TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs writes that earnings stories on Wal-Mart and Home Depot where the economy and the weather are blamed for poor results ignore the fact that competitors Target and Lowe’s aren’t having the same issues.
“Also, do tell me if you see the names Target or Lowe’s mentioned in any of these articles. I must have missed it in most, other than in The Associated Press. These companies are competitors of Wal-Mart and Home Depot and have been outperforming them for quite a while now. Even though it operates in the same economy, Target recently reported better-than-expected same-store sales. Don’t you think that should at least be set against claims that the consumer has completely clammed up?
“Apparently not. Soon after the company claimed that the consumer done it, Drudgereport.com ran with a banner headline: ‘Slowdown Hits Wal-Mart.’
“Don’t think it’s only the news aggregators. The trusted Financial Times ran with headline ‘Economic pressures’ hit Wal-Mart profit. Fully committing to the Wal-Mart and Home Depot corporate lines, the Financial Times compounded its error in the lead.”
Read more here.
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…
View Comments
A very good point. When will Marek be looking at what passes for utility reporting?