Target Corporation’s Product Offerings BUS 2203 Principles of Finance There is a retail store in almost every country of the world where people buy their every-day needs, and although this is most common in the first world countries, there are also retail stores in the third world countries, I know this because even when I am currently living in The United States, I lived my first 16 years of life in Mexico, and I can tell that there are retail stores in Mexico. According to the NYSE website, “Target Corp is engaged in operating general merchandise discount stores in the United States.” Which allows us to deduce that Target Corporation is a retail store. I have acquired some goods at this store, such as food, notebooks, clothing, and some electronic devices. The NYSE provides an income statement, a balance sheet, and even the cash flow of this specific company, this information is crucial for any outside investor that would be interested in this corporation in particular. The record of the last 3 years of sales is concise and demonstrates that Target corporation is a stable company that seeks for national growth every year even when it is already an enormous company. Although one …show more content…
Now, having taken a look at this information, the stockholders’ equity actually greater than in the following 2 years, which is a little confusing because even when the company has had more sales, it has had greater liabilities as well, this can be due to different factors, such as bills to pay, new policies, and probably salaries, which I would consider the first major reason of this results because in the last 2 years the government has raised the minimum wage annually, and despite the fact that the company has raised its prices, it is not a secret that tend to watch more carefully its