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After Walmart (WMT) announced home theater and other installation services in 2009, fellow retailer Target (TGT) will now be doing the same. Mostly, Target wants to be the retailer of choice for flat-panel televisions and grab installation services in that arena as well. Target's new install service will be provided by Zip Express Installation, and most likely won't affect Target in any way, shape or form.

Have you been into a Target or SuperTarget recently? The flat-panel television lineup and merchandising is absolutely atrocious compared to retailers like Walmart (which has stepped up its game considerably in consumer electronics), Best Buy (BBY) and even wholesale retailers like Costco Wholesale (COST). Is Target just playing the "me too" game or does it really think having this installation service will make those considering a flat-panel television flock to its doors?

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Target to Try Its Hand at Home Installation Services originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Welcome to the 42nd installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions and just a bit of everything else when it comes down to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart.

Last week, I looked at how Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) competes against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) locations. Best Buy seemed to have the edge when it came to low prices on items like flat-panel televisions and laptop PCs this holiday season, and in my opinion, Wal-Mart's allure to the consumer electronics shopper is not growing despite attempts to beef up that department in Wal-Mart locations.

This week, I'll peer into this year and look at what has gone right and what has gone wrong for the world's largest retailer. 2007 was an odd year for Wal-Mart from many angles, and 2008 promises to be every bit as captivating for the world's largest retailer in the global markets it serves. So, let's dig in.


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The Wal-Mart Weekly: Wal-Mart's 2007 in review originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW), once a reliable but slow-growth kitchenware company, today represents one of the signature corporate transformation stories of the digital age.

Corning is one of the leading providers of fiber-optic cable, which, by the way, the company invented more than 30 years ago. Further, its substrates business did not draw Wall Street's attention until technological advances enabled the price-competitive production of flat panel displays in flat panel televisions, desktop monitors and notebook computers.

Display technology currently accounts for about 43% of revenue, with analysts projecting solid revenue increases in the immediate years ahead. Or, in other words, as Samsung, Sharp and Sony (NYSE: SNE) go, so goes Corning, for the most part. Analysts also see impressive revenue gains for the company's fiber-optic businesses, and its solid balance sheet and good cash flow add to GLW's strong operational characteristics.

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Corning (GLW): Turnaround extraordinaire originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After Best Buy Co. Inc.'s (NYSE: BBY) disappointing quarterly results yesterday, competitor consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores (NYSE: CC) was expected to do even worse this morning when reporting results from its most recent quarter. Well, Circuit City did not disappoint and reported a $55 million loss this morning after sales at its U.S. stores fell for the first time in three years.

Circuit City's loss of $0.33 per share was a steep change from the year-ago profit of $0.04 per share as sales slipped about 4.3% to $2.49 billion for the quarter that ended on May 31. With Circuit City disappointing these past several quarters and with the current slashing of headcount and store count, can this ailing electronics behemoth get back on track? All those cost savings from these personnel and store changes should help, but Circuit City has more work to do beyond that throughout 2007.

Wal-Mart's commitment to enter the consumer electronics arena in a heavier fashion is not good news to Circuit City, which has its hands full just trying to compete with larger rival Best Buy these days. With CC shares sitting at $16.07 at the close of the market yesterday, that figure represents a decline of about 15% in 2007. And it seems poised to head even lower today as shares are down 2.6% in pre-market trading (9:16 a.m.).

Circuit City shareholders are probably a tad angry, although seasonal shifts and larger-than-expected pricing fluctuations (for the worst) in the red-hot flat-panel television market have jilted Circuit City around a bit this year (and during the last part of 2006). It may come as some relief that Best Buy cut its profit outlook for the year yesterday as well, so Circuit City can at least have a fleeting smile before the turnaround work carries on.

Circuit City sees first sales loss in three years originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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