Tuesday Tipsheet: CVS +3.3% | Kroger Disappoints Sen. | Target’s New S.Valley Office

  “Target opens office in heart of Silicon Valley” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune.  “The 7,000-square-foot Sunnyvale office will initially have about 15 employees, but could one day have upward of 70, Baeb said. The new space, which held a small open house on Monday night, will also provide a home base for Target executives […]

Monday Tipsheet: Target Beat Out JCP for Cornell | Wmart Pays More than Starbucks

  “Target Beat Out J.C. Penney in Landing Brian Cornell” by Joann S. Lublin at WSJ.  “The battered department store chain pursued Mr. Cornell about succeeding CEO Mike Ullman. Penney, which has been seeking Mr. Ullman’s successor for a year, contacted Mr. Cornell earlier this year.” Read more   “Wal-Mart’s website to personalize shopping” by […]

Friday Tipsheet: $36.6 Mil for Target CEO? | Have Costco ID – Board Plane | Who’s Alive in 25

  Thoughts on New Target CEO…   Where’s the Digital Experience? by Nick Halter at Minn./St. Paul Bus. Journal “He doesn’t really have that true ominchannel retail experience,” said Edward Jones analyst Brian Yarbrough. “He doesn’t have that experience of shopping on cell phones and tablets. All this has become so popular in the last two […]

Thursday Tipsheet: Target Picks CEO (Former Sam’s Boss at HQ Today) | CEO Iviews: F.Dol & B.Buy | Whole Foods Crash

  “Target Picks Pepsi Veteran as New CEO (starts Aug. 12th / at HQ today)” by Paul Ziobro & Joann S. Lublin at WSJ. “Target Corp. is bringing in PepsiCo Inc. executive Brian Cornell as its new chief executive, turning to an outsider for the first time in its history to repair a battered corporate […]

Wednesday Tipsheet: Costco HQ Expansion | Wmart/Target Cosmetic Alliance | Lowe’s ProExpress

“Walmart and Target Cosmetic Alliance Shrouded in Secrecy” by Marc Gunther at The Guardian.  “Their first event, the day-long Beauty and Personal Care Products Sustainability Summit, will be held on 4 September in Chicago…The planners are close-lipped about the summit’s 50-100 participants, although they mentioned that many will be drawn from the retail sector. The […]

Tuesday Tipsheet: D.Gen. had chance @ F.Dol. | TargetExpress San Fran Location | Wegmans: 10 More

  “Why monster dollar-store merger should scare Pepsi, Coca-Cola” by Brian Sozzi at CNBC.  “The only topic not touched on thus far is how the merged Dollar Tree/Family Dollar will exert pressures on major food, household goods, and drink suppliers, including Pepsi, Hershey, and Clorox…Walmart has 659 suppliers compared to Dollar Tree at 32 and […]