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Business Upturn
13-06-2025
- Health
- Business Upturn
Worker Protection from Heat Stress: Now More Than Ever, It's Up to Employers to Do The Right Thing
St. Paul, MN, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With federal cost-cutting and deregulation reshaping workplace safety oversight, the responsibility to protect workers from extreme heat is falling squarely on employers. While OSHA's National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Heat Stress has been extended for another year, the long-anticipated federal heat stress standard is looking less likely than ever. That means worksites will need to rely on existing guidance, industry best practices, and—more than anything—their own commitment to doing what's right. 'The reality is, a federally mandated heat stress standard in the U.S. may not happen anytime soon,' says Greg Schrab, President at Ergodyne, a leader in safety work gear and heat stress prevention. 'But regulation should never be the reason we protect workers. Employers don't need a federal rule to tell them that heat stress is dangerous, or that simple, proven solutions can save lives.' With extreme heat becoming a predictable threat year after year, safety professionals are stepping up where federal regulations fall short—turning to resources like OSHA's NEP, ANSI/ASSP A10.50-2024, state regulations, and industry safety leaders to build and reinforce heat stress prevention programs that work. From implementing hydration and rest schedules to providing personal cooling gear, the industry's best practices are well-documented. The challenge for many employers isn't knowing what to do—it's making sure it gets done. Randy Milliron, Safety Manager for the City of Gillette, Wyoming, agrees. He points to time-tested basics as the foundation of his program. 'It will sound so rudimentary, but if you keep to the classics you can safely work outside when the thermostat starts to rise. Drinking plenty of fluids, monitoring urine output and color, taking breaks in the shade, and looking out for your co-workers are the key things to help you stay cool and hydrated.' To help worksites put prevention into practice, Ergodyne is expanding its cooling gear and heat stress solutions with new advancements in wearable cooling, flame-resistant cooling PPE, and turnkey heat stress prevention kits. But gear is only part of the equation. The St. Paul, MN-based worksite safety leader and cooling category pioneer is in the field working alongside employers to provide on-site education in support of company heat stress prevention programs. 'Unless you are attending safety conferences and rubbing elbows with the vendors who provide this type of PPE, you might not know of all the advancements that have been made in these product lines,' Milliron says. 'So, I believe it is necessary, if you are a safety professional, to find those subject-matter experts who specialize in cooling products and create long-lasting friendships with them.' Milliron has seen firsthand how proactive prevention can make a difference. 'Last summer we had a seasonal employee try to work through the early signs and symptoms of heat illness. By the time I arrived, he was in bad shape. We moved him into the air-conditioned office and applied ice packs and a cooling towel to his groin and neck. It took a very long time for his symptoms to subside, but the cooling towel did the trick at lowering his core body temperature.' By leveraging proven cooling solutions and industry-backed guidance, safety leaders can make sure their teams stay safe, stay productive, and stay protected—regardless of what happens at the federal level. 'In the absence of federal action, it's up to employers to step up,' says Lexi Engelbart, Product Manager at Ergodyne and Vice Chair of the International Safety Equipment Association's (ISEA) Heat Stress Solutions Group. 'Not because they have to, but because it's the right thing to do.' For more heat stress education, including signs, symptoms, and solutions, visit ABOUT ERGODYNE Since 1983, Tenacious Holdings, Inc. (dba Ergodyne, a Klein Tools Company) has pioneered the development of products that Make The Workplace A Betterplace™. What started with just one product has grown into a line of top flight, battle-tested, Tenacious Work Gear®; all precision crafted to provide protection, promote prevention and manage the elements for workers on jobsites the world over. The current lineup is extensive and constantly growing: ProFlex® Hand Protection, ProFlex® Knee Pads, ProFlex® Supports, Skullerz® Head & Face Protection, Skullerz® Eye Protection, Trex® Traction, KREW'D® Skin Protection, Chill-Its® Cooling Products, N-Ferno® Warming Products, GloWear® Hi-Vis Apparel, Squids® Lanyards, Arsenal® Gear and Tool Storage, and SHAX® Portable Work Shelters. Originally posted on: Attachment New Heat Stress Hazard Solutions Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Target Down 25% in 3 Months: Time to Buy, Hold or Sell TGT Stock?
Shares of Target Corporation TGT haven't been able to catch a breath lately. Over the past three months, the stock has slid 25.1%, leaving investors wondering whether the big-box retailer is losing its edge or caught in a broader wave of retail weakness. From shifting consumer habits to rising competition and margin pressures, several forces appear to be weighing on for long-term investors, steep declines like this often raise a question: Is the worst already priced in? With Target still commanding a strong brand, a massive store footprint and ongoing digital initiatives, the case isn't so black and white. Let's take a closer look at what's driving the recent drop and whether TGT should be part of your portfolio at today's levels. As a well-established player in the retail sector, Target is known for its strong market presence and customer-centric approach. However, broader market dynamics, such as tariff concerns and company-specific challenges, might have hurt the stock. Closing at $96.40 last Friday, TGT stock is trading 42.4% below its 52-week high of $167.40 touched last year in has underperformed the Retail–Discount Stores industry and the S&P 500 Index, which recorded respective declines of 4.4% and 8.1% during the three months. The stock also lagged the Retail-Wholesale sector, which fell 9.8%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Target has even underperformed its peers, such as Dollar General Corporation DG, Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR and Costco Wholesale Corporation COST. While shares of Dollar General and Dollar Tree have risen 25.8% and 18.7% in the past three months, Costco has declined 6.4%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Target issued a cautious first-quarter fiscal 2025 view. The Minneapolis, MN-based retailer anticipates significant year-over-year profit pressure in the first quarter compared to the rest of the year owing to ongoing consumer uncertainty, a slight decline in February net sales, tariff concerns and the expected timing of certain expenses throughout the fiscal year. We expect first-quarter earnings to decline 13.8% year over the company saw record Valentine's Day sales in February, overall performance for the month was muted. Unseasonably cold weather across the United States weighed on apparel sales, and weakening consumer confidence led to softer demand in discretionary remains a core vulnerability for Target, which derives a significant portion of its revenues from discretionary segments such as home goods, hard lines and apparel. These categories are inherently volatile and susceptible to external shocks. Compounding the uncertainty are persistent risks tied to U.S.-China tariff dynamics. Nonetheless, Target has made progress in diversifying its sourcing away from China. Target's guidance for fiscal 2025 remains measured. The company expects net sales to grow approximately 1%, with comparable sales remaining flat. While a modest improvement in the operating margin is anticipated, projected adjusted earnings of $8.80-$9.80 per share suggest only limited upside from the prior year's $8.86, reinforcing the conservative tone of management's outlook. Reflecting a cautious sentiment around Target, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings per share has seen downward revisions. Over the past seven days, the consensus estimate for both the current and next fiscal has declined by 3 cents to $8.91 and $9.57, respectively. (See the Zacks Earnings Calendar to stay ahead of market-making news.) Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Target is currently trading at a forward 12-month price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 10.6X, which positions it at a discount compared to the industry's average of 32.44X. The stock is also trading below its median P/E level of 14.68, observed over the past year. Target is trading at a discount to Dollar General (with a forward 12-month P/E ratio of 16.03), Dollar Tree (15.85) and Costco (52.46).Although Target stock is currently trading at a discount compared to its industry peers, this valuation disparity might not be as favorable as it seems. The lower price could be indicative of underlying issues rather than representing a clear investment opportunity. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research With a $31 billion private label business and a multi-category offering that includes both essentials and discretionary items, Target continues to position itself as a one-stop shop for a wide range of consumers. The company's plan to generate more than $15 billion in revenue growth by fiscal 2030 underscores its long-term vision, which includes the opening of more than 20 new stores and several remodels in fiscal 2025. Moreover, the continued expansion of its third-party marketplace, Target Plus, is on track to reach $5 billion in GMV over five years, broadening its product variety and adding another layer to its top-line is investing in AI-powered inventory systems and enhanced delivery through Shipt to streamline operations and improve customer satisfaction. Strong adoption of same-day services — up 25% in the fourth quarter — and a 13 million increase in Target Circle members in fiscal 2024 reflect rising digital engagement. These efforts, alongside a planned $4-$5 billion investment in fiscal 2025, support both near-term execution and long-term competitiveness. Target is navigating a tough retail environment with ongoing challenges in discretionary spending, margin pressure and soft guidance weighing on investor sentiment. Although the company is investing in digital growth and operational improvements, the benefits may take time to materialize. For now, the stock lacks strong near-term catalysts. New investors may want to wait for clearer signs of recovery, while existing holders should consider reducing their position if short-term performance is a concern. TGT currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Target Corporation (TGT) : Free Stock Analysis Report Dollar General Corporation (DG) : Free Stock Analysis Report Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR) : Free Stock Analysis Report Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Must-see concerts this week: Kendrick Lamar, Paul Simon, Bob Mould
Here's a look at what's hitting Twin Cities stages this week. Tuesday, April 15 at The Cedar Cultural Center After a tour with Alan Sparhawk and the release of Halo on the Inside, the powerfully voiced Haley Fohr brings her dark, spectral music to the Cedar. The Chicago-based artist has an unmistakably powerful voice with an impressive range. The new record — produced by MN-based artist Andrew Broder — alternately feels influenced by Ministry, Aphex Twin, Philip Glass, and Kate Bush. Saturday, April 19 at Palace Theatre Bob Mould isn't just getting an honorary degree from Macalester College this spring; he's bringing his three-piece — with longtime collaborators Jon Wurster and Jason Narducy — to the Palace on the back of his 15th solo album, Here We Go Crazy, an album that feels reflective without navel-gazing or throwing his punk roots so far aside as to feel staid. Poster Children open. Saturday, April 19 at U.S. Bank Stadium The Grammy-winning rapper and star of February's Super Bowl Half Time Show will open his new tour at U.S. Bank Stadium. He'll be accompanied by SZA, who guests on two tracks of K Dot's new album, GNX. Expect a theatrical presentation from one of the most influential contemporary names in hip-hop. Sunday, April 20 and Tuesday, April 22–Wednesday, April 23 at Orpheum Theater The legendary songwriter retired from touring years ago, in part because of "severe hearing loss." Nonetheless, he's back on the road with a show designed by his team in collaboration with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss, which allows him to comfortably perform. It'll be Simon's first performance in Minnesota since his 2018 farewell tour. Sunday, April 20 at The Armory My Morning Jacket recently released is, the group's 10th studio album. Co-produced by Brendan O'Brien — a departure from having Jim James play a big role, if not the only role, in producing the past nine albums — it's notably different than their last few records. It doesn't rekindle the fire of their early records but does capture the kind of consistency that has made them something of an institution. I suppose that all means that the songwriting is tight, often catchy, but is without the adventurous spirit that blended alt-country with bombastic indie rock and a willingness to draw on more eclectic influences. That's not a terrible thing, especially for longtime fans who want to revel in what they already like about the Louisville rockers. Grace Cummings on Monday, April 14: ZDAY feat. Zora, booboo, Ori the Ghost, and Jupiter at Hook and Ladde The Great Guitars: Bireli Lagrene, Martin Taylor, and Ulf Wakenius at The Dakot Mumblin' Drew's Oldfangled Orchestrators at The White Squirrel Bar (free) shugE and Roe Family Singers at 331 Club (free) Concerts on Tuesday, April 15: Circuit des Yeux with Leya at The Cedar Cultural Center James McMurtry at Fine Line Improvement Movement at Turf Club Billy Prine presents: Songs and Stories of John Prine at The Dakota Rock Melon with Fiona Hayes & Despondent at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Taylor Robert album release with Wain McFarlane, Rox Prickel, and Jared McCloud at Green Room International Reggae Allstars at Bunker's Bad Weather, Spud & His Buds, Ramson, and Nobody From Nowhere at Palmer's Bar Danielle Durack, Blair Borax, and The Penny Peaches at Underground Music Cafe Rebecca Lake Fritz at 331 Club (free) Unattractive Giant Monster with Chris Cashin Band and Sparrowhawk at The White Squirrel Bar (free) The New Havoline Supremes at The White Squirrel Bar (free) Concerts on Wednesday, April 16: Sofia Isella with Brendan Abernathy at 7th St. Entry Big Richard with Caleb Caudle at Turf Club Hometeam Quarterback, Alpine Shepherd Boy, and Backgrounds at Zhora Darling Vincent Mason with Cole Goodwin at First Avenue Nim Vind, Evelyn's Casket, They Live, and Die Ghost at Hook and Ladder An Evening with Cheryl Wheeler and Kenny White at The Cedar Cultural Center Kassa Overall at The Dakota Marijuana Death Squads at Icehouse A/V Excursions with Altruit and Jump Loop at Berlin Twine at Bunker's Kerosene Heights, The Casper Fight Club, and Tiny Voices at Underground Music Cafe AJ Stone, Blame The Witness, and In the Distance at Can Can Wonderland Tea Doggy with Ghosting Merit and Yellow Ostrich at The White Squirrel Bar (free) Concerts on Thursday, April 17: Elderbrook with Jerro and Tonez at First Avenue Cindy Lawson with Bruiser Queen and The Reach Outs at Cloudland Theater Bossman DLow at The Uptown Theater Travis Anderson Trio at The Dakota Wayside album release at Amsterdam Bar & Hall BluLuna at Berlin Tanzklub, vol. 6 at Hook and Ladder Goldie with Submotive at Fine Line Constant Insult, Dauber, Christy Costello, and Step Sister at Zhora Darling Rosie Daze Band album release at Bryant Lake Bowl The Lagoons at 7th St. Entry Jay Bee & the Routine at Bunker's Ruth Mascelli/Mary Hanson Scott with Starflower at Berlin Phase Meridian, Onlytime, Thundergoat, and As Bullets Baptize at Underground Music Cafe Ghost Wagon single release party w/ Pat Lenertz and Friends at Icehouse Beneath Green with Matcha Fever, Tarias and the Sound, and Self Titled at Turf Club Bizhiki at Davies Center in Eau Claire, Wis. Devaney & Friends at The White Squirrel Bar (free) Amos Lucidi, piano at The Landmark Center (free)Concerts on Friday, April 18: Mogwai at Varsity Theater Coal Chamber with Fear Factory, Twiztid, Wednesday 13, and Black Satellite at Myth Live Dawes with Michigander (duo) at First Avenue Mssv with Charlie Parr Trio (ft. Greg Norton and Billy Dankert) at Turf Club Lenard Simpson Quartet at Berlin Look@Me, Poison Ivy and the People, and Linus at Zhora Darling Hunny Bear with Fuchsia and Heliocene at Pilllar Forum Olive Klug w/ Pine & Fine at Icehouse Sam MacPherson with Abby Powledge at 7th St. Entry Stage Fright: A Tribute to Bob Dylan and The Band at Hook and Ladder Lake with Babytooth at Cloudland Theater Tropidelic and Ballyhoo! With Joey Harkum at Fine Line Farah Siraj with Genet Abate at The Cedar Cultural Center Rosegarden Funeral Party with Summore and the Rope at Uptown VFW Evernoir, Queen of Dreams, and Witch Syndicate at Amsterdam Bar & Hall Johnnie Brown: The Music of Gregory Porter at The Dakota Early Evening Jazz: Zacc Harris's American Reverie at Berlin (no cover) Concerts on Saturday, April 19: Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA at U.S. Bank Stadium Bob Mould Band with Poster Children at Palace Theater A Tribute to Prince feat. former members of the original New Power Generation at Hopkins Center for the Arts BRENN! With asiris at Fine Line Corb Lund and Hayes Carll at The Cedar Cultural Center Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne at Myth Live Alessia Cara at The Uptown Theater Mae Simpson with Hot Like Mars at Hook and Ladder Ben Nichols & Rick Steff with Colin Campbell (of The Shackletons) at Turf Club Muun Bato, Honeymoon Madness, and Lumari at Hook and Ladder Garrett Jones Quartet at Berlin Planned Parenthood Benefit with Blood Cookie and friends at Palmer's Bar Dashed album release with Lutheran Heat and Tight Whips at Cloudland Theater Dan Israel at Hell's Kitchen 8turn at Varsity Theater Maiden King with Robot Slide and Squinny at Pilllar Forum The Shabby Road Orchestra performs The Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band at The Parkway Theater Social Animals (duo) and Creeping Charlie (solo) at Zhora Darling Miss Georgia Peach album release with Kinda Fonda Wanda at Uptown VFW Ben Nichols and Rick Steff with Colin Campbell (of The Shackletons) at Turf Club Nachito Herrera: The Last of the 50s at The Dakota Early Evening Jazz: Nick Bhalla (solo and trio) at Berlin Concerts on Sunday, April 20: Paul Simon at Orpheum Theatre My Morning Jacket with Grace Cummings at The Armory The Spine Stealers with Harlow and Walker Rider at Cloudland Theater The Big Zen20! Feat. Dosh and The Mortiholics at Hook and Ladder StoLyette with nectar at Berlin Knox with The Wldlife at Fine Line West Bank Social Club at Palmer's Bar Dr. Mambo's Combo at Bunker's Easter with Tina Schlieske and Friends at The Dakota Eleven Degenerates at 331 Club (free) The Church of Cornbread: Cornbread Harris and Friends at Palmer's Bar (free)Just announced concerts: May 1: Munson Fest feat. Chan Poling and Steve Roehm of The New Standards, Aby Wolf, Matt Wilson and his Orchestra, The Dust of Suns, Dylan Hicks, and more at The Fitzgerald Theater May 21: North Innsbruck, Magenta Vice, Night Audit, and Prodrome at 7th St. Entry May 30: afters at 7th St. Entry June 10: Sweet Spine at 7th St. Entry June 11: An Evening with John Gorka at The Parkway Theater June 12: Jessie Reyez with Raahiim at The Filmore June 14: The Great Northern + The Strolling Clones at The Cedar Cultural Center June 28: Porch Light at Fine Line June 29: Pepper with Cydeways at Fine Line July 20: Sam Barber at First Avenue July 25: Nur-D Chunkadelic album release show with Dakotah Faye, iLLism, and DJ Hayes at The Fillmore Sept. 11: Flatland Cavalry with William Beckmann at The Fillmore Sept. 13: Age of Madness at Fine Line Sept. 15: Mystery Skulls at Turf Club Sept. 23: An Evening with PUULUUP at The Cedar Cultural Center Sept. 24: Symphony X with Sonata Artica at Fine Line Sept. 25: Mama's Broke with Chris Acker at The Cedar Cultural Center Sept. 30: Willi Carlisle at Fine Line Oct. 4: An Evening with John McCutcheon at The Cedar Cultural Center Oct. 23: Arcy Drive with mercury at Fine Line
