Consumer Countdown for Tuesday, Oct. 29

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Consumer Countdown for Tuesday, Oct. 29

In today's Consumer Countdown, the Motley Fool's consumer goods team takes a look at some of the big earnings announcements in their sector from the past few days.

First, the team discusses some of today's big earnings announcements, including 1-800-Flowers and Martha Stewart Living. Then, they take a look back at some of the big headlines from the past few days, including BurgerKing doing well overseas, Herbalife reporting big profits, and AMC acquiring Chellomedia.

After that, the guys dive into Amazon's recent earnings to take a look at what's going right, what's going on, and what will happen to the company this Christmas. Finally, the team takes a look ahead at which stocks they're watching next week.


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