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As we were flipping through the proxy that GameStop (GME) filed yesterday afternoon, we spotted an interesting disclosure about one of its directors, Leonard Riggio, who also happens to be Chairman of Barnes & Noble (BKS). The proxy noted that Riggio had decided not to stand for re-election when GameStop’s board meeting is held [...]
For the past few years, there’s been bankruptcy chatter about Blockbuster (BLOKA). Indeed, at times the speculation has been so rampant that company executives have had to actually issues statements to the media (see this story from last year and this interview with CEO Jim Keyes from this past June) that the company was not [...]
With Father’s Day less than a week away, it seemed like a good time to see what’s cookin’ at Williams Sonoma (WSM). This has been a better year so far for the company, with the stock trading about 34 percent higher than it did at the end of 2009, increased revenues, and the dividend bump that [...]
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) brags about offering the biggest bargains on the block, but that may not apply when it comes to its own officers and directors. Consider Executive Vice President Brian C. Cornell, who heads up Sam’s Club. The newest of the company’s top officers, he joined the company last April, and collected $668,498 in [...]
We’ve seen a lot of crazy disclosures over the years here at footnoted. But the 8-K that teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) filed yesterday has to be one of the wackiest we’ve ever seen. So much so, that it made us recall the words of Phil Rizzuto when we spotted it: “Holy Cannoli”. As [...]
