Friday Tipsheet: 1st TargetExpress | Senator Rips Wmart | BJ’s HQ Sold

   “Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2014; Wegmans #12, Whole Foods #44”  See the Top 100 Rankings   “Heads up Walmart Express, Here Comes TargetExpress; Target to Test Smallest Store Yet @ 20,000-square-feet” by Elizabeth Harris at NY Times.  “The first TargetExpress will be in the most urban of spaces, at the […]

Thursday Tipsheet: Costco’s Taiwan Troubles | NLRB vs. Wmart Overblown? | Best Buy Slips .9%

  “Costco Taiwan:  Pending Legislation Could Force Kirkland to List Product Manufacturer on Label (and Coke to Reveal its Secret Recipe)” by Lauly Li at China Post.  “The newly amended food safety regulations stipulate that food companies must label all food additives on their products…(today) Costco’s Kirkland does not have to reveal the manufacturers of […]

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 […]