Forbes Earnings Preview: OfficeMax
OfficeMax (OMX) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Analysts are projecting earnings of 23 cents per share, which is the exact same as a year ago. The consensus estimate has...
View ArticleDaily Wrap: May 7, 2013
The markets were in the green again today as better-than-expected earnings were in focus. On the economic front, the Federal Reserve released its consumer credit report for March which marked its...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons From The Retailing Precipice
Sam Martin, CEO of the Great Atlantic Pacific & Tea Co. (A&P), recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, to speak at an annual Executive Forum sponsored by Portland State University's Center for...
View ArticleThe Shrinking Supply Of Stocks And What It Means For Investors
When I look at the stock market these days, I can’t help but think about a funny old routine by Father Guido Sarducci about his idea for the Five Minute University. The concept was that in five...
View ArticleOfficeMax (OMX) Earnings Projected to Drop
Wall Street is expecting lower profit for OfficeMax when the company reports its second quarter results on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of three cents after the...
View ArticleForbes Earnings Preview: Staples (SPLS)
Staples reports its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, August 21, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 18 cents per share. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of $1.33...
View ArticleOne Liberty Stands Tall Among REITs With 6.5% Yield
Higher interest rates have taken a toll on real estate investment trusts. Since May 1, REITs in the iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF) ETF have tumbled 12.4%. Marquee names like Vornado...
View ArticleCommit To Purchase OfficeMax At $10, Earn 13.8% Annualized
Investors considering a purchase of OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $11.44/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative...
View ArticleDecline Expected for OfficeMax Earnings
OfficeMax is expected to report lower third quarter earnings on Monday, November 4, 2013 with analysts expecting a 19% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 22 cents per share,...
View ArticleEarnings for Staples Expected to Fall
Analysts expect decreased profit for Staples when the company reports its third quarter results on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Although Staples reported profit of 46 cents a year ago, the consensus...
View ArticleOfficeMax Letter To 'Daughter Killed In Car Crash' Could Be Privacy's Whale Song
The anti-whaling movement failed and failed, until it didn’t. The movement took off when, in the late nineteen-sixties, scientists and others began to identify and record whale songs. Hearing those...
View ArticleOfficeMax Blames Data Broker For 'Daughter Killed in Car Crash' Letter
OfficeMax is getting a lot of press these days and it has little to do with its office supply deals. It was a little too specific in targeting one of its customers, sending a mailing to a Chicago man...
View ArticleOfficeMax Letter Revisited: What Could A Lawyer Do For Mr. Seay?
Mike Seay wants to know why he received a letter from OfficeMax that referred to the death of his daughter on the front of the envelope. Why did this office supply company possess information about...
View ArticleCredit Card Offer Addressed To 'Lisa Is A Slut McIntire'
The junk mail world is off to a rough start in 2014. Just weeks after a man in Chicago received an upsetting OfficeMax mailing to "Mike Seay Daughter Killed In Car Crash," a California-based writer got...
View ArticleWhy Apologize For Data Brokers?
As if dead kids were not enough. Kashmir Hill and I have been writing about OfficeMax's letter to Mike Seay, where "Daughter Killed In Car Crash" appeared in the address line of the envelope. Today,...
View ArticleWhy Yes To's Ido Leffler Is Jumping Into the Office Supply Business
Ido Leffler bets cool design and a charity bend can make Yoobi a player in the office supply game.
View Article7 Reasons Marketers Are Not Innovating Fast Enough
This article is by Mark DiMassimo, chief of DiMassimo Goldstein. “Follow the money.” – Deep Throat You know this. You talk about the new realities of social, mobile, video, content, and the...
View ArticleRetail Will Be A Gift That Keeps Giving For Hedge Funds In 2015
The retail sector, with its oversupply, declining sales and heavy exposure to the U.S. real estate market, is turning into a proven winner for hedge fund activists and private equity investors. Don't...
View ArticleIs Office Depot 'Gearing' Up For A Staples Merger?
Reports have speculated that a possible merger of Office Depot and its larger rival Staples may be in the offing.
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