General Merchandise Stores

Tuesday Morning Corporation (Nasdaq: TUES) today reported net sales for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2011 were $194.8 million compared to $200.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a decrease of 3.0%. Comparable store sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 decreased by 4.5%...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Target (NYSE: TGT), initiating TGT at Overweight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "We see TGT trading to $64 (12.5x 2013e EPS) once investors focus on Target's middle market opportunity in Canada. Our AlphaWise customer survey confirms...

Beginning July 17, Target® Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will be the exclusive retailer of the iriver Story HD, the first e-reader device to be fully integrated with Google eBooks platform. The device offers more than three million ebooks at no cost and thousands of additional titles for sale. The iriver Story...

If you needed to buy a new TV, what's the first thing that you would do? Go online and search for some information? Read a review? Ask a friend's opinion? Maybe you'd investigate the latest televisions for yourself by visiting Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Target (NYSE: TGT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), or some...

Shares of 99Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) are higher on the session by 0.73%, currently trading at $20.56. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past five months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Shares of Level 3 Communications hit...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Tim Seymour said that he would buy iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EPU) on Friday. iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (EPU) gained 1.57% today, and closed at $38.37. Jon Najarian is bullish on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and he wants to buy it tomorrow....

Brian Sozzi popped in to the CNBC studios Thursday afternoon to share his thoughts on the retail market, consumer spending, and, believe it or not, zombies (sort of). "The theory of the zombie consumer [is that he/she] just works to pay for needs, not many wants," Sozzi said. He noted that this...

The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 14 points, or 1%, in today's session to close at 1353.22. The index is nearing its 52-week high of 1370.58, which was set on May 2nd. The Sector breakdown for Thursday's session is as follows: The S&P 500 was led by the Basic Materials Sector in Thursday's session...

Cusick's Corner Where is the next Blue Light Special? (Check out AEO in Bullish Flow.) The Consumer Discretionary sector, XLY +1.61%, is outperforming the general market, S&Ps +1.05%, and Retail is red hot today after Junes sales data came out. Along with the Claims data coming better than...

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) shares are soaring this morning, gaining more than 7% as the "cheap-chic" retailer reported same-store-sales this morning that beat expectations. The Minneapolis-based retailer said that stores open at least one year rose 4.5%. This compares to analyst expectations...

Winners: Target (NYSE: TGT) is up over 6.50%, trading near $51.60 after reporting positive June sales results. Amphenol (NYSE: APH) is up over 5.50%, trading near $57.40. Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) is up over 5%, trading near $54.80 after reporting positive June sales results. Apollo Group (NASDAQ:...

Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: DUCK) today announced that sales from continuing operations for the fiscal five-week period ended July 3, 2011, increased 11.8% to $49.4 million, compared to $44.1 million during the same period of the prior year. On a comparable-store basis, excluding fuel,...

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today reported that its net retail sales for the five weeks ended July 2, 2011 were $6,256 million, an increase of 5.7 percent from $5,918 million for the five weeks ended July 3, 2010. On this same basis, June comparable-store sales increased 4.5 percent.

Fred's, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRED) today reported sales for the five-week fiscal month of June, which ended July 2, 2011. Fred's total sales for the month increased slightly to $179.0 million from $178.9 million in June 2010. Comparable store sales for the month decreased 0.7% compared with an increase...