With this holiday shopping season projected to be the biggest ever, retailers are pulling out all the stops to come out on top, and today Chris Bledsoe asks: Which retailer wins the most his holiday shopping season? Fool.com analyst Austin Smith looks at four of the biggest players in the space, and names his pick for the retailer that he expects to trounce the rest: Amazon.com (AMZN -1.41%).
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Which Company Will Thrive This Shopping Season?
By austin smith and Chris Bledsoe
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Nov 15, 2012 at 5:31PM
NASDAQ: AMZN
Amazon
Market Cap
$2.4T
Today's Change
(-1.41%) -$3.18
Current Price
$223.17
Price as of July 16, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET
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Austin Smith has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. Chris Bledsoe has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Costco Wholesale. Motley Fool newsletter services recommend Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Costco Wholesale. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Stocks Mentioned
Amazon
AMZN
$223.17
(-1.41%)
$-3.18
Walmart
WMT
$95.13
(-0.27%)
$0.26
Best Buy
BBY
$66.86
(-2.92%)
$-2.01
Costco Wholesale
COST
$951.48
(-1.67%)
$-16.20
Sears Holdings
SHLDQ
*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.
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