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...
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Walmart Earnings Show Rise in Revenue as Higher Prices Lift Business
Walmart Inc.’s WMT 5.77% revenue rose in the second quarter as the retail company benefited from consumers both paying more...
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...
How One Grocery Chain in Pennsylvania Is Preparing for a Downturn
Supermarket chain Karns Foods says it is getting ready for a recession.The family-run company in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is carrying more...
More Shoppers Buy Store Brands, Eating Into Big Food Companies’ Sales
Cost-conscious consumers are buying more store brands at the supermarket, raising pressure on big food companies that are dealing with...
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...
Gap CEO Sonia Syngal Is Stepping Down
Gap Inc. GPS -1.57% replaced chief executive Sonia Syngal after a little more than two years on the job, making...
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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FTC Accuses Walmart of Letting Scammers Use Its Money-Transfer Services
The Federal Trade Commission sued Walmart on Tuesday, alleging the retailer allowed its money-transfer services to facilitate fraud.The complaint, filed...
CVS, Walmart and Rite Aid Limit Purchases of Plan B Pills After Surge in Demand
Some of the nation’s biggest retailers are rationing over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills as demand spikes following the Supreme Court ruling...
What Do Chinese Consumers Want? Walmart Can’t Figure It Out.
Walmart Inc. opened its first store in China in 1996, a sprawling supercenter in the Hong Kong border city of...
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...
Looking for $100,000 Salary? See How Much the Biggest U.S. Companies Pay Workers
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Shoppers Are Fretting. Stores Are Listening.
Walmart WMT 1.97% is stocking more half gallons of milk for shoppers who can’t afford a full gallon. Procter &...
Big Lots, Hibbett Become Latest Retailers to Show Inflation Pain
Big-box chain Big Lots Inc. BIG -11.15% and sporting-goods retailer Hibbett Inc. HIBB 1.96% both posted double-digit sales declines Friday,...
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...
Dollar Stores Earnings Show Strength in Face of Inflation
Listen to article(1 minute)Discount retailers Dollar General and Dollar Tree reported earnings that beat Wall Street’s subdued expectations, sending both...
