In a concerted effort, some retailers are attempting to win customer loyalty and increase revenues in ways other than price cutting.  A first year business student would tell you that there are many ways to compete and price is often the weakest.  The problem with competing on price is that its the easiest way to [...]

As many analysts are growing increasing optimistic about target stock, one of the items that seems to really be helping the company is its cash position.  Given the uncertain credit times having a nice (and growing) amount of cash on hand is very important.  In the first quarter of 2010, Target’s cash position increased significantly [...]

Target stock remains committed to returning a strong dividend to its investors.  The recent increase raised its quarterly dividend nearly 50% to $0.25.  This marks 43 consecutive years that the company has increased its dividend.  This puts the total dividend for the company nearly to 2 percent.  This is a strong record and commitment to being an [...]

Target has announced its first quarter 2009 earnings report date.  The company will hold its call for investors on Wednesday May 20, 2009 at 10:30 AM.  The company’s announcement will come earlier that morning.  The stock is under pressure with growing concerns about the consumer’s viability.  Most still see the store as a more expensive [...]

In November, Target stores saw a decrease in sales of just over 6 percent.  Same-store-sales dropped over 10%, worse than guidance of declines of 6-9 percent.  The big question for Taget stock will be the impact of holiday sales, one way or another.  Of course investors are hoping for a better than expected season, while [...]