Homefurnishing Retail

Pier 1 Imports, Inc (PIR) is heading into a quarterly earnings release later this week. Given the recent sales report and analyst estimates, we could be in store for a nice bump in share price. This Zacks #2 Rank (Buy) up nicely since being featured as a Zacks Rank Buy, but there are plenty of...

Shares of Cost Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM) are currently up 8.9% at $10.32 per share during Friday afternoon trading. The stock has been trading higher on rumors that Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY) may have plans to acquire it. Today's trading range for shares of Cost Plus, Inc has been...

Aaron's Inc. (AAN) is a leader in the sale and lease ownership and specialty retailing of residential furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories.  Recently, the company's CEO and president Robert Loudermilk bestowed his vote in support to convert all shares into the same...

Aaron's Inc. (AAN) is a leader in the sale and lease ownership and specialty retailing of residential furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories.  Recently, the company's CEO and president Robert Loudermilk bestowed his vote in support to convert all shares into the same...

Oppenheimer recently met with Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) senior management at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Oppenheimer came away from this event even more upbeat on near and longer term prospects for the company and its shares. Management did not comment on sales trends since the...

Shares of Kirkland's (NASDAQ: KIRK) have soared during Friday's trading session after Fast Money's Anthony Scaramucci highlighted the stock as "the hedge fund trade of the week." Scaramucci said that he believes the stock can trade up to $23. On Friday, the shares have risen 10.41% to $13.25....

Kirkland's (NASDAQ: KIRK), a specialty retailer of home decor, its seeing its shares pop today after positive comments from Anthony Scaramucci on CNBC's Fast Money yesterday. Anthony highlighted Kirkland's as the hedge fund pick of the week. He believes the stock is a great turnaround story and a...

Kirkland's (NASDAQ: KIRK), a specialty retailer of home decor, its seeing its shares pop today after positive comments from Anthony Scaramucci on CNBC's Fast Money yesterday. Anthony highlighted Kirkland's as the hedge fund pick of the week. He believes the stock is a great turnaround story and a...

Kirkland's (NASDAQ: KIRK), a specialty retailer of home decor, its seeing its shares pop today after positive comments from Anthony Scaramucci on CNBC's Fast Money yesterday. Anthony highlighted Kirkland's as the hedge fund pick of the week. He believes the stock is a great turnaround story and a...

By 10:12 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 23.27 points, or 0.20%, to 11,339.14, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had lost 3.43 points, or 0.28%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 2.81 points, or 0.11%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the markets...

Goldman Sachs is making changes to the price targets of the following companies: Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) goes to $27 from $26; currently trades at $23.75. OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) goes to $20 from $19; currently trades at $17.90. PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) goes to $42 from $41; currently trades at $38.51....

By 11:05 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 135.06 points, or 1.22%, to 11,171.43, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 14.87 points, or 1.26%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 46.33 points, or 1.86%. Some of the narrow based indexes driving the markets are Home...

Shares of Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) are higher on the session by 11.74%, currently trading at $8.09. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today....

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