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Holland Township Target to offer fresh groceries in June

HollandSentinel.com -
The remodel will also affect the stores' beauty aisles, home department, shoe department and baby department, according to Target. Target won't be the first store in the neighborhood to offer homewares and groceries in the same building: Meijer, ...

POLICE BLOTTER: Stores Targeted, Carjacking Arrest, and DUIs

Patch.com -
A review of reported crimes from May 16 to May 22 from the Palm Desert Police Department, which is staffed by sheriff's deputies.

Target announces BC stores to open next spring

Vancouver Sun -
The US Department store chain Target announced today it intends to open dozens of stores in Canada and 18 in BC by March or April of next year.

Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - May 28

Reuters -
(Kontan p.13) - MATAHARI TO SPEND 450 BLN RPH FOR NEW OUTLETS Indonesian retailer Matahari Department Store plans to open up to 10 new outlets this year with a total investment of 450 billion rupiah, said corporate secretary Miranti Hadisusilo.
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Target, Macy's Sales Trail Estimates After Early Easter

Bloomberg -
(TGT), the second-biggest US discount chain, rose 1.1 percent, falling short of the average projection for a 2.9 percent gain from analysts surveyed by researcher Retail Metrics Inc. Macy's Inc. (M), the second-biggest US department-store chain, ...
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JC Penney's shares in free-fall after 1Q loss

The Associated Press -
The same investors who initially supported the man who masterminded both Apple's successful retail stores and Target's cheap chic strategy prior to that, now seem to be losing confidence in Johnson's plan. "The honeymoon is definitely over for Johnson ...

Roseville Was Center of Bull's-Eye for Target Stores

Patch.com -
In an interview with Roseville Patch, Twin Cities retail academic Dave Brennan said Target set itself apart from other discounters such as Wal-Mart and Kmart because its roots grew out of traditional department store retailing.

Shopper stabbed with butcher's knife at Target department store

DigitalJournal.com -
Dallas - A female shopper, in Dallas, Texas, was browsing items in Target department store when she was stabbed in the back by a male assailant.

Town rejects retail plan

Boston.com -
Burlington Town Meeting on Monday turned down a plan by the Gutierrez Co. to locate a Target store and a restaurant on land south of the interchange of routes 3 and 128.

Shopkick enters 1700+ Target stores for shopping kicks

VatorNews -
Shopkick is free application for iPhone and Android devices that partners with various retail stores to increase loyalty perks and offer coupons.
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Target Pulls Kindles Off Shelves In Retaliation For "Showrooming"

Forbes -
Target turns 50 years old this month. Before Target and competitors like Wal-Mart came along, people would go to traditional department stores like Macy's. These stores would provide excellent customer service, and pay for the extra staff with ...

Target partners with shopkick app

BusinessWeek -
Target Corp. said Wednesday that shoppers can now use the shopkick smartphone application to earn points in stores that can be redeemed for rewards.

Sears Canada bets on suburbs

Vancouver Sun -
In a recent analysis of retailers with the most to lose when Target opens 125 to 135 stores in Canada next year by retail analytics firm KubasPrimedia, Sears and Wal-Mart Canada Corp. topped the list. To that end, the updated Sears store has taken a ...
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Billabong Hires Inman as Chief Executive to Revive Profit

BusinessWeek -
Inman, a former head of Wesfarmers Ltd. (WES)'s Target department store chain, will take the role from May 14, the Gold Coast, Australia-based company said in a regulatory statement.
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Remaking JC Penney Without Coupons

BusinessWeek -
Johnson developed Target's (TGT) “cheap chic” persona before moving to Apple (AAPL), where he created the world's most profitable stores. Now he's trying something really hard. He wants to wean Penney's middle-market customers from a steady diet of ...

Target joins online rush to Asia

The Australian -
WESFARMERS' discount department store Target will begin shipping goods directly from China to Australian internet shoppers by September, allowing them to avoid paying GST.

Protesters target Suncor Energy for slow clean up of toxic leak

Fox 31 KDVR.com -
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fined Suncor Energy $2.2 million for leaking unsafe amounts of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, into the environment.

Can Edward Lambert turn around Sears?

FTSE Global Markets -
Today, Sears and Kmart together rank only fourth among full-line retailers, behind Wal-Mart Stores ($448bn), Costco Wholesale ($90bn) and Target ($70bn). They also trail big-box specialty retailers Best Buy ($51.5bn), Home Depot ($70bn) and Lowe's ...

Kids wear out retailers

Crain's New York Business -
Earlier this month, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. announced it would shutter its 22-store kids' division, 77kids, after just four years in business.

How you can win the Coles v Woolies battle

Sydney Morning Herald -
There was even a frightening case in the US where department store Target was able to identify a customer was pregnant and send relevant specials before she'd told the father.
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