Week in Preview: Retail Earnings in the Spotlight

Many of America’s best-known retailers, including Walmart, Home Depot and JCPenney, will be stepping into the earnings spotlight this week. Their reports come on the heels of disappointing January retail sales numbers from the …

Target to Open First Canadian Stores in 2013

Target will open its first stores in Canada in 2013, the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S. announced in a statement Thursday. The company agreed to pay $1.84 billion to acquire the leasehold interests for as many as…

Walmart Slashes Toy Prices as Holidays Competition Heats Up

Walmart (WMT) slashed toy prices ahead of the holiday season in a bid to gain the edge on low-cost rival Target Corp. (TGT).

When the world’s largest retailer learned that many of its toy prices were higher than Target’s, Walmart revised prices downwa…