Today’s Tipsheet: H.Depot Presents @ Road Show | CT’s Obamacare Stores | Costco Comps +6%

  “Home Depot Presents at Canada Investor Road Show” by Seeking Alpha.  “Execs with Home Depot presented at the Canada Investor Road Show on Wednesday with a detailed look at the home improvement market in the U.S. A key point from the talk is how the company sees the financing/credit atmosphere going from “tight” to […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Family Dollar Q3 Comp +2.9% | Target’s San Fran Tech Center | Wmart Done w/DC

  “Family Dollar Comp Sales +2.9% in Q3”   “Net sales for the third quarter ended June 1, 2013, increased 9.0% to $2.57 billion from $2.36 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 ended May 26, 2012. Comparable store sales in the quarter increased 2.9%. The increase in comparable store sales was a result […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Kroger Buys Harris Teeter | Walmart Unlocking Value | Publix into NC

  “Kroger to Buy Harris Teeter for $2.5 Billion in Cash” at CNBC.  “The price represents a premium of 33.7 percent to the Harris Teeter closing share price on Jan. 18, 2013, the day of the first media report that Harris Teeter was evaluating strategic alternatives.  Both boards have approved the buyout.  Harris Teeter has […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Walmart Most Patriotic | H.Depot Expands Redbeacon | Target Founder Dies

  “Target Announces Opening of 20 Additional Store Locations Across Canada” at WSJ.  “The openings mark the first Target store locations in Saskatchewan and follow the opening of 48 stores across Canada earlier this year. These 20 locations officially push Target past the halfway mark for store openings this year, as the retailer plans to […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Target to Nix Holiday Partnerships | Walgreens Makeover | Roundy’s on Fox

“Target looks to hit pause on holiday partnerships” by Thomas Lee at Star-Tribune.  “While the Minneapolis-based retailer hasn’t completely ruled it out, creating an extensive line in time for December would be highly impractical, since Target normally needs a year or so to plan such an ambitious project.  “We have no current plans for a […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Amazon #2 Retailer in 2020 | Home Depot #1 in Radio | Target’s Slow Cartwheel

  “Wal-Mart sits safely atop list of 100 retailers” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “Given the current trajectory Wal-Mart would have roughly $444.4 billion in annual U.S. sales by 2020, enough to maintain the No. 1 rank among its competitors. Amazon would rank No. 2 with $215.12 billion sales if maintaining the 30% […]