Trefis Morning Coffee – Wal-Mart, Amazon, Microsoft & Coach

April 11th, 2011 by Trefis Team
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A few small insights to get your week started… Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is launching a marketing campaign to let consumers know that it is getting back to basics and returning products to its shelves (like fishing tackle, for example) after a renovation effort that was aimed at attracting new higher-end shoppers failed to stem sales declines. In Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) news, we take a look at the company’s new Cloud Drive storage system. The platform could allow Amazon to steal some sales from Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL)  iTunes as it saves users from the ever-annoying process of syncing files between computers and mobile devices.

How well do you know Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)? Take a shot at our quiz of the day. And as a bonus, check out our full model for today’s free company, Coach (NYSE:COH).

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Wal-Mart – Company of the Day

“It’s Back”. That’s the battle cry of Wal-Mart’s new marketing campaign that highlights the return of products previously removed from store shelves during an effort to renovate and restructure stores. [1]

We’ll see if the effort can halt sales declines at the company’s U.S. stores.

See our complete analysis of Wal-Mart stock

Amazon – Forecast of the Day

Amazon recently unveiled its Cloud Drive services that allows people to store digital music, photos, videos, and documents. Apple’s iTunes has dominated the music marketplace, but forces users to continually sync files between devices.

The flexibility to store music online offered by Amazon’s new service could help it to take share away from iTunes online books, DVDs & music sales.

See our complete analysis of Amazon stock

Microsoft – Quiz of the Day

Which product line contributes the most to Microsoft’s stock value?

  1. Windows Operating System
  2. Microsoft Office
  3. Xbox & Zune

Coach – Today’s Free Company Model

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Notes:
  1. The Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart to Tout Goods Returning to Shelves, April 2011 [↩]