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Q1 2014 Target Corporation Earnings Conference Call – Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:30 a.m. ET Listen to Webcast “Lowe’s Comp Sales Up .9% – ‘Reaffirms’ Sales Outlook – May Performance ‘Improved’ ” “Sales for the first quarter increased 2.4 percent to $13.4 billion from $13.1 billion in the first quarter of 2013, and comparable […]
“Home Depot US Comp Sales +3.3% in Q1” “The Home Depo reported first quarter of fiscal 2014 net earnings of $1.4 billion, or $1.00 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $1.2 billion, or $0.83 per diluted share, in the same period of fiscal 2013. For the first quarter of fiscal 2014, diluted […]
“Can interim Chairwoman Roxanne Austin help turn the tide at Target?” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune. “Target Corp. has been mired in quite a storm since last year, so it’s perhaps fitting that one of the people leading the company through it was once nicknamed “Hurricane Roxanne.” Roxanne Austin, who was tapped earlier this […]
“Target’s New Ad Campaign Highlights Impact on Communities” by Kavita Kumar at Star Tribune. “The company is ready to begin airing four spots that will run from Sunday through the end of June on cable and network channels…One of the ads features an urban high school in San Diego where Target has donated money […]
“Walmart Reports Q1 Earnings: Comp Sales Down 8 Basis Points / Sam’s Down .5%” “Sam’s Club delivered 10.9 percent membership income growth for the quarter…E-commerce sales globally increased approximately 27 percent for the quarter…Walmart U.S. comp traffic decreased 1.4 percent, while average ticket increased 1.3 percent…April marked the 46th consecutive month of positive comps […]
“Millennials may kill Costco, and mobile app Boxed is happy to speed that along” by Erin Griffith at Fortune. “Today (Boxed) announces it has raised $6.5 million in new funding to expand, adding to its prior $1.1 million seed round…Boxed launched last year to bring bulk shopping to mobile…Boxed doesn’t charge membership fees…CEO Chieh […]
“Target’s Chairman Takes Hands-On Role (Moving from CA to MN)” at Bloomberg. “Facing a leadership void after abruptly replacing its chief executive officer this week, Target has turned to seasoned director Roxanne Austin to play an unusually active role as interim chairman.” See the video “Sozzi: Walmart Store Closings Expected This Year” at The […]
“Amazon’s New Picture Patent is the Most Ridiculous Tech Patent Ever” by Eric Hal Schwartz at In the Capital. “Tech companies sometimes have a tendency to try and make the mundane seem really impressive, but it’s hard to imagine topping Amazon and its newest patent, a way of taking pictures of things against a […]