Throw in free shipping and Amazon was 19% below Wal-Mart, 28% below Target and 30% below specialty retail.
Including taxes and standard shipping, Amazon was 13% below Wal-Mart, 21% below Target and 23% below specialty retail.
So the fund is overweight in technology and is expanding in specialty retail (smaller chains)--both tend to do well in flush times.
Amazon also stayed above the entire Specialty Retail Scores Index (78), surpassing Office Depot (84), Costco (83) and others as well.
My first earnings short-squeeze play is specialty retail player Finish Line (FINL), which is set to report results on Thursday before the market open.
These days, the company that helped pioneer the specialty retail segment, that defined the look people wear to work on Casual Fridays, is mired in a merchandising rut.
Sterling is the largest specialty retail jeweler in the United States with more than 1, 300 stores located in 50 states, including national chains Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry.
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Signet operates approximately 1, 853 specialty retail jewelry stores, including 1, 318 stores in the U.S., under the store brands Kay Jewelers, Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry and a number of regional names.
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Besides historic exhibits like the courtroom, this is a modern-day museum and the 17, 000 square feet of exhibition space spans three floors (plus a specialty retail store) and includes highly experiential and interactive experiences and high-tech theater presentations.
Despite GME's expanding market share and dominance of the domestic specialty videogame retail market, the company's share of the total U.S. videogame market is a little more than 23%.
She previously covered retail specialty stocks on the buy side.
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Named after a cacao-rich region of central Venezuela, Chuao Chocolatier morphed from a single location retail outlet in 2002 into a specialty food up-and-comer in 2005, shipping 2, 000 bars per flavor every month.
At specialty outlets, "The West had the most negative results, we believe this will move toward other parts of the United States, " says independent retail analyst Jennifer Black, who covers specialty apparel chains.
The company operates through the pressure-sensitive materials unit, the retail branding and information solutions unit and the other specialty converting businesses unit.
Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.
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The company faces stiff competition, which primarily comes from large format specialty retailers such as Circuit City and Best Buy, and discount retail giants such as Wal-Mart and Target.
"You can get away with it at a big-box store, with mostly lower skilled retail positions, " he says, noting that a specialty electronics chain like Best Buy generally requires more knowledgeable workers.
Zale Corp. is a leading specialty retailer of diamond and other jewelry products in North America, operating approximately 1, 710 retail locations throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as online.
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