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The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Discounting Fred's Performance Discount retailer Fred's is set to report third-quarter 2006 results. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Fred's Flying Stock The discount merchandiser is among Nasdaq's top gainers, with its stock flying nearly 9% by market close. Why?
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Fred's Future Is Fuzzy The general-merchandise discounter will report its fourth-quarter 2006 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Dollar General Strategizes The discount retailer opens its doors bright and early tomorrow morning, and the crowds are already forming to see what first-quarter 2006 earnings it will report. Want to know Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Rich Duprey	Fred's No Longer a Retread? The discount retailer sees sales rise, but "strategic alternatives" still are on the table.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Family Dollar Discounts Future The discount retailing chain will report second-quarter 2007 financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Big Five Sporting Goods The sporting goods retailer is all set to report third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool June 25, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Family Dollar's Option Dalliance The deep-discount chain will report its third-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	For Big Lots, a Little Better The closeout retailer posts solid first-quarter results and reaffirms its optimistic full-year outlook.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Seth Jayson	Walgreen's Fine Follow-Up It's another solid quarter for America's soon-to-be No. 2 drugstore.
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The Motley Fool March 27, 2008 Rich Duprey	Bleak News From Fred's The discount retailer reports its fourth-quarter numbers and is still looking for a buyer.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2007 Rich Duprey	Fred's Pricey Future Better results may portend future growth, but the discounter's stock remains expensive.
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The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Change for a Dollar Tree Dollar Tree reported three weeks ago that its sales grew 9%, beating both the company's own reiterated guidance of a month ago and analyst forecasts. Profits, however, could still underperform. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	Michaels Crafts a Winner Strong sales and inventory management give the arts-and-crafts retailer a winning first quarter. With a trailing-12-month P/E of 21, the stock is not cheap, but good stocks rarely are.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Fred's Needs New Priorities The discount retailer goes generic and buys back shares. Will that really help?
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The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	No Recovery in Sight for Men's Wearhouse For the fourth consecutive quarter, the Houston-based retailer of tailored men's clothing reported results that look downright shabby.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Dollar Tree Spreads Roots Discount retailer meets expectations, forecasts 19% earnings gain next quarter.
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The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Foolish Forecast: Family Dollar vs. Penny Pinchers? In advance of the earnings report from Family Dollar stores, analysts expect lower margins from the discount retailer.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	Not the Life of This Party Four consecutive quarters of negative comps make things gloomy at retailer Party City. You might wait a tad before taking the plunge and buying Party City shares.
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The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Big Lots Is Buzzing The closeout retailer lives up to its name. High expectations already appear built in to the stock. These shares are definitely not on the discount rack.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 Seth Jayson	Whole Foods on Fire The biggest retailer of organic and natural foods runs a very tight ship as yesterday's first-quarter numbers show. Whole Foods growth appears phenomenally well managed, and it has been getting better.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Children's Place Kids' clothing retailer Children's Place reports first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Investors, will it be buy, sell or waffle? Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Walgreen Diagnosed Walgreen investors need to keep a close eye on inventory growth to make sure it doesn't outpace sales. Otherwise, those inventories might need to be marked down, or even pitched in the dumpster one day.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy	Don't Discount Fred's This little-known discount general-store operator may inspire a little more research from investors.
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The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The Wal-Mart Monster Wal-Mart is frighteningly strong and getting stronger by the day.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Jason Ramage	Fred's Searching for Wilma General merchandiser Fred's announces in its third-quarter earnings report that there have been multiple buyout inquiries regarding the company.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2004 Seth Jayson	Family Dollar Holds Its Own Revenue increases belie modest comps. Family Dollar needs to attract more families' dollars.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2005 W.D. Crotty	This Shoe Fits Just Right It's another upbeat quarter at Shoe Carnival. With the company building credibility with its operating performance, the stock, even after being up 6% in late morning trading, looks like a perfect fit for investors looking for a value.
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The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rich Duprey	Family Dollar Stretches Credulity Management believes that taxpayers will end up cashing in their stimulus check for discretionary items at Family Dollar's stores.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Acxiom Just Spinning? Buying Acxiom looks like a better idea than betting against it. The company's trailing-12-month P/E of 42 may not look cheap, but its mammoth cash flows give the firm an ultra-cheap price-to-free-cash-flow ratio of 8.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Unzipping Coach Coach's trailing P/E of 29 looks a little worse than its actual price-to-free cash flow ratio of 26. But even if the company continues to grow at analysts' projected rate of 20% per year, this is one pricey handbag.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Expecting More From Walgreen The drugstore giant has managed to beat analyst estimates two quarters in a row, but earnings are lagging sales growth, and growth is slowing too.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Hurry In to Hastings The multimedia retailer is looking even cheaper after reporting a sharp fourth-quarter earnings drop.
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