Retail

• Target's honeymoon could be over
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Target is having labor pains.
   
  
• Retail sales up slightly in June after May drop
  AP (July 14, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers spent more on cars and in big chain stores in June but falling gas prices held back retail sales.
   
  
• Eurozone retail sales slump in May
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  LONDON (AP) - Retail sales in the 17 euro countries dropped by 1.1 percent during May, official figures showed Tuesday, in a further sign that the eurozone economy is slowing down sharply from a largely export-based rebound.
   
  
• Stores find success by focusing on the hunt
  AP (July 05, 2011)
  (AP) - Trader Joe's, the specialty grocery chain, might not have the cheapest toilet paper or the most varieties of ketchup, but it hooks customers with mango butter, chocolate-covered pomegranate seeds and cilantro-and-jalapeno hummus.
   
  
• Barnes & Noble 4Q loss larger than expected
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Barnes & Noble reported a larger fourth-quarter loss than analysts expected Tuesday as the bookseller continues to invest in its e-book reader Nook and as liquidation sales by rival Borders hurt its revenue.
   
  
• Walgreen says it will split with Express Scripts
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Walgreen Co. said Tuesday it will end a $5.3-billion-per-year relationship with Express Scripts Inc., saying Express Scripts was not paying it enough money to fill prescriptions and was trying to dictate terms of their partnership.
   
  
• Ahead of the Bell: Home Sales
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer people likely bought previously occupied homes in May than in April, a blow to a housing market that is struggling to regain its footing.
   
  
• Best Buy OK's $5B buyback, raises dividend 7 pct
  AP (June 21, 2011)
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that it will buy back $5 billion of its common stock and raise its quarterly dividend by 7 percent.