LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning Game System - Green
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Triple Fusion Water Gun
by Manley
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Monsoon Force Power Stream Blaster Water Gun
by Manley
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Check out Campbell Soup Co’s quarterly results.

Given the unrelenting, sticky, hot weather that has plagued much of the United States this summer (New York has had its hottest summer on record), it’s hardly shocking that Campbell reported a fall in soup sales.  Even so, it’s not just the heat that’s weighing on Campbell’s soup results: Lower-priced store-brands  have been ladling away sales for some time now.

But Campbell got some help from people drinking more V8 juice drinks. (Perhaps enough people have smacked their foreheads and told themselves, “I coulda had a V8!”)

Still, the company is not too optimistic about its future sales given the weak economy: It forecast sales growth below its long-term target.

Similarly Walgreen reported disappointing same-store sales, again, as it continues to take a beating from generic drug introductions and a drop in customer visits.

It’s true that August’s same-store sales results were encouraging - 27 top retailers (excluding the behemoth, Wal-Mart) reported August same-store sales that rose 3.3 percent to beat Wall Street’s forecast of 2.5 percent.  But these days, it seems any good news on the consumer front is quickly followed by some fresh scary news. U.S. payrolls fell again last month. (The optimists will say that the decline was more moderate than expected, but a drop is still a drop.)

Also in the basket:

- John Lewis shoppers shrug off austerity fears
- Caution pushes down Canadian consumer confidence
- Mattel shares drop sharply in premarket, then recover

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Triple Fusion Water Gun
by Manley
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New Syma 3 Channel S107 Mini Indoor Co-Axial Metal Body Frame & Built-in Gyroscope RC Remote Controlled Helicopter (Colors may vary)
by SYMA
100 days in the top 100
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Monsoon Force Power Stream Blaster Water Gun
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LEGO Hogwarts (3862)
by LEGO
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Check out Burger King agreeing to be bought for $3.26 billion.

Burger King is letting itself be bought out by the relatively unknown New York-based private equity firm, 3G Capital, for $3.26 billion, or $24 per share, net of debt.

That is a Whopper (sorry, we couldn’t resist) of a premium – 46 percent – over Burger King’s stock price earlier this week, before all this buyout chatter started.

The price did indeed strike some analysts as rich, considering how poorly Burger King has done compared to “Golden Archrival” McDonald’s in recent years.

Stifel Nicolaus’ Steve West said on Wednesday $23 would be enough for shareholders and Burger King’s current private equity owners, TPG Capital, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Bain Capital Investors. And Deutsche Bank’s Jason West said a price as low as $19 or $20 could make sense.

Apparently 3G sees a lot of potential in Burger King. The chain — whose diners are disproportionately young and male, i.e. most vulnerable to unemployment — has fallen far behind McDonald’s. Analysts agree going private will give Burger King time and room to do what it needs to narrow the gap with McDonald’s: fix up its old restaurants and upgrade its technology.

The deal is set to close by the end of 2010, though in theory Burger King could solicit higher bids until Oct. 12

Also in the basket:

-  Discounts, heat fuel August US retail sales beat
- Pier 1 sees strong Q2 EPS on margins, more traffic
- Dolce & Gabbana to part ways with Selfridges

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