Posts Tagged ‘ Target ’

Target To Release Q1 Earnings Results This Week

May 20, 2013

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) will release its latest quarterly report on Wednesday, and economists will be looking it over carefully for clues about some insight into the U.S. economy as a whole. Economists will especially be looking into shoppers’ reactions to payroll tax increases and a number of other financial issues, according to CNBC. Target’s Competition: Wal-Mart Stores’ Q1 Earnings Last week Target’s competitor Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) reported its earnings, disappointing investors. The discount...
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Facebook Inc (FB) Service Pushes Consumers To Shop Offline

By Paul Shea

May 8, 2013

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is attempting a new social media campaign that the company hopes will drive customers off of the internet and into the company’s brick and mortar retail stores. The service relies on integration with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) accounts and will offer discounts to users who sign up for the service. The service, which Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is calling Cartwheel, will be launched in public beta next week and it may represent a way for...
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Target Predicts Its 1Q Earnings Will Come Up Short

By Michelle Jones

April 16, 2013

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) said its adjusted profit for its first quarter earnings will probably be just below the guidance it provided. In a statement released today, the retailer blamed sales of weather-related and seasonal items that were weaker than expected. It also said temperatures that were colder than usual kept shoppers at home. Target guided for profits to be between $1.10 and $1.20 per share excluding one-time items, for the quarter ending in April....
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Netflix, Target, Macy’s Sued For Patent Infringement

By Michelle Jones

February 28, 2013

Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) are the latest companies to face lawsuits for infringing on a JPEG technology patent. The suit was brought by Princeton Digital Image Corp, which has filed more than 20 different lawsuits against numerous large companies in the U.S. The company acquired the patent in question from General Electric Company (NYSE:GE). Reuters reports that the lawsuits filed this week allege that Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), Target...
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Target Corporation: A Valuation Snapshot

By FastGraphs

February 20, 2013

Before analyzing a company for investment, it’s important to have a perspective on how well the business has performed. Because at the end of the day, if you are an investor, you are buying the business. The FAST Graphs™ presented with this article will focus first on the business behind the stock. The orange line on the graph plots earnings per share since 1999. A quick glance vividly reveals the historical operating record of...
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Major Economic Fallout From Weekend Blizzard Expected

By Michelle Jones

February 11, 2013

The weekend blizzard, dubbed Winter Storm Nemo by The Weather Channel, is likely to cause serious economic implications according to experts. In October economists were all trying to predict Hurricane Sandy’s impact. After the storm was over, the biggest impact we saw was in the spike of jobless claims that occurred during and after Sandy. Of course at this point it’s too early to tell what effect Winter Storm Nemo will cause. Two to...
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Facebook Inc (FB) Unveils A Reusable Gift Card

By Aman Jain

January 31, 2013

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), today, unveiled Facebook Gift card, a reusable gift card which can be used at Jamba, Inc. (NASDAQ:JMBA), Olive Garden, Sephora, and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT). The Gift Card is a crucial step for Facebook to diversify it’s revenue stream and make a move towards e-commerce. Gift cards are fairly easy to deal with, the user only has to select one of the four retailers and mention the amount. The rest of the...
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Amazon Kills Best Buy, Is Walmart Next?

By ValueWalk Staff

December 16, 2012

One of the fulcrums of the value investing as espoused by Warren Buffet is to buy business with a moat around it. Many businesses once thought a golden goose failed to produce gold when no one expected so. Recent example can be Best Buy. It can be accused of losing on its own turf- an electronic turf. The culprit of the demise is Amazon. At the bottom of the fall is a classic war...
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Black Friday Logs A Historical 1B In Online Sales: ComScore

By Nicholas Maithya

November 26, 2012

In a report published Sunday, digital analytics company COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) reported that this year’s Black Friday online sales surpassed the $1 billion mark for the first time. ComScore, highly regarded as a leader in measuring the digital world, published a report detailing the U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 23 days of the November – December 2012 holiday season. According to the report, there was a 26 percent increase in the online...
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Wal-Mart Employees’ Strike Decision Poses A “Complex” Issue: NLRB

By ValueWalk Staff

November 21, 2012

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) employees are unhappy with their working hours on some of the busiest holiday shopping days of the year, and some are threatening to strike. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) last Friday requested that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issue an injunction against protests planned outside Walmart stores on Black Friday – one of the busiest days of the year for holiday shopping. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT),...
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Amazon Is Crushing Best Buy and Matching Prices Will Not Help

By Jacob Wolinsky

October 17, 2012

Are Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY)’s sales really getting impacted by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). The theory is that Best Buy is getting hurt by people window shopping. They go into Best Buy and then take their smartphones and compare the prices to Amazon. As a side point, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) might also be getting hit by what myself and many others consider horrendous customer service. That might be a future topic, because...
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