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The clothing industry has seen a number of human rights violations in recent history, especially related to underpaying workers in the developing world. If you have high ethical standards, in-line with the social platform of superstar Angelina Jolie, which clothing brands should you buy? Below is a...

Mitsui & Co. Ltd (MITSY)- Mkt cap- 30.59B, P/E- 7.61, Div/yield- 2.45/1.21, EPS- 43.94 Competitors- Itochu Corporation (ITOCY), Marubeni Corp (MARUY), SUMITOMO CORPORATION (SSUMY)- Shoei Utsuda- Chairman of the Board , Masami Iijima- President, Chief Executive Officer, Junichi Matsumoto-...

Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) posted a record income for Q4 last year, in which the net income totaled $222.5 million, or $2.83 per diluted share, compared to $200.4 million, or $2.42 per diluted share, in the prior year. Following good profit results, last Friday Big Lots announced changes in its...

Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) America's largest broadline closeout value retailer, announced certain organizational changes and named a new Executive Vice President of Merchandising. John Martin has been named Executive Vice President, Administration and will assume responsibility for Store...

99 Cents Only Stores® (NYSE: NDN) today reports total sales of $378.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 ended April 2, 2011, a 14-week period that includes the 53rd week of the Company's fiscal 2011 retail calendar year. Total sales for the first thirteen weeks of the fourth quarter of...

Cusick's Corner The market bounced on the close but it was not the type of conviction that I would like to see. If you look at the volume it was far less than when sellers took control yesterday (especially at the close of that session). This choppy action early into the earnings cycle is...

Cusick's Corner In action overnight -- the Nikkei was very strong, plus earnings solid -- JPM beats. This supports the bulls at this stage but the market is waiting to hear the President's outline for the budget. One thing that the markets will be listening for is tax code changes, specifically...

99 Cents Store Ticks Higher After Mention On CNBC (NYSE: NDN)

Retail sales came in better than expected, and futures are adding to gains after the release of the numbers. The headline number came in a little light, rising 0.4% in March. This was down from a revised 1.1% in February. If you exclude autos, retail sales for March came in at 0.8%, versus 0.7...

Discount retailer Target (TGT) is planning a big push into Canada, according to comments made Tuesday by the company's chief financial officer. The news apparently cheered investors. Target's shares were up 85 cents, or 1.7%, at $50.11 in midday trading, an exception on a day when the Dow Jones...

This morning the major stock market indexes are trading lower across the board. The decline is very broad based as most leading sectors including technology, and energy, are trading lower. There is one sector that is posting green on the screen and that is the retail sector. The Retail Holders...

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies just tweeted that Target (NYSE: TGT) has essentially confirmed it will no longer own its credit card business by 2016 or 2017. Sozzi writes that the company will use its proceeds for share buybacks and debt reduction. Shares of Target closed at $49.26...

Target (NYSE: TGT) guides EPS of $8.00/share by 2016-17 with sales of $100B. Target is planning to increase store count in Canada by over 200 stores within 5-10 years.

A headline just came across Bloomberg saying that Target (NYSE: TGT) is aiming at having $100 billion in sales and earnings over $8 per share by 2016 or 2017. Shares of Target closed at $49.26 yesterday.

Tuesday Morning Corporation (NASDAQ: TUES) reported its Q3 net sales at $174.3 million, up from $172.0 million in the year-ago quarter. The company's comparable store sales for the third quarter increased .7%. However, analysts expected Q3 revenue of $181 million. Tuesday Morning projects Q3 loss...