Wal-Mart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is bringing one-stop shopping to another area: auto insurance. The world’s largest retailer has teamed up with AutoInsurance.com to let shoppers quickly find and buy insurance policies online in real time to cut down costs. The service is available immediately in eight states — Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. It will be available nationwide in the next few months. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) shares after opening at $78.86 moved to $78.95 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $78.62 . Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.53 and price to cash ratio as 38.29. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) showed a negative weekly performance of -1.43%.
Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), world’s largest online retailer entered an agreement with Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) to add its shopping cart feature on the popular microblogging site that would allow users to shop directly from tweets with an Amazon product link. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares advanced 0.66 % in last trading session and ended the day on $310.05. AMZN return on equity ratio is recorded as 3.20% and its return on assets is 0.90%. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) yearly performance is 20.15%.
Staples Inc (NASDAQ: SPLS) and PNI Digital Media (OTC: PNDMF) announced Monday that Staples will acquire PNI for C$1.70 per share, or approximately C$73.9 million. Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) shares moved down -0.55% in last trading session and was closed at $12.55 while trading in range of $12.39 – $12.63 – Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) year to date (YTD) performance is -20.22%.
Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) is revamping its home theater department with single-brand “store-within-a-store” areas for Samsung and Sony as the retailer seeks to boost sales of TVs and speaker systems. Beginning in May, areas dedicated to Sony home theater products ranging from TVs to video game consoles will be in 350 stores. And Samsung areas with that company’s home theater products will be in 500 stores. Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) weekly performance is 1.41%. On last trading day company shares ended up $25.91. Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.68%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $33.10.