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How will Walmart keep its sales growth going?

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 18, 2021
The giant retail chain received a big boost from the pandemic, but sales are starting to drop off.
Walmart's profits rely primarily on customer loyalty.
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Walmart reports a great holiday quarter

by Erika Beras
Feb 19, 2019
Booming e-commerce, robust toy sales, and grocery pick-up and delivery powered the retailer to one of its strongest quarters in years.
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Why Target is selling its pharmacies to CVS

by Annie Baxter
Jun 15, 2015
The deal will give customers access to more drugs, services — and shopping.
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Target attracts new customers by downsizing

by Annie Baxter
Jul 23, 2014
Target opened it's smallest store in Minneapolis. What's a Target if it's not big?
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Note to bees: do not stop and smell the roses

by Sally Herships
Jul 9, 2014
A new study says garden plants from big box stores contain a toxic pesticide.
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What do stores do with unsold merchandise?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 10, 2014
What is this "donate" you speak of?
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Ghostboxes: What's left behind when Target shuts its doors?

by Lewis Wallace
Feb 5, 2014
Best Buy, Sears, Kmart have closed hundreds of stores since 2011 -- and Target's not far behind. But shuttering big-box stores has unanticipated consequences
Target customers protest the closing of their local store this past Saturday in Trotwood, Ohio.  Residents organized a "shop-in" to display the town's buying power.  But Target plans to close this store, and 7 others across the country, on May 3rd.
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Samsung takes the floor at Best Buy

by Sally Herships
Apr 4, 2013
Smartphone maker Samsung announces it's opening a branded store of its own -- inside the big box retailer.
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