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Office Depot Jumps, but Whole Foods Market Slides After Hours
Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 06, 9:00PM CDT
Stocks sank today as tensions in Ukraine heightened and some big names including  AIG  and  Twitter fell, putting pressure on their respective sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average  shed 130 points or 0.8% with drugmakers  Merck  and  Pfizer ...

Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue May 06, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies were down at the close of trading:

Whole Foods Earnings Numbers Decay - Analyst Blog
Brian Hamilton - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 06, 4:23PM CDT
The organic foods segment is now being saturated with increased competition.

Walmart (WMT) Surpasses Amazon (AMZN) in Online Sales Growth
at The Street - Tue May 06, 2:58PM CDT
Walmart (WMT) long ago proved its supremacy among bricks-and-mortar stores, but now online retailers best watch out, too. The world's largest retailer is growing online sales faster than internet heavyweight Amazon (AMZN).

Whole Foods, Sprouts Struggle As Organic Rivals Grow
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 06, 12:32PM CDT
Whole Foods Market (WFM) and Sprouts Fresh Market (SFM) are on tap to report earnings. But how will the upscale natural foods grocers fare as organic foods become more ubiquitous in mainstream grocers? Whole Foods is slated to report earnings after...

Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue May 06, 12:22PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 1 p.m.:

Is Plug Power Built on Rock or Sand?
at The Street - Tue May 06, 11:13AM CDT
Shares of fuel-cell company Plug Power have been on a freefall but is there potential for a rebound in this name ahead of earnings?

How Walmart Is Eyeing Silicon Valley
at The Street - Tue May 06, 9:50AM CDT
Walmart continues to up its game against Amazon for e-commerce dominance, the world's largest retailer on Tuesday announced its latest acquisition, Adchemy.

Target's Biggest Problem May Be Target's Board
at The Street - Tue May 06, 9:48AM CDT
The Target board needs to find a charismatic leader and a new direction, fast. Ron Johnson is still available.

Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies
AP - Tue May 06, 9:34AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 10 a.m.:

Critical Alerts For Walmart, Monsanto, Proto Labs, Qihoo 360 Technology, and Delphi Automotive Released By InvestorsObserver
PR Newswire - Tue May 06, 8:31AM CDT
InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for WMT, MON, PRLB, QIHU, and DLPH.

Partnerships, Store Openings, Stock Price movements, Corporate Responsibility, and Regulatory Filings - Analyst Notes on Walmart, Target, Whole Foods Market, Burlington and Vipshop
PR Newswire - Tue May 06, 7:00AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM), Burlington Stores Inc. (NYSE: BURL) and Vipshop Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NYSE: VIPS). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/2047-100free.

2018 Home Furnishing Market: Wal-Mart Stores, Macy's, IKEA,Bed Bath & Beyond and Others Analyzed
M2 - Tue May 06, 3:55AM CDT
ReportsnReports.com offers "Global Home Furnishing Market 2014-2018" research report in its store. The Retail industry, especially in emerging countries, is expected to witness rapid growth rate because of the increasing number of organized retail stores such as hypermarkets, supermarkets, and discount stores. Convenience and comfort are increasingly important for customers because of their busy lifestyles and work schedules. Organized retailers provide many products under the same roof, which helps customers save time and give them an opportunity to choose from numerous brands. In addition, the changing shopping behavior of consumers toward buying products from supermarkets and hypermarkets has also increased the importance of organized retailers for vendors. Hence, the growing Organized Retail sector is expected to lead the growth of the Global Home Furnishing market (http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/282599-global-home-furnishing-market-2014-2018.html) during the forecast period.

CEO Quits; Is Now the Time to Invest in Target?
Mark Reeth and Michael Finarelli, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 5:33PM CDT
Shares of retail giant Target    were down today after CEO Gregg Steinhafel announced his departure from the company. There are several reasons behind his departure -- failure to expand to Canada, and of course a devastating data breach late last...

Why Wal-Mart Isn't Too Big to Keep Growing
Marshall Hargrave, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon May 05, 5:00PM CDT
Shares of Wal-Mart Stores  recently fell thanks in part to a downgrade by William Blair. The company was cut from market perform to underperform because of concerns about growth. The analysts believe that the size of the company is a dampener on...


Target's CEO is out in wake of big security breach
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP - Mon May 05, 4:11PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Target's CEO has become the first boss of a major corporation to lose his job over a breach of customer data, showing how responsibility for computer security now reaches right to the top.

Interesting January 2015 Stock Options For WMT
at The Street - Mon May 05, 11:19AM CDT
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. .

Three Reasons to Invest in Established Companies
at The Street - Mon May 05, 10:48AM CDT
You can root for underdogs, but you shouldn't invest in them.
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