Target Beats Dampen Earnings Estimates, But Student Loans and Higher Interest Rates Slow Sales
It could have been worse, and it’s not like Wall Street expected much anyway. In short, this is Target’s third-quarter earnings as of Wednesday morning. After nearly two years of brutal results due to execution errors, rising retail theft and increasingly cautious consumer sentiment, Target has crushed analysts’ lowered estimates for sales, margins and profit. … [Read more…]