Homefurnishing Retail

Cusick's Corner The Dollar firmed up and bounced late in the day and the remaining currencies began a late day slide. This looked to have influenced a pull back in stocks and energies. Additionally, this debunked the potential bounce theory of the midday, and put the strength back into the hands of...

Cusick's Corner The market has held its gains into the Midday in spite of a pounding early after the open. The short term market has been holding key support, SPY 108.50, at this stage supporting an argument for a potential run to the upside. As I stated last week, we continue to see a strong...

Shares of Williams Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) are lower on the session by 1.61%, currently trading $29.40. The stock has been a relative outperformer over the past three months and is still trading above the 50-day moving average. Protection is being bought on the name today though, with the August $...

By 1:34 pm, Dow had lost 254.31 points, or 2.43%, to 10,190.06, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 29.61 points, or 2.66%. The Nasdaq composite index had also slipped 67.18 points, or 2.92%. While most of the industries are down today, the ones that are performing better than...

• Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) reported first quarter results one cent better than expected, rising to 28 cents up from 22 cents a year ago on inline revenues of $6.06 billion. The company offered full year guidance of $1.25-$1.33, with consensus views $1.33 • Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) bested...

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) has reported higher-than-expected first-quarter profit. The company reported a profit of $19.5 million, or $0.18 per share in its first-quarter, compared with a loss of $18.7 million, or $0.18 per share reported for the same period last year. In March, the company...

Kirkland's Inc. (NASDAQ: KIRK), a specialty retailer of home decor and gifts, reported reported a first-quarter profit that nearly doubled from last year. The company reported first quarter net income of $6.5 million, or 32 cents a share, from $3.5 million, or 17 cents a share, a year ago. Analysts...

Home decor and gift retailer Kirkland's, Inc. (Nasdaq: KIRK) announced on Tuesday morning that it easily beat consensus Wall Street estimates. Kirkland's, Inc. reported that its 1st quarter net income nearly doubled to $6.5 million, or 32 cents per share, up from $3.5 million, or 17 cents per share...

Retail names are getting a boost in the after hours after being hit hard during today's market session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 113.96 points lower at 10,782.95. The S&P 500 finished 14.24 points down at 1,157.43. Among the after hours movers today are Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS),...

Shares of Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR) are off 0.88% to $8.08 today; they are now flirting with the 50-day moving average with the possibility to sell off looking more and more likely. Traders are grabbing puts in the name as well today with put volume running at 11.70x the daily average. 87% of puts...

US stocks are up today, making up largely for Friday's losses and pushing the S&P 500 index back above 1200 after reports of improving consumer spending and manufacturing activity poured in. By 1:29 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 152.44 points, or 1.38%, to 11,161.05, while the...