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Target, Target earnings, Target sales, retail, retail earnings, tariff refunds, Michael Fiddelke, Target stock, US retail

Target Raises Full-Year Outlook as Sales Rebound and Tariff Refund Lifts Earnings

Target is seeing signs that its long-running turnaround effort is beginning to gain momentum, with the retailer reporting stronger second-quarter sales and raising its full-year…

Om Singh

August 19
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Swiggy Instamart Appoints Nandita Sinha as CEO Amid Quick Commerce Competition

Om Singh

4 min
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Quick Commerce Expansion Turns Inward as 9 in 10 New Dark Stores Open in Existing Markets

Heer Shah

5 min
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India’s Wedding Season: A ₹10-Lakh-Crore Industry That Powers the Economy

Manavi Gupta

4 min
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Fynd: The Startup Helping Local Brands Compete Digitally

Utkarsh Negi

2 min
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Ikonz Studios Secures $5 Million to Transform AI-Powered Digital Avatars Globally

Om Singh

2 min
AI & automation to transform retail in 2025
AI & automation to transform retail in 2025

AI & automation to transform retail in 2025

Desk

3 min
Premiumisation driving retail trends in Titan’s strategy
Premiumisation driving retail trends in Titan’s strategy

Premiumisation, retail trends to drive Titan’s expansion strategy

Vidhika Bajaj

2 min

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Ankita Sharma Is Building FigFinder AI to Make Travel Planning Less Fragmented

Epil Bodra

8 min
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Pure Lithium: Startup Bets on Graphite-Free Lithium Metal Batteries

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
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Taru Kapoor’s Rivet Turns Dating Into a Social Network With Human Matchmakers

Epil Bodra

6 min
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CoinDCX Founder Sumit Gupta Steps In to Support NamasteBuddy’s Push for Spoken English in Smaller-Town India

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
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Brand Content Strategy: Why Most Brand Content Fails Without a Point of View?

Khushboo Mulani

5 min
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Female Founders Get Less Than 1% of African Funding as Shuttlers CEO Reveals Four-Year Bootstrapping Journey

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
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