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Walmart, Target Could See Margins Fall Despite Early Holiday Sales

Pent-up demand is expected to have boosted early holiday sales this year, but big discounters Walmart and Target may still see margins fall as several fact...

Target To Hire 100,000 Additional Workers For Forthcoming Holiday Season

Retailer Target Corp has announced plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers this year, fewer than last year, to prepare for the holiday season at a time when...

Target Sales Beat Estimates As Shoppers Go Back To Stores

Target Corp beat analysts' estimates for same-store sales on Wednesday as more shoppers visited its stores to buy clothes and stock up on back-to-school es...

Walmart, Target To See Sales Boost As Kids Head To School

US big box retailers Walmart and Target are expected to see higher sales when they report quarterly results this week as parents buy clothes and backpacks...

Some US Retailers Amend Mask Policy In Stores: NACS

Costco, Walmart, and Trader Joe’s are among a number of US retailers that will no longer require customers to wear a face mask in their stores if the...

Costco Lifts Minimum Wage Above Amazon Or Target To $16 Per Hour

Costco Wholesale Corp is raising the minimum wage for its hourly staff to $16 from next week, a dollar more than what its competitors Amazon.com Inc and Ta...

Target Sales Soar As Same-Day Delivery Powers Online Demand

Target Corp blew past Wall Street expectations for quarterly same-store sales on Wednesday as more Americans used the big-box retailer's quick delivery ser...

Target Sees Margin Squeeze As It Spends More To Meet Coronavirus-Led Demand

Target Corp has said that rising costs from trying to meet the fast-changing needs of consumers during the coronavirus crisis were set to hurt its first-qu...