Target Corp.
RSS
Target plans price cuts despite lower 3Q earnings
Nov 17 2008, AP

Target Corp. said Monday it will aggressively cut prices to give consumers bargains during the holiday season, even as weak sales of its apparel and home offerings led third-quarter earnings to fall 24 percent.

Related Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
Target investor plans to nominate 5 to board
AP, New York
Target shareholder William Ackman says he plans to nominate five candidates to the company’s board at its annual shareholders meeting in May.
Target, Board, Business, Ackman
made popular Mar 17 2009
(0)
Target February same-store sales fall 4.1 percent
AP, Minneapolis
Discount retailer Target Corp. says its same-stores sales fell 4.1 percent in February. That was better than analysts had expected, as shoppers bought necessities such...
Target, Sales, Business, Discount
made popular Mar 5 2009
(0)
Prince to release new CD set through Target
AP, New York
Prince is coming to a Target near you.
Music, Prince, Entertainment, Target
made popular Mar 2 2009
(0)
Hedge fund in talks with Target on board seats
AP, New York
Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman is in talks with Target Corp. about naming potential directors to the discount retailer’s board, according to a...
Target, Pershing, Square, Business
made popular Feb 27 2009
(0)
Target 4Q profit falls 41 percent amid downturn
AP, Minneapolis
Target Corp. says its fourth-quarter profit fell 41 percent as consumer spending suffered amid high unemployment and other economic woes.
Earns, Target, Business, Target Corp
made popular Feb 24 2009
(4)
Aim higher to achieve more!
Vincent Van Ross, New Delhi
The world is broadly divided into two categories of people: achievers and admirers! There are those who make achievements in life and those who think they cannot do...
Achievement, Target, Aim Higher
made popular Jan 27 2009
(0)
LI man aims at duck, hits man, gets arrested
AP, Point Lookout
He meant to shoot the ducks. A Long Island man is facing charges including reckless endangerment and assault after he shot another hunter while out duck hunting on...
ODD, Shooting, Wrong, Target
made popular Jan 5 2009
(0)
Target November same-store sales fall
AP, Minneapolis
Target Corp. says cautious shopping early in November and fewer after-Thanksgiving shopping days caused same-store sales for the month to fall 10.4 percent. That was...
Target, Sales, Business, Target Corp
made popular Dec 4 2008
(0)
Target shareholder revises real estate proposal
AP, New York
Investor William Ackman offered some tweaks Wednesday to his plan aimed at increasing the value of Target Corp., saying as much as 20 percent of the real estate...
Pershing, Square, Target, Business
made popular Nov 19 2008
(0)
At a Glance: Wal-Mart Stores vs. Target
AP,
Discount retailers are performing better than some others amid the weak economy as hunt for bargains, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been performing better than Target...
Earns, Target, Glance, Business
made popular Nov 17 2008
(0)
Target 3Q profit falls 24 percent in tough economy
AP, Minneapolis
Discount retailer Target Corp. said Monday that a difficult retail environment and weak results from its credit-card segment led to a 24 percent decline in...
Earns, Target, Business, Discount
made popular Nov 17 2008
(0)
Target 3Q profit falls 24 percent
AP, Minneapolis
Target says a weak retail environment and lower sales at established stores caused third-quarter profit to fall 24 percent.
Earns, Target, Business, Minneapolis
made popular Nov 17 2008
(0)
Target profit falls but beats expectations
AP, Minneapolis
Target says a weak retail environment and lower sales at established stores caused third-quarter profit to fall 24 percent.
Earns, Target, Business, Minneapolis
made popular Nov 17 2008
(0)
Earnings Preview: Target Corp.
AP, New York
Discount retailer Target Corp. reports earnings for the third quarter on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the...
Target, Earnings, Preview, Business
made popular Nov 14 2008
(0)
Cyber criminals target Facebook users
Mukunda, Kathmandu
Facebook has been infiltrated by Nigerian scammers and other cyber criminals who use compromised accounts to con users out of cash.
Global, Facebook, Crime, target
made popular Nov 10 2008
(0)
Target October same-store sales fall
AP, Minneapolis
Target says weaker consumer spending caused its October same-store sales results to fall 4.8 percent. That is a larger drop than analysts expected.
Target, Sales, Business, Minneapolis
made popular Nov 6 2008
(0)
Ackman proposes Target spin off property company
AP, New York
A major shareholder in Target has proposed a plan to split the discount retailer in two. It says the plan could increase the value of the company, send shares higher...
Pershing, Square, Target, Business
made popular Oct 29 2008
(0)
Target tightens credit terms more for card holders
AP, New York
Target Corp., facing slower sales and rising delinquencies in its credit card business, said Thursday it’s further tightening finance terms for its card holders _...
Target, Analysts, Business, Target Corp
made popular Oct 23 2008
(0)
Target tightens credit terms for card holders
AP, New York
Target Corp., facing slower sales and rising delinquencies in its credit card business, said Thursday it is further tightening terms for its card holders _ even those...
Target, Analysts, Business, Target Corp
made popular Oct 23 2008
All Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
Target February same-store sales fall 4.1 percent
AP, Minneapolis
Discount retailer Target Corp. says its same-stores sales fell 4.1 percent in February. That was better than analysts had expected, as shoppers bought necessities such...
Target, Sales, Business, Discount
made popular Mar 5 2009
(0)
Hedge fund in talks with Target on board seats
AP, New York
Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman is in talks with Target Corp. about naming potential directors to the discount retailer’s board, according to a...
Target, Pershing, Square, Business
made popular Feb 27 2009
(0)
Target 4Q profit falls 41 percent amid downturn
AP, Minneapolis
Target Corp. says its fourth-quarter profit fell 41 percent as consumer spending suffered amid high unemployment and other economic woes.
Earns, Target, Business, Target Corp
made popular Feb 24 2009
(0)
Target November same-store sales fall
AP, Minneapolis
Target Corp. says cautious shopping early in November and fewer after-Thanksgiving shopping days caused same-store sales for the month to fall 10.4 percent. That was...
Target, Sales, Business, Target Corp
made popular Dec 4 2008
(0)
Cash not yet king again, but coup may be coming
AP,
This holiday season, cash is in vogue again as consumers _ maxed out on credit cards or trying to stick to a budget _ are buying what they can actually pay for. Stores...
Cash, Economy, Glance, Business
made popular Nov 23 2008
(0)
Target shareholder revises real estate proposal
AP, New York
Investor William Ackman offered some tweaks Wednesday to his plan aimed at increasing the value of Target Corp., saying as much as 20 percent of the real estate...
Pershing, Square, Target, Business
made popular Nov 19 2008
(0)
At a Glance: Wal-Mart Stores vs. Target
AP,
Discount retailers are performing better than some others amid the weak economy as hunt for bargains, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been performing better than Target...
Earns, Target, Glance, Business
made popular Nov 17 2008
(0)
Target 3Q profit falls 24 percent in tough economy
AP, Minneapolis
Discount retailer Target Corp. said Monday that a difficult retail environment and weak results from its credit-card segment led to a 24 percent decline in...
Earns, Target, Business, Discount
made popular Nov 17 2008
(0)
Earnings Preview: Target Corp.
AP, New York
Discount retailer Target Corp. reports earnings for the third quarter on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the...
Target, Earnings, Preview, Business
made popular Nov 14 2008
(0)
Target tightens credit terms more for card holders
AP, New York
Target Corp., facing slower sales and rising delinquencies in its credit card business, said Thursday it’s further tightening finance terms for its card holders _...
Target, Analysts, Business, Target Corp
made popular Oct 23 2008
(0)
Target tightens credit terms for card holders
AP, New York
Target Corp., facing slower sales and rising delinquencies in its credit card business, said Thursday it is further tightening terms for its card holders _ even those...
Target, Analysts, Business, Target Corp
made popular Oct 23 2008
(0)
Target August same-store sales beat expectations
AP, Minneapolis
Discount retailer Target Corp. said Thursday that August same-store sales fell 2.1 percent as consumers shopped cautiously, mainly for essentials like food.
Target, Sales, Business, Discount
made popular Sep 4 2008
(0)
Target's 2Q profit declines 7.6 percent
AP, New York
Target Corp. is reporting a 7.6 percent decline in second-quarter profit but beat Wall Street expectations despite continued weak sales in a challenging economy.
Earns, Target, Business, Target Corp
made popular Aug 19 2008
(0)
Target 1Q profit drops, cites higher costs
AP, Minneapolis
Profits dropped almost 8 percent at Target Corp. on softer-than-expected sales and higher costs, but the discount retailer still beat Wall Street earnings estimate for...
Earns, Target, Business, Profits
made popular May 20 2008
(0)
Target sells stake in credit card receivables to JPMorgan
AP, Minneapolis
Target Corp. says it is selling an interest in its credit-card receivables business to JPMorgan Chase for about $3.6 billion.The Minneapolis-based discount retailer...
Target, Credit, Card, Receivables
made popular May 5 2008
(0)
Target in Talks on Credit Card Biz
AP, Minneapolis
Target Corp., which has been balancing pressure to sell a credit card portfolio that it once pledged to keep, said Wednesday that it may have found a solution.Target...
Target, Credit, Cards, Business
made popular Mar 12 2008
(0)
Apple iTunes rules the music world...sort of!
Swati S, Shimla
Apple Inc.’s iTunes online store in a short span of time has left behind websites like amazon.com and Target Corp. Apple now rules the music world as the...
Apple, Music, Music retailers, itunes
made popular Jun 23 2007
(0)
Apple's effective retail strategy: A success story
Balendu, Delhi
Customers and analysts are incessantly praising the Apple’s store and the workers for their efficiency in the company’s product. Though the stores run by...
Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Gateway Inc., Target Corp.
made popular May 17 2006
Related Tags
Ackman activist analysts Business credit Discount earns Exchange Commission glance JC Penney Wal-Mart Stores Minneapolis New York North America Pershing sales securities square target United States Wall Street
123Next
FAQ / Help
Move to top