While most people look at Dollar Stores when observing the retail sector, other store formats, like discounters and supermarkets, offer interesting investment prospects.
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April 29 - News
While everyone wants to get a good deal, selling based on low price alone is not always the best strategy for overall profits or shareholder value.
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April 29 - News
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), founded in 1902, is the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S. Last year, the stock appreciated more than 20%.
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April 28 - News
Grocery stores and retail chains usually generate consistent cash flows due to their convenience and utility factor.
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April 28 - News
In eight months and a hair over one week the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, will go into full effect.
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April 26 - News
Not all big box retailers are the same. They all employ slightly different tactics with regards to product selection, price, and membership fees. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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April 23 - News
True buy-and-hold investors -- those who really do buy and hold stocks virtually forever -- need not focus too much on valuation, so long as a company is not priced through the...
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April 23 - News
Sometimes as an investor you have to know when to ignore bad information. It's difficult to do because there is so much of it floating around.
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April 23 - News
The second quarter of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)’s fiscal year ended in mid February, with strong results for the membership discount retailer.
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April 22 - Stock Analysis
The next four years in market history won’t be anything like the last four. In the last four years, the market has run up 81%, hitting all time highs just days ago.
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April 19 - News
After reporting that its next quarter was going to fall short of expectations, Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) was absolutely crushed by the market, with the stock almost flat since...
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April 19 - News
It's a small one, to be sure, but it's there.
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April 17 - News
You should stock up for the coming economic collapse, because American businesses aren't.
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April 14 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m.
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April 11 - News
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is the top-performing stock on the S&P 500 this year, up more than 117% since the beginning of January. But don't let that performance fool you.
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April 11 - News
A recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted a problem that should be obvious to many: Cutting costs by laying off employees eventually starts to be counterproductive...
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April 10 - News
There may be an energy boom going on in the U.S., but prices at the pump haven't given Americans any relief lately.
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April 10 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN), Hasbro, Inc.
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April 9 - News
The U.S. economy continues to struggle with some negative drags, not least of which is the still-high 7.7% unemployment rate.
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April 8 - News
Spring is finally here, and a new earnings season is right around the corner. Next Tuesday, PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 7 - News
Purveyor of all things pet, PetSmart, Inc.
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April 4 - News
Last week, I wrote an article outlining the steps Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is taking to improve e-commerce sales. A commenter pointed out that comparing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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April 3 - News
Apparently Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) isn't satisfied in just Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT)ing its biggest, most established rivals.
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April 3 - News
One critical aspect of successful investing is buying solid, well run businesses; another is buying them at the right price.
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April 2 - News
With a dividend boost likely just around the corner, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s valuation just doesn't make sense.
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April 1 - News
No race of aliens has taught us so much about finance, markets, and economics as Star Trek'sFerengi.
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April 1 - News
They all promise the same thing, the same thing retailers have promised since retailing was invented. They promise savings.
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March 27 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) has performed wonderfully for its shareholders in recent years, and just recently posted a great quarter, earning $1.24 per share, easily...
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March 27 - News
There has been a string of positive news in the past few weeks.
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March 27 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) was in 38 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012.
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March 27 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is the 800 pound gorilla of the retail industry.
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March 22 - News
Wholesale retail clubs PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT), Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), and Sam’s Club parent Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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March 22 - News
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) continued to report excellent growth in the second quarter of fiscal 2013.
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March 22 - News
“I think I’ve been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I’ve underestimated it.
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March 22 - News
Warehouse retailer Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) reported its second-quarter earnings with growth in both top line and bottom line.
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March 22 - News
Several companies have been trying to win my kind of business: that of people who hate the nonsense that traditionally goes with buying a car--especially that feeling that you...
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March 20 - News
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), the well-known online retailer, has befuddled value investors for a while.
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March 19 - News
In a world where price has become an increasingly important factor for consumers, big-box retailers remain challenged to compete against that retailer in the sky named Amazon...
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March 19 - News
There is no doubt that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is one of the the world's juggernaut companies, with more than 10,00 stores in 25 countries and $469 billion in sales.
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March 19 - News
There have been a lot of mixed messages coming from the mass market US consumer recently.
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March 18 - News
I take a look at three companies that beat market expectations every week, since I believe that it's the biggest factor in a stock beating the market.
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March 18 - News
Who is the largest commercial owner of solar? If Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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March 15 - News
Over the years, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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March 14 - News
Earnings can dictate the direction of a stock for the following three months.
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March 14 - News
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." Today, we'll show you ...
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March 13 - News
Headquartered in Minnesota, Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), is the second largest discount retailer in the United States.
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March 13 - News
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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March 11 - News
There are many American companies that have made a good impression on me as of recently, but there are a select few that separated themselves from the pack.
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March 10 - News
Retail sales in February were generally positive, with a few positive contributions from brands like The TJX Companies, Inc.
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March 7 - News
