E-commerce sales on “Cyber Monday” – the first Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday – climbed to record levels this year, but that success doesn’t necessarily mean the holidays will bring more cheer to retailers.[More...]

Best Buy's CEO said Black Friday was strong, but that this could be a tough holiday season.

According to analysts at FBR Capital Markets, some hardline retailers witnessed a year over year rise in traffic during Black Friday, driven by less retail capacity and the consumer electronics market.

Consumer doorbuster deals brought more consumers last Friday than on Black Friday last year. The liquidation of the Linens 'N Things and Circuit City chains could have helped the sales of hardline retailers, FBR Capital Markets says.

FBR Capital Markets reiterates its “outperform” rating on RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW). Home improvement companies are expected to post healthy results for Q4. The Q4 sales and EPS are likely to be ahead of expectations, FBR Capital Markets adds.

RadioShack (RSH) could be on the move today and is now at $18.89, up $0.51 (2.77%) on volume of 1,420,765 shares traded. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

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BloggingStocks: If consumers try a little harder this year, the holiday season has a shot of hiding memories of last year's nightmare for retailers. The retailers are doing their part, with Walmart (WMT), Gap (GPS), RadioShack (RSH), Walgreens (WAG) and many others ... Read more

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Electronics retailer RadioShack Corporation (RSH) saw its price target boosted on Monday by analysts at FBR Capital Markets. The analysts said it now sees shares of RSH, which closed at $19.45 on Friday, reaching $29. It said that iPhone sales should help drive store traffic, and rates the stock as an “Outperform.” RadioShack shares rose 45 cents, [...]

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Barclays Capital sees Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) valuation as a very attractive on a free cash flow basis. The recent announcement that RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) will begin to sell iPhone will, in their opinion, help support earning estimates. They estimate FY 2010 EPS at $7.55.

A partnership with Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will give a big boost to iPhone sales, thinks Barclays Capital. They believe that this partnership will come in FY11.

Barclays Capital reiterated Apple's rating at Overweight and confirmed the price target at $235.