Store credit cards deal department stores another revenue squeeze

A customer uses a credit card to pay for items January 28, 2022 at a retail shop in New York City.  Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images Department stores like Macy’s and Kohl’s have long used store-branded credit cards to drive purchases and get a cut of cash.  Starting this spring, though, those cards will become … Read more

Target, Kohl’s, TJX could benefit

Signs are posted at the entrance to a Macy’s store that is set to close at Bay Fair Mall on February 27, 2024 in San Leandro, California. Macy’s announced plans to shutter 150 underperforming stores across the United States.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Macy’s hasn’t yet shut the approximately 150 … Read more

Target doubles bonuses for salaried employees as profits recover

A Target store in New York, US, on Monday, March 4, 2024.  Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Target will double its bonus payments to salaried employees this year, as the big-box retailer’s profits recover from a bumpy nearly two-year stretch. Salaried employees at the Minneapolis-based retailer receive an annual bonus, based on Target’s … Read more

Inside organized crime rings targeting retailers Ulta, TJX, Walgreens

In a tony suburban enclave in the San Diego foothills, police say, an organized retail crime “queenpin” had built an empire. Tucked behind the stone walls of her 4,500-square-foot Spanish-style mansion, Michelle Mack had stockpiled a small fortune in cosmetics that had been stolen from Ulta and Sephora stores across the country, authorities said.  Police … Read more

5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Another one Stocks notched a strong day ahead of Friday’s jobs report. The S&P 500 notched a record close on Thursday, while the Nasdaq Composite hit a fresh high during the session. February jobs numbers, and what they mean … Read more

Gap (GPS) earnings Q4 2023

A general view of an Old Navy store.  Gap Inc. Gap’s largest banner Old Navy returned to growth for the first time in more than a year during its holiday quarter as the retailer delivered earnings on Thursday that came in well ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.  Sales at Old Navy grew 6% to $2.29 … Read more

Walmart, Target and Kroger compete on grocery delivery

As retailers compete for grocery shoppers, some of the big names in the business have zeroed in on the same strategy: get deliveries to customers’ doors quickly. This week, Target announced a new paid membership program with free same-day home deliveries as a key perk. Walmart expanded its same-day delivery offering to allow shoppers to … Read more

Target launches paid membership Target Circle 360

A customer shops for holiday gifts in a Target store on December 21, 2023 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Target on Tuesday said it will launch a paid membership program next month, riffing off the playbook of its rivals Amazon and Walmart. The subscription tier, Target Circle 360, will include unlimited free … Read more

Target (TGT) earnings Q4 2023

The Target logo is seen on its store on 42nd Street in Times Square, New York City. Deb Cohn-Orbach | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Target will report its holiday-quarter results and year-ahead outlook on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, are expecting for the … Read more

A successful Reddit IPO would be bad news for the bull market

There’s nothing like a moribund IPO market to create a pleasant backdrop for a bull run. We’ve had some small biotech deals and the usual SPAC junk. But nothing big, seemingly for ages. Until Reddit. Its initial public offering — which will probably come at a $7 billion valuation and an odd price tag of … Read more