General Merchandise Stores

Dollar Tree, Inc.'s (DLTR) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 17.38. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for January 2011 increased by 14 cents over the past two months to $3.21 per share. Dollar Tree, Inc. is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy...

Target Corporation (TGT), the operator of general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States, recently unveiled its plan to open 21 stores in 12 states, in order to become a one-shop stop for the buyers. Minneapolis, Minnesota, based company, Target, hinted that it plans to open...

Target Corporation (TGT), the operator of general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States, recently unveiled its plan to open 21 stores in 12 states, in order to become a one-shop stop for the buyers. Minneapolis, Minnesota, based company, Target, hinted that it plans to open...

Today Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) announced the promotion of two leaders to the company's executive committee. Tina Schiel, who previously served as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Strategy and New Business Development, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Stores and will join...

Supervalu Inc. (SVU), one of the largest grocery chains in the United States, delivered lower-than-expected third-quarter 2011 earnings. The quarterly earnings of 24 cents a share plunged 52.9% compared with 51 cents posted in the year-ago period. The quarterly earnings also missed the Zacks...

Supervalu Inc. (SVU), one of the largest grocery chains in the United States, delivered lower-than-expected third-quarter 2011 earnings. The quarterly earnings of 24 cents a share plunged 52.9% compared with 51 cents posted in the year-ago period. The quarterly earnings also missed the Zacks...

Talbots Inc (The) (NYSE: TLB) dipped 18.63% to $6.16 at 10:10 am. TLB projected to report a Q4 adjusted loss of $0.15 to $0.19 per share. However, analysts were expecting the company to report a loss of $0.02 per share. ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CKSW) fell 16.45% to $7.82. CKSW issued...

Tuesday Morning Corp (NASDAQ: TUES) dipped 3.95% to $5.11 in the pre-market session. TUES reported a 3.2% drop in its comparable store sales for the second quarter ended December 31, 2010. Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) fell 3.81% to $2.25 in pre-market trading. GLUU priced a public offering of 7,...

Target Corporation (TGT), the operator of general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States, recently posted lower-than-expected sales results for the five-week period ended January 1, 2011. The company lost momentum as is evident from the comparable-store sales results for...

Target Corporation (TGT), the operator of general merchandise and food discount stores in the United States, recently posted lower-than-expected sales results for the five-week period ended January 1, 2011. The company lost momentum as is evident from the comparable-store sales results for...

Shares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) are higher on the session by 1.74%, trading at $31.04. Overall put volume is now running at 2.57x the daily average, with 10% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,359 contracts have traded on the session so far. Big Lots, Inc. through its wholly...

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• DuPont (NYSE:DD) reported plans to purchase Danish firm Danisco for $5.8 billion in cash, which is expected to cut 2011 earnings of $3.30-$3.60 by a range of $0.30-$0.45 per share • Playboy Enterprises (NYSE:PLA) is reportedly going private at $6.15 per share • Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) announced...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research report this morning, where it upgrades shares of Target (NYSE: TGT) to Buy; it has a $62.00 price target on the stock. The GS analysts cited the framework of an improving economic environment for the middle class, which they believe TGT is the best-positioned...

• DuPont (NYSE:DD) reported plans to purchase Danish firm Danisco for $5.8 billion in cash, which is expected to cut 2011 earnings of $3.30-$3.60 by a range of $0.30-$0.45 per share • Playboy Enterprises (NYSE:PLA) is reportedly going private at $6.15 per share • Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) announced...