Kohl's Corp (NYSE:KSS)

Sales seem to be picking up nicely post-holiday. Strong management team, growth and ROIC make this stock a long-term winner.

Cheap and great cloths at an affordable price. It can extend to Europe and China soon.

Because it is ranked #10 of the top company pages on Facebook.

Kohl's tends to have bigger stores that are cleaner and the customers seem to spend more time and are more relaxed and they are less rushed. They've had a strong expansion and clearly target the middle class.

Stock has been beat up due to rough patch in SSS growth but personal visits to store get impression result is due to push to accelarate margins by reducing discounts. Stores are much better merchandised and better material condition than competitors and it can quickly reengage on pricing if current strategy is failing and SSS will likely resume old growth patterns. Meanwhile, Kmart is about to crater into irrelevance and could provide supply of good potential real estate sites whit it packs it in.

Strong Retail sales

Kohl's took market share on the west coast during the recession and is continuing to open new stores, remodel existing stores, control inventories better than any competitor, and is now paying a respectable dividend. Enough said.

1x - 4/1

Quality retail that has created a name for itself through lowprices on brand names

Cheap retailer. P/E 10.60 moving forward. 2 directors purchased shares in March.

Solid well manager retailer. Same store sales increasing, plans to open 100 new locations this year and huge share buyback program. All signs of strength.

I'm going in

Kohls is well positioned in the mid market tier. It has a good business model of owning the land that its stores are on, avoiding the mall properties, enticing customers with good discounts and having a strong loyalty program. It also keeps costs down by using minimal staff which works with what they sell because it is not "staff intensive" goods that they sell.

great store and management team

JCPenny and Kohls each have more stores than Macy's. Macy's is good at hosting 4th of july fireworks, while JCP and KSS are good at increasing shareholder value. Sure Macy's per store sales is higher, but I believe the average sales per square foot is lower, and definitely average operating profit per square foot for Macy's is lowest. (I haven't properly verified anything, its based on cursory look)

This company is making a real name for itself. Store in my area was opened around four years ago; parking lot is now frequently packed and store is very, very rarely without a healthy number of customers browsing. Has great customer loyalty programs in place and is a lot better at keeping up with trends than its main competitor JCPenney. This company will be one of the first triumphs of the retail rebound.

Great price, business is good, adding thousands of credit card customers everymonth. p/e and fwd p/e very attractive for this company.

They are beaten up and wil re-approach their 10 year high

Estimated record profits this coming year, priced at 50$ a share! 2007 KSS trading at 80$ with lower profits that what is expected this year.
Simple

Kohls continues to innovate at the right price point for consumers. New marketing brands will only add to its value. Macys and other more upscale and traditional stores will continue to struggle.