Target Steals ‘Lowest-Price’ Title From Walmart

Date: Aug 25 2012

Filed under: Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Retail

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Lance Armstrong isn’t the only one ceding a crown this week.

Walmart (WMT), which has long claimed bragging rights as the nation’s lowest-priced retailer, has unwittingly relinquished that title to Target (TGT) — for a month, at least.

According to a Bloomberg study, the cheap-chic discounter has offered shoppers lower prices than Walmart this month, the first time since October, and by the widest pricing margin since the study launched two years ago.

The study looked at the gap in average…

Target Steals ‘Lowest-Price’ Title From Walmart originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-08-24T15:45:00Z.

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