Wednesday Tipsheet: Target Lawsuit Tally: 68 | Visa Sues H.Depot | Walgreen CEO on Mad Money

  “Top Democrat in House: Turn your attention to Target Breach (and away from Healthcare.gov)” at Chicago Tribune. “Representative Elijah Cummings said the committee’s focus since October has been investigating the security of the federal government’s health insurance website, HealthCare.gov, which has not been breached. He urged the committee chairman, Republican Darrell Issa, to turn […]

Tuesday Tipsheet: Costco’s Sinegal on CNBC | Lowe’s/Porch.com | Deloitte’s Top 10 Retailers

  “Costco has ‘limited exposure’ to card breaches: Former CEO” by Jeff Morganteen at CNBC.  “Obviously, I’m sure that Target and Neiman Marcus had taken the precautions that were necessary,” Costco co-founder James Sinegal said on “Squawk on the Street.” “We have a limited exposure to credit cards because we only accept American Express at […]

Monday Tipsheet: Target CEO Appears on CNBC | Socialists, Virtual Reality & Mary Jane

  “Target CEO appears on CNBC for in-depth interview; ‘still shaken’ by the data breach, vows to ‘make it right’ “ by Becky Quick and Matthew Belvedere at CNBC.  “For Target Chairman and CEO Gregg Steinhafel, December 15 started out as a normal Sunday. He was at home, having coffee with his wife. That’s when […]

Friday Tipsheet: Wmart: Internal Org Memo Leaked | Target: New Elec. Section | H.Depot: ‘Urban’ Store Concept

  “Walmart:  Internal 10-Page Memo Obtained – Outlines Key Leadership & Org Changes” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. outlined a long list of leadership and organizational changes for its growing global retail operations. Notice of these changes were given to corporate employees on Thursday (Jan. 9) via a 10-page internal […]

Thursday Tipsheet: Costco: +3% Beats Street | F.Dollar -2.8%; President Out | Target Hero

  “Costco Beats Street – December Same-Store Sales Up 3%” at CNBC.  “Costco’s December same-store sales beat analysts’ expectations, helped in part by online sales in the United States and Canada.  Sales at stores open at least a year rose 3 percent in the five weeks ended Jan. 5, including the impact of fuel sales […]

Wednesday Tipsheet: Costco’s Sinegal Gets Top Award | Wmart: Most Improved in Mobile

  Happening Tomorrow:  Earnings Releases for Family Dollar, SuperValu and Costco (Dec. Sales Results)…   “At Wal-Mart, moving the needle on e-commerce – Neil Ashe talks to Fortune” by Jessi Hempel at Fortune.  “Wal-Mart has largely watched Amazon clean up on web retail over the past decade while it largely ignored the centrality of the […]