AP - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. reported a nearly 26 percent increase in its first-quarter profit and raised earnings expectations for the full year, reaping the benefits of a tough economy that's increasingly sending shoppers to discounters in search of deals.

Reuters - Retailer Lowe's Cos Inc reported an 18 percent drop in first-quarter profit on Monday as the slumping U.S. housing market and soft economy hurt sales, and it cut its full-year profit forecast, sending its shares lower.

Reuters - Campbell Soup Co posted lower quarterly operating earnings on Monday as U.S. soup sales fell and commodity costs rose, but net income jumped due to the sale of its Godiva chocolate business.

Reuters - Retailer Home Depot Inc reported a lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as the U.S. housing meltdown hurt sales and it took charges tied to store closures and a new-store pullback.

Reuters - Teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co reported higher quarterly profit on Friday, topping Wall Street estimates, as a lower tax rate and a better gross margin helped offset the impact of lower same-store sales.

Reuters - Retailer J.C. Penney Co Inc reported a 50 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday as its middle-income shoppers pulled back on spending amid the U.S. economic downturn.

AP - The stock market notched its second straight daily advance Thursday, with investors assuaged by a pullback in oil prices and some better-than-expected economic data.