The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 27 US Specialty Retail Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 49% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 27 US Specialty Retail Corps have increased by a very robust 391% through January 24, 2014, with two Florida Retail Corps leading the way.
Clearly, the investors in and executives of a clear majority of these 27 US Specialty Retail Store Companies must be pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 27 Specialty Retail Companies on January 24, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 24, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Specialty Retail Corps | HQs | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| HSN Inc | St Petersburg | FL | 56.89 | 4.29 | 10.90 | 1226% | -61% |
| Marinemax | Clearwater | FL | 14.71 | 1.22 | 15.50 | 1106% | -92% |
| Brown Shoe Co | St Louis | MO | 23.42 | 2.27 | 15.17 | 932% | -85% |
| Tractor Supply | Brentwood | TN | 70.18 | 7.40 | 8.99 | 849% | -18% |
| Winmark | Minneapolis | MN | 82.58 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 816% | -57% |
| Sotheby's | New York | NY | 48.43 | 6.47 | 38.10 | 649% | -83% |
| Office Depot | Boca Raton | FL | 5.00 | 0.68 | 13.91 | 635% | -95% |
| Sally Beauty Holdings | Denton | TX | 27.67 | 4.18 | 9.05 | 562% | -54% |
| Medfast | Owing Mills | MD | 26.59 | 4.52 | 4.85 | 488% | -7% |
| Finish Line | Indianapolis | IN | 25.40 | 4.51 | 2.42 | 463% | 86% |
| Travel Centers of America | Westlake | OH | 8.59 | 1.82 | 12.50 | 372% | -85% |
| Perfumania Holdings | Bellport | NY | 6.62 | 1.46 | 24.92 | 353% | -94% |
| PetSmart | Phoenix | AZ | 62.60 | 16.85 | 23.53 | 272% | -28% |
| 1-800-Flowers.com | Carle Place | NY | 4.92 | 1.37 | 8.73 | 259% | -84% |
| Zumiez | Lynnwood | WA | 22.19 | 6.43 | 24.36 | 245% | -74% |
| West Marine | Watsonville | CA | 13.45 | 3.93 | 8.98 | 242% | -56% |
| PCM Inc | El Segundo | CA | 10.83 | 3.24 | 9.31 | 234% | -65% |
| United Online | Woodland Hills | CA | 12.55 | 4.06 | 11.82 | 209% | -66% |
| Outerwall Inc | Bellevue | WA | 64.44 | 25.39 | 28.15 | 154% | -10% |
| CSS Industries | Philadelphia | PA | 27.80 | 11.07 | 36.70 | 151% | -70% |
| XO Group | New York | NY | 13.63 | 5.62 | 15.94 | 143% | -65% |
| Titan Machinery | West Fargo | ND | 17.20 | 8.17 | 13.10 | 111% | -38% |
| Rent-A-Center | Plano | TX | 31.03 | 16.90 | 14.52 | 84% | 16% |
| The Pantry | Cary | NC | 16.27 | 15.01 | 26.13 | 8% | -43% |
| EZCORP | Austin | TX | 10.10 | 9.91 | 11.29 | 2% | -12% |
| Barnes & Noble | New York | NY | 14.91 | 15.81 | 34.45 | -6% | -54% |
| Staples | Framingham | MA | 13.52 | 14.81 | 23.07 | -9% | -36% |
| Average % Change all 27 | 391% | -49% |
