We've got more retail earnings and a closer look at Spotify.

Motley Fool Money starts now.

I'm Chris Hill joining me today, Motley Fool Senior Analyst, Asad Sharma.

Good to see you.

Chris, good to see you.

It's been a little while.

Yeah, you know, I took some time off.

And I think you did too.

So it's good.

We're both refreshed.

Yes, batteries recharged.

Let's continue with the theme of the week, which is retail.

And anyone who claims to be surprised by Target's second quarter results probably hasn't

been paying attention the last couple of months.

Profit was down nearly 90% year over year as Target cleared out inventory.

The imagery level is still pretty high, but the CEO Brian Cornell says it's a much better

mix of inventory.

I don't know.

I said, we talk all the time about taking the long-term view.

It seems like that is exactly what Cornell is doing.

When you see what they did with clearing out their inventory, taking the short-term hit,

he's very clear-eyed about what they are trying to pull off here.

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