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Wal-Mart’s Success Abroad Shows Why Target Needs To Expand Internationally
Target (NYSE:TGT) is one of the largest retailers in the U.S. competing with the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Although there is an enormous gap between the revenues of the two retailers, though they are not all that different fro...
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Three Retailers That Should Be Thankful They Are Still in Business This Thanksgiving
Submitted by Sizemore Investment Letter as part of our contributors program This is the time of year for giving thanks, and we all have quite a bit to be thankful for. Though we complain about having a divided country, we live in a place where ...
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Target’s Growth Remains On Track Despite Tough Economy
Target ’s (NYSE:TGT) Q3 fiscal 2012 earnings were on track even as its main competitor, Wal-Mart ’s (NYSE:WMT) growth slowed down due to sluggish consumer spending. The retailer’s revenues increased by 3.2% and the same store sales by 2.9%. This ...
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23 Dividend Growth Stocks With Highest Growth And Strongest Buy Recommendation
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Dividend Challengers With High Growth And Buy Rating. Originally Published At “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. I like dividend growth stocks in the second and...
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Back To School Shopping Will Lift Target’s Results
The world’s second largest retailer Target (NYSE:TGT) is scheduled to release its Q3 fiscal 2012 earnings on November 15. In its monthly sales results for October 2012, the retailer reported same store sales growth of 2.9% for Q3 — its 12 t...
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JCPenney is Toast: Wal-Mart Wins Among Retailers
Submitted by Sizemore Investment Letter as part of our contributors program Here is a headline that should come as no surprise to anyone: “ JCPenney (NYSE: $ JCP ) Turnaround in Doubt as Sales Plummet,” CNBC, November 9, 2012. Big shock. JCPen...
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Target’s Credit Card Sale Drives Value With Strong Financing Partner And Lower Debt
Target (NYSE:TGT) is finally selling off its credit card portfolio to Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank for $5.9 billion after a long search for potential buyers. The recently announced deal is likely to close by the first half of 2013. Both of the comp...
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Target Responds To Smaller Store Concept With Its CityTarget Stores
As retailers jockey for prime retail locations and as shoppers value convenience over selection in urban cities, Target (NYSE:TGT) is responding with smaller store formats known as CityTarget. The CityTarget stores are about 40% smaller than a ty...
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The S&P 500 Goes to the Dogs
Submitted by Investing Daily as part of our contributors program . Back in March 2009, when the market was plumbing its depths following the financial crisis, Investing Daily’s Peter Staas took a look at the battered retail sector in his...
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Target’s Temporary Promotions Don’t Give It An Edge Over Wal-Mart
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) are the two largest discount retailers in the US and compete closely on pricing in a bid to attract customers. Target’s price advantage has often been short-lived and mainly arises from temporary pr...
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20 Of The Best Performing Dividend Achievers With Still Cheap Earnings Multiples
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Dividend Achievers With Cheap P/E Ratios And Highest YTD Performance Researched By “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. Dividend growth stocks are a great opportu...
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The 10 Best And Cheapest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Best Yielding And Cheapest Dividend Aristocrats Shares by Dividend Yields – Stock, Capital, Investment . Stocks with a long dividend history are popular. If the company in...
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Target Focuses On Expansion And New Initiatives, Raises FY2013 Guidance
Target (NYSE:TGT) recently announced its Q2 2013 results with approximately a 3.5% increase in sales to $16.5 billion compared to the same period last year. This increase was driven by a 3.1% increase in comparable store sales and the contributio...
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Target’s Earnings On Deck This Wednesday
Target (NYSE:TGT), the world’s second largest retailer, is set to announce its Q2 results on August 15. Last quarter, it reported about 6% increase in its revenues as compared to the same period last year. Investors and analysts will closel...
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ChromaDex Has License for Potentially Revolutionary Product
Submitted by Christopher French as part of our contributors program . Transparency/Disclosure: I was compensated modestly by ChromaDex Corporation to write this article. While I have vetted each company, researched it thoroughly and I’ve...
