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The holiday shopping season is officially off and running. Though things will be pretty quiet on the earnings front this week, a handful of retailers are scheduled to share the results of their most recent quarters. These include Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Big...

The earnings season may be winding down, along with the summer, but this week will bring some more quarterly reports from retailers. Here's a quick rundown of what analysts expect to see from them. Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE): EPS up 50.0% to $0.04 (reports Thursday) Express (NYSE: EXPR): EPS up 46...

Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $45. On Tuesday, Big Lots lost 1.71% of its value to end the day at $33.38.

The Benchmark Company has lowered the price target on Big Logs (NYSE: BIG) from $50 to $45 and maintains its Buy rating.

Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) from $37 to $36 and maintains its Neutral rating.

This week, quarterly results are due from Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) and Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL), which are expected to report that earnings are lower than they were a year ago. From AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), DSW (NYSE: DSW), H.J. Heinz (NYSE: HNZ), Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL),...

According to Benchmark, Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) $50 price target is maintained. Benchmark said that it maintains its $50 price target based on 16x its 2011 EPS estimate of $3.13 and 7.5x its 2011 EBITDA estimate, as its price target did not contain a take out premium. “We believe management was...

Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating and PT of $50 on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) ahead of the company's Q1 earnings report, which is due on Thursday, May 26, before the markets open. In a research report published today, Banchmark states, "We maintain our $50 price target based on 16x our 2011 EPS...

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) from $31 to $37 and maintains its Neutral rating.

According to Benchmark, Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) expects a slight upside in its 4Q10 Earnings. Benchmark reported that Big Lots is expected to report Q4 earnings on Thursday, March 3, before the market open. “We believe there could be slight upside potential to ours and the consensus estimate of $1.38...

In an investor spotlight by Wall Street Strategies, the equity research analyst said that Big Lots, Inc.'s (NYSE: BIG) performance in 2010 was a tale of two stories. “The first half of the year the company basked in the fortunes of a consumer continuing to be mindful of price on discretionary...