Retailing

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The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Blockbuster Goes for Broke The video giant lowers rental fees again. Sounds desperate and puts the light on Netflix. Further, it will help guarantee that Blockbuster's profitability will be adversely affected in the coming months, just as the company warned in early November.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Better Not Buy Best Buy? The consumer electronics giant is doing just fine now, but tomorrow may pose some challenges.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Ann's Wardrobe Malfunction This retailer's still trying to loosen up. Some investors may want to take the chance that Ann Taylor can fix what ails its original retail concept, especially given a rather sour outlook focused on many retailers at the moment. But it's a gamble.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Where the Toys "R" Is the ubiquitous toy retailer Toys "R" Us gearing up for its final goodbye? Folks buying the stock these days are more than happy to see a sale go through.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Seth Jayson	Pity Circuit City Circuit City sales are still slacking. To review the sluggish sales picture, overall revenues barely ticked up, and comps, a better measure of a chain's health, were down 4.3%.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Gardner & Moore	Be a Penny Stock Millionaire! The story of Wal-Mart's rise from a $23.5 million capitalization.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Dollar-Store Dilemma Why are the deep-discount retailers winning sales but losing earnings?
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Seth Jayson	What's the Deal With CarMax? Underpromising in order to overdeliver can't make up for sluggish operating results. Nine-month results shows that CarMax is losing ground in several key areas, with gross, operating, and net margins all contracting compared to the same period last year.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Are Piling On The Presents Rising employment and household wealth are bolstering spending.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Rx: Get Some Earnings Quick The No. 3 drug chain Rite Aid posts a sharp drop in earnings and slashes guidance again.
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