JPMorgan, Macy’s and Other Companies Reveal What They Pay Workers as Deadline Looms
New York City employers are starting to comply with a new salary transparency law taking effect this week that will...
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Target to Hire Up to 100,000 Workers for Holiday Shopping Season
With the holiday shopping period on the horizon, Target and other retailers are poised to deal with softened demand, some...
Inventory Pileup, Uneasy Shoppers Put Retailers in Jeopardy
For retailers, it is a season of discontent.From Walmart Inc. to Nordstrom Inc., retailers have a glut of inventory and...
Target’s Profit Sinks as Retailer Unloads Unwanted Inventory
A glut of inventory sank profit at Target Corp. further than it expected, sparking investor concerns about the company’s response...
Shops Ordered Lots of Bikes in 2020. Peddling Them Is an Uphill Climb.
ElliptiGo Inc. Chief Executive Bryan Pate didn’t have enough of his outdoor elliptical bikes to sell when demand surged in...
Bed Bath & Beyond Followed a Winning Playbook—and Lost
Mark Tritton arrived at Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY -12.05% in 2019 with a plan to revive the home-goods...
Walmart, Target Show Divergence on Companies’ Abortion Coverage
Employees of Target Corp. have access to health-insurance plans that broadly cover abortion. Walmart health plans don’t cover an abortion...
Kohl’s Ends Talks of Its Sale to Vitamin Shoppe Owner Franchise Group
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Target Warns of Weaker Profit as it Faces Overstuffed Stores, Inflation-Weary Shoppers
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WSJ News Exclusive | Kohl’s Enters Exclusive Talks to Be Sold to Vitamin Shoppe Owner
Kohl’s Corp. is in advanced talks to be sold in a deal that could value the department-store chain at roughly...
Corporate Executives Assess U.S. Economy as Clouds Form
Over the past week, business leaders have laid out in the starkest terms yet that a period of universal strength...
Household Spending Rose in April
A closely watch U.S. inflation reading eased in April for the first time this year while consumers boosted spending by...
Baby-Formula Shortage Prompts Rationing at Target, Kroger, Walgreens and CVS
The biggest U.S. retailers are rationing baby formula as a recall by the maker of Similac and other popular brands...
Shoppers Reach Their Limits on Some Price Increases
Apparel retailers and department stores are bumping up against pockets of price resistance, a sign that consumers are curtailing spending...
Target Profit Rises as Annual Revenue Crosses $100 Billion
Target Corp. TGT 0.28% reported strong sales gains in the holiday quarter, capping off a two-year pandemic run during which...
Macy’s Opts Against Separation of E-Commerce Business
Macy’s Inc. has opted against separating its e-commerce business from its bricks-and-mortar stores amid calls from an activist investor to...
Should Retailers Split E-Commerce From Stores? A High-Level Debate
The separation has allowed Saks to raise money to fuel its growth as e-commerce has surged during the Covid-19 pandemic....
WSJ News Exclusive | Kohl’s Is Urged to Consider E-Commerce Separation
An activist investor is urging department-store chain Kohl’s Corp. to consider a sale of the company or a separation of...
Target, TJX Post Strong Sales, Say They Have Plenty in Stock for Black Friday
Retail chains Target Corp. and TJX Cos. said they were able to sidestep supply-chain snarls to post strong sales in...
WSJ News Exclusive | Saks E-Commerce Unit Begins IPO Preparations
The fast-growing e-commerce business of luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is aiming to go public soon at a valuation roughly...
