Ecommerce

Ulta Delivers Beautiful Outlook at Investor Day

Ulta Beauty gave good face to investors and analysts Thursday at its 2016 conference, upgrading both its third quarter and full-year guidance and revealing ambitious plans for U.S. store expansion.

Wal-Mart Touts E-Commerce Over Stores, Tempers Profit View

Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Thursday tempered its profit forecast for the next two fiscal years and said it would slow new store openings as it spends heavily on a long-term plan to transform itself into an e-commerce company.

Wal-Mart Touts E-Commerce Over Stores, Tempers Profit View

Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Thursday tempered its profit forecast for the next two fiscal years and said it would slow new store openings as it spends heavily on a long-term plan to transform itself into an e-commerce company.

E-Commerce Brick-and-Mortar Smack Down

Traditional retailers barely eked out a passing grade this earnings season, but online retailers came out with strong second-quarter results, boosting internet-specific and e-commerce-related exchange traded fund plays.

Citi's Internet Shopping List

Citi analysts are largely bullish on Internet stocks, eyeing future growth amid an influx of more tech-savvy consumers and greater access to high-speed mobile data. Analysts at the bank, which initiated coverage of the Internet sector this week, said in a research note sent to clients that the industry is still in the “early innings of its growth cycle.” Internet-centric consumers, mainly from the Millennial generation, are just starting to enter their “prime buying and influence period,” they added, while the shift in Internet consumption from PCs to mobile devices represents a key growth driver for the industry. With those factors in mind, Citi unveiled its top five web stocks, five others it rated at neutral and one more that analysts consider to be on the way down, listed in order of preference.