Wednesday Tipsheet: Costco & H.E.B ‘Forgiven’ | Wmart Targets Auto Ins. | Ex H.Depot CIO to Target

  “Target Hires New CIO (Who Used to be Home Depot’s CIO)” by Jennifer Bjorhus at Star-Tribune.  “Bob DeRodes, 63, held similar positions at Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, Citibank and First Data. He also founded DeRodes Enterprises LLC, a company that consults on information technology and business operations, including for several U.S. government agencies […]

Tuesday Tipsheet: Target #61 Citizen | Bezos #5 Leader | 80% Want Left Alone

  “CNBC’s Top 25: Who Had the Biggest Impact on Business Since 1989 (Jeff Bezos #5)”  See the Top 25 list   “Deloitte:  80% Want to be Left Alone in Store”  “Consumers largely prefer to navigate the aisles and the checkout without a store associate’s help. Eight in 10 (80 percent) respondents in Deloitte Digital’s […]

Monday Tipsheet: Sears ‘Culture of Losing’ | Deloitte on Digital | SkyMall Losing

  “The $1.5 trillion opportunity retailers overlook” by Krystina Gustafson at CNBC.  “By the year’s end, Deloitte predicts $1.5 trillion, or 50 percent, of all in-store sales will be influenced by digital devices.  “The fact is, traditional retailers are leaving too much money on the table and are allowing strictly online retailers to capture a […]

Friday Tipsheet: Amazon +23% | Cabela’s Comp -21.7% | Wmart’s $439 Mil in Legal Fees

  “Amazon’s Q1 Sales Satisfy the Street (Reports Profit!)” by Brad Stone at Businessweek.  “Amazon reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday, notching $19.74 billion in net sales. That beat Wall Street’s estimates of $19.43 billion and marked a 23 percent jump, compared with the same period a year ago. The company also reintroduced something its investors […]

Thursday Tipsheet: Wmart Ex CEO +$140 Mil | Target #22 in Diversity | Safeway Comp +1.8%

  “Ex Wal-Mart CEO’s deferred pay: $140 million” by Gary Strauss at USA Today.  “Departed Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke’s deferred pay should provide enough money to shop beyond discount retailers for many years.  Duke, who retired Jan. 31, had $140.1 million in deferred compensation at year’s end, Wal-Mart said Wednesday in its annual proxy filing. […]

Wednesday Tipsheet: Wmart Brazil ‘Hopeless’? | Costco CFO Invests in Startup | Miranda Lambert @ Wmart

  “Wal-Mart de Mexico’s Net Profit Down on Year” by Anthony Harrup at WSJ.  “Sales rose 2.2% to 102.6 billion pesos…Walmex Chief Executive Scot Rank said the company continued to see lower customer traffic at its Sam’s Club membership stores, which account for 26% of its sales in Mexico.”  Read more   “Why Is Miranda […]