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Home furnishing retailers Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) and Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR) reached new multiyear highs of $63.83 and $13.09 per share, respectively, in yesterday's trading session. Bed Bath & Beyond posted solid results in the most recent quarter, suggesting that consumers...

After last week's lull, things pick up again on the earnings front. Here is a peek at what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most anticipated quarterly reports: AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), FedEx (NYSE: FDX),...

Android's social gaming network has grown more than 940% since the beginning of last year. PapayaMobile.com is having a good day. Today it has announced that it has acquired more than 25 million users, attributing its success to the rising demand for mobile social games as well as the growing...

Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Target (NYSE: TGT), initiating TGT at Overweight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "We see TGT trading to $64 (12.5x 2013e EPS) once investors focus on Target's middle market opportunity in Canada. Our AlphaWise customer survey confirms...

They're coming. Big, bold, colorful signs filled with numbers and words like “50% Off!” and “Buy One, Get One!” And they are followed by the scariest words of all: “Back to School Sale!” These messages are supposed to entice consumer spending. But all they really do is serve as a reminder that...

Coach (NYSE: COH) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) reached new 52-week highs of $66.14 and $59.52 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. Coach has been buying back shares and it posted strong quarterly results in April, due in part to strong direct-to-consumer sales, as well...

Janney Capital has downgraded Target (NYSE: TGT) from Buy to Neutral and has established a $46 price target.

It's not easy being a big box retailer. While Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), and Target (NYSE: TGT) once ruled the industry, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has quickly stolen the spotlight as the leading place to shop for just about everything. Brian Sozzi, an equity research analyst at Wall...

Citi initiated coverage of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) with a Buy rating and a price target of $64. In a research report published today, Citi states, "While there are many compelling aspects to the TGT story over the next several years (including TGT's Canada entry and potential credit card...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on Target (NYSE: TGT) from $68 to $64 and maintains its Buy rating.

Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) will be reporting its first-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, May 12, before the opening bell. Analysts are looking for the company to post earnings of $0.72 per share on revenue of $4.2 billion. That is up from $0.64 per share on $4.0 billion in the same period of last year. Note...

The earnings season is beginning to wind down for another quarter. That can only mean that it is time for some of our favorite shopping mall and strip mall retailers to step into the earnings spotlight. Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) start things off later this week when they report...

Citi is raising its TP for Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS) from $69 to $70, as well as its target for Macy's (NYSE: M) to from $31 to $32. Citi is also lowering its target on shares of Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), which drops from $69 to $68. Kohl's Corp. closed at $54.76; Macy's closed at $25.40; Target...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) today announced that iPad 2, the next generation of its magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more, will be available tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time at all 236...