📉 Target goes from bad to worse

Target's hoarding came back to bite it | Apple finally made its move | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for June 8th in 3:11 minutes. ♻️ In case you hadn’t noticed, there are a lot of changes happening around the world right now. Join abdrn’s Jeremy Lawson for [The Geopolitics Of Energy Transition]( on Wednesday, and find out how to spot the energy investments that can make it through this state of flux. [Grab your free ticket]( Today's big stories - Target cut its profit outlook again, admitting it needs to clear house - Our analyst might have found a crypto with big comeback potential – [Read Now]( - Apple’s making a move into the buy-now-pay-later market Hoard Games [Hoard Games] What’s Going On Here? Retail giant Target [issued]( its second profit warning in three weeks on Tuesday. What Does This Mean? Target’s investors were sent sprawling last month by the biggest one-day [drop]( in the company’s share price since 1987. But just as they were dusting themselves off, Target’s given them another shove: the retailer just cut its profit outlook again, as it takes “aggressive steps” to reduce a stockpile of products that was 43% bigger last quarter than the same time in 2021. Target said the move will make room for big-sellers eventually, but that it’s going to have to offer big discounts and cancel orders in the meantime. Investors looked down at their scraped knees, scowled up at Target, and sent its stock down 10%. Why Should I Care? The bigger picture: What’s a retailer to do? Target was sort of painted into a corner here: the company needed to stay stocked up enough that it wouldn’t run out of merchandise amid all the supply bottlenecks, but not so much that it ended up with an excess of useless goods. That’s a sweet spot the retailer clearly wasn’t able to hit, even before record inflation changed spending habits even more. At least it wasn’t the only one: Walmart is in a similar position after having [chartered]( its own ships earlier this year to keep the goods coming. Zooming out: Good things come to Kohl’s who wait. If Kohl’s only issue was how much stock it had, the pandemic-bruised department store probably wouldn’t have been forced to look for a buyer. Kohl’s [announced]( on Monday that it’s in exclusive negotiations to be bought out for $60 a share by retail company Franchise Group, which would value the business at around $8 billion. Investors think this could finally be the start of the end of a sale process that’s been dragging on for more than half a year, and its stock jumped 10%. You might also like: [So is Target a good investment yet?]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Hoard Games&utm_campaign=daily-global-08-06-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take Could THORchain Bring The Thunder? [Could THORchain Bring The Thunder?]( By Jonathan Hobbs, Analyst It’s no secret that the crypto market has [given up the ghost]( this year. But cast your mind back to January till March, and the backdrop was very different: bitcoin was rebounding from $33,000 to $48,000, and [opportunities were coming out of our ears](. One of those opportunities was [THORchain’s RUNE](, which more than quadrupled in value over the same period – even if it has given those gains back since. But the fact it rallied so much when bitcoin rebounded is important: it suggests THORchain – which allows users to [swap assets from different blockchains]( – could be pretty invaluable. So if you’re wondering [how to buy the crypto dip](, Rune might be god’s gift to your portfolio. It’s all in today’s Insight. [Read or listen to the Insight here]( SPONSORED BY MONEYFARM Not today, inflation Rising inflation can really whittle away those hard-earned cash savings of yours. So you might want to think about putting that cash into [an investment portfolio]( designed to [grow your wealth]( over the long term instead. [Moneyfarm]( makes that easy: you’ll get a [curated investment portfolio]( that suits your personal financial situation, goals, and attitude to risk. Your [portfolio]( will be actively managed by [Moneyfarm’s]( experienced team, and you can hop on the phone with your [dedicated investment consultant]( anytime to talk through big decisions. [See how easy it can be to grow your portfolio with Moneyfarm](. [Visit Moneyfarm]( With investing, your capital is at risk. Tap In [Tap In] What’s Going On Here? Apple [announced]( plans earlier this week to push into the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) market. What Does This Mean? There have been mutterings that Apple is about to launch a BNPL product since March, when the company bought out credit check startup Credit Kudos. So cue the “I told you so” brigade: the tech giant has just announced that it’ll be launching Apple Pay Later – a service that’ll allow Apple Pay’s American users to buy things in four interest-free installments over six weeks ([tweet this](). It’s arguably an odd time for Apple to enter the BNPL market, whose rapid growth has petered out as inflation has climbed and the ecommerce boom has tailed off. But Apple’s confident it’s made the right decision: the move could encourage more people to use Apple Pay to buy what they need, not to mention allow the company to make more inroads into financial services. Why Should I Care? For markets: Oh great. More competition. BNPL mainstays Klarna and Affirm need Apple in the market like they need a hole in the head. Klarna is currently in the midst of offsetting its borrowing costs – which just [hit]( a record high on the back of rising interest rates – by cutting 10% of its workforce, while Affirm’s stock has now plummeted 75% this year. And things are only going to get harder: analysts are anticipating that more and more cash-strapped customers will either wind down their spending or struggle to pay off their loans altogether. The bigger picture: Won’t someone please think of the borrowers? Plus, regulators are keeping an especially close eye on the BNPL industry, with speculation rampant that it’s only a matter of time before they roll out profit-damaging measures. Probably the honorable thing to do, mind you: they’re worried that the soaring cost of living could lead to irresponsible lending among BNPL companies, leaving consumers with insurmountable piles of debt. 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