Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Target Corporation third quarter

earnings release conference call. The next 68 minutes of that call in November were a mess. Oh sure,

Target CEO talked about having confidence in our proven long-term strategy, but the company's

earnings had missed their mark,

their target, if you will. Americans seem to have fallen out of love with Tarje.

They've just haven't seen their sales, you know, bounce back at all from sort of the post-COVID

era.

But why?

Well, on another November earnings call just across town, not literally, Walmart CEO Doug McMillan was gloating.

All three segments of our business performed well.

Sales for Walmart International grew 12.4% in constant currency.

Coming up on today explained, Retail Wars, how Walmart ate into Target's business.

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For years now, former President Donald Trump has made it a key talking point,

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People like Olivia Coley Pearson, a civil servant in Douglas, Georgia, who was arrested for voter fraud because she showed a first-time voter how the voting machines worked.

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