Tuesday Tipsheet: “Two Buck Chuck” Ruckus | CVS #1 in WA | RIP Dept Stores?

  “Dollar Tree pursued Family Dollar months before Icahn push” by Rick Rothacker at Charlotte Observer. “Dollar Tree first contacted Family Dollar Stores about a possible acquisition in late February, months before investor Carl Icahn began pushing for a Family Dollar sale, according to a securities filing Monday…The Morgan Stanley banker who fielded the initial […]

Monday Tipsheet: Retailers Torched & Looted in Missouri | Target’s Cartwheel Almost Didn’t Happen

  Rioters Loot and Burn Ferguson, Missouri Retailers:   “Rioters Burn C-Store to the Ground in Ferguson, Missouri” at Before Its News. “What began as another peaceful vigil this evening in a suburb of St. Louis where Ferguson police shot and killed an unarmed youth Saturday, turned into a scene out of the 60′s Civil […]

Friday Tipsheet: Wmart: #1 App, #11 Service | Kroger: More Clothing (Less Furniture) | Amazon Picks Favorites

  “More Kroger Marketplaces Replace Furniture with Clothing” by Alexander Coolidge at Cincinnati.com.  “Our Marketplace store is an evolving format – customers have told us that they prefer an expansive apparel offering to furniture,” said Kroger spokesman Keith Dailey…By the end of 2014, 59 Marketplace stores will have a full clothing section with fewer furniture […]

Thursday Tipsheet: Costco July Comp +5% | H.Depot’s Menear on CNBC | Wmart’s 312K sf in S. Valley

  “Costco July Comp Sales +5%” “Costco reported net sales of $8.55 billion for the month of July, the four weeks ended August 3, 2014, an increase of nine percent from $7.87 billion during the similar four-week period last year.” Read the release   “Home Depot’s Craig Menear Appears on CNBC” “KELLY EVANS: Have you been involved in succession talks? […]

Wednesday Tipsheet: Wgreen +1.1% | D.Gen’s $306 Mil Hurdle | Wmart CEO in DC

  “WSJ Interview with Walmart CEO Int’l – David Cheesewright” by Shelly Banjo.  “With 80% of retail industry growth that is going to happen over the next 10 years coming from outside of the U.S., I have to be the growth engine for our business. We are disappointed with the growth levels from last year, […]

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 […]