These stocks present both value and growth opportunities. Risk factors include ballooning interest rates, customer tastes, and economic slow down.
Department stores have about as much sex appeal as yesterday's news.
They have faced the fickle finger of fashion, war and even chapter 11. This alone could scare off the boldest of investors. Sluggish revenue growth rates can be attributed to a number of factors. According to Hoover's, people are spending less time and money shopping, and retailers continue to open more stores. And unable to read the writing on the wall, many retailers continue to open more stores than could be profitable.