the Internet of Things to consumers on its website and 1,500 stores across the United States, said Amy Koo, an analyst with Kantar Retail consulting firm.

Prior to joining the Small Cap Opportunities Team in 1990, Ken worked as a research analyst covering health and medical companies, leasing, consumer products, and retail companies on the Emerging Companies Team at the firm (1986 — 1990).

So when the fund analyst comes along, whether for a buy - side firm, an institutional fund analyst, or retail fund analyst who does more than just a little number crunching, you realize that the fund analyst likely knows less about what you do than one of your junior analysts.

Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Phil was an equity research analyst at T. Rowe Price, covering a variety of industries, including waste management, staffing, IT services, food and drug retailing, parcel delivery, and other business and consumer services (1998 — 2004).

Prior to that, he was a research analyst at Value Line, Inc., covering banks, thrifts, food companies, electrical equipment firms, and retailers (1984 — 1986).

Analysts predict modest holiday spending Retailers have less than two weeks to prepare for Black Friday — one of the busiest shopping days of the year — and are already drawing shoppers with early holiday promotions, according to data from the market research firm Nielsen.

said Swissquote analyst Arnaud Masset which is a brokerage firm offering bitcoin trading facility to retail clients.

Amazon's announcement follows prior reports that the retailer may have accounted for half of Black Friday online sales, according to one analyst firm's estimate, indicating the size and scale of its e-commerce operations.

Data analysts can work in large companies such as «big four» consultancies or financial services firms, or consumer retail firms, small and medium sized businesses such as marketing agencies, or the public sector.

«To enhance relationships with retailers, L'Oreal would launch exclusive products though a channel for a period of time,» says Erin Lash, an analyst at Chicago - based research firm Morningstar.

«In any industry, you're going to have companies that grow well and others that don't,» says Lee Holman, lead retail analyst at Franklin, Tenn. - based IHL Group, a retail and hospitality consultancy firm.

Both firms face a similar challenge: at a time when many retail REITs are trading near their 52 - week highs, FRT and HTG are hoping to convince investors, shareholders and analysts alike that their business strategies — and their stocks — are on the rise.

The firm says a growing number of major American retailers have launched stores north of the border in recent years, and retail analysts expect that trend to increase over the next few years as competition in the U.S. retail market continues to intensify.