Minneapolis-based Target is a general merchandise retailer ... which is an important segment of the consumer discretionary sector. MAR has a healthy market cap of $74 billion.

This is also the fourth consecutive quarter where Target’s discretionary sales trends are on the up-and-up. The company’s comments echo that of its main rival: Walmart’s management team last ...

Stifel Nicolaus analyst Mark Astrachan maintained a Hold rating on Target (TGT – Research Report) yesterday and set a price target of ...