crocs
By Alyce Lomax, The Motley Fool
| 8:00AM 8/02/2011
There are many ways to describe Crocs' unique footwear. Here's another one: "hideously overpriced stock... again." Investors may be mistakenly attaching quite a premium price to Crocs. Here's how it compares to some of its peers.
| 9:30AM 1/07/2011
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| 8:00AM 12/29/2010
It's hard to say if any of the fads of the past decade will be as memorable as, say, the Hula Hoop or Frisbee. But like every decade, the 2000s (which, technically, started in 2001) had its fair share of interesting trends: from risky investment strategies to inexplicable crazes over pieces of...
| 10:00AM 10/25/2010
Fund manager Neil Hennessy believes investors should target retail stocks that are likely to thrive in slow-growth economic conditions -- but which also stand to benefit when the economy picks up again. Here are some of his favorites.
| 10:40AM 7/16/2009
It used to be that what was good for General Motors was good for America. That was about 50 years ago, and now GM is bankrupt. Fortunately, America does not stand still. In 2002, a new American business icon was born -- Crocs (CROX). But now Crocs, maker of flashy plastic clogs, is getting...
| 10:00AM 6/27/2009
What's adored by corpulento Italian chefs, despised by snarky fashionistas, and made of the same stuff that gives plastic wrap its maddening cling? That the answer is obvious is a testament to the surprising success enjoyed by Crocs Inc.'s (CROX) signature foam-rubber clogs.
The squishy shoes' rise...
| 9:00AM 9/11/2008
This has been my Crocs summer.Ever since I bought two pairs of the ugly yet comfortable shoes on sale at a local department store, they have been affixed to my feet. I have worn them almost everywhere. A few weeks later, my wife got a pair. We also got a pair for my soon-to-be two-year-old son. At...
| 12:30AM 8/03/2008
DealDetectives.com reports that "ShoeBuy.com is offering 20% OFF Crocs when you use code EMLSUMBLOWOUT08. Sale prices start between $22 & $24 for Adult Sizes." Shipping is free and, if you're a new customer, you'll save another 10% for registering."This is interesting evidence of further...
| 1:00AM 6/15/2008
I know what you're thinking: $10 Crocs must be fake.But these ones aren't. DSW is offering the Mambaz by Crocs Women's Beach Clog for $10, a savings of $15 off the retail price. Click here for the men's version at the same price. These are less expensive -- and less in demand -- than the...
| 11:00AM 5/23/2008
Not satisfied with having already shod nearly every human foot in America, Crocs Inc. is setting its sights on your cellphone. Or camera. Or MP3 player. Its new $15 Crocs-o-dial are little shoes that hold an electronic device that you attach by strap or lanyard to yourself. Seems like another...