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5 Things To Watch Next Week: Home Improvement, PC Giants and More
6:15PM 8/12/2011
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Home Depot, Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, TJX
Next week brings more earnings reports from big-name companies, including several home improvement giants, a couple of "good enough" computer makers, penny-pinching discount masters, and office supplier Staples -- whose results might stand as an indication of the broader economy's health.
Savings Experiment: Finding the Best Buys in Footwear
11:15AM 6/21/2011
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-98087{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-98087, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-98087{width:620px;height:439px;display:block;}No matter what style you're shopping for, shoes are that reliable, pick-me-up purchase....
There's been a lot of talk about lately about limiting the number of products sold at retail, with stores trimming assortment and dropping national brands in favor of lower priced private label products. But that doesn't mean retailers are totally lacking in innovation.
Target Stores may be...
Wal-Mart's Clown ads more popular than Target's ads on Youtube
2:15PM 1/25/2010
In the race for discount store dominance, who's winning? Target or Wal-Mart? If the sole criteria is YouTube popularity, Wal-Mart is coming out ahead.
The retailer's latest commercial is enjoying the spotlight, with just under 40,000 hits and climbing, and it's No. 2 on the Unruly Media's Viral...
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