Carl Icahn Targets Kroger Over Pork, CEO Pay
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is seeking two board seats at Kroger Co., pushing the U.S. supermarket giant to make...
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Inflation, Shortages Push Americans to Switch Brands More Than Ever
Well-known brand names and flashy ad campaigns are no longer enough to command U.S. consumers’ loyalty in grocery stores. Source...
From GM to Powerade, Brands Pitch Mental Health
To woo consumers, hotel chains typically offer free room upgrades and complimentary breakfast. Kimpton Hotels is trying a new incentive:...
Bed Bath & Beyond Adds New Directors in Deal With Activist Ryan Cohen
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said it would add three new directors and explore options for its buybuy Baby business...
GameStop’s Stock Rises After Chairman Buys More Shares
Shares of GameStop Corp. rose 16% in after-hours trading after the videogame retailer’s chairman disclosed his firm bought 100,000 shares...
Uber Imposes New Customer Fees to Offset Gas Prices
Uber Technologies Inc. is imposing a temporary surcharge on U.S. customers to soften the blow to drivers from mounting gas...
Food and Medicine Shortages in Ukraine Prompt Global Relief Effort
With food and medicine supplies threatened across Ukraine, domestic and international food manufacturers, distributors and aid workers are mobilizing to...
Best Buy Posts Lower Sales on Supply-Chain Hit, Omicron Impact
Best Buy Co. ’s sales for the holiday quarter fell from a year earlier, as reduced store hours due to...
A New Brand of Sticker Shock Hits the Car Market
How hard is it to buy a car today? For Kevin Peters, it recently involved a one-way flight and 330-mile...
Lowe’s Profitability Improves Despite Dimming Sales Outlook
Lowe’s Cos. surprised Wall Street with its management of costs and pricing in the latest quarter amid a slowing outlook...
Home Depot Expects Sales Growth to Slow in 2022
Sales growth will likely slow this year for Home Depot Inc., the home-improvement retailer said Tuesday, an indication that the...
California’s Green-Energy Subsidies Spur a Gold Rush in Cow Manure
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , a major distributor of natural gas made from waste, found a way to boost its...
On Valentine’s Day, Expect to Pay Up if You Want Red Roses
Flower sellers say they are asking price-conscious shoppers to consider less-traditional Valentine’s Day bouquets, including shorter-stemmed roses, not-red roses or...
The Hidden Ways Companies Raise Prices
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc., a Chicago-based restaurant group, has added a 3% “processing fee” to checks at many of...
Why High Gasoline Prices Could Stick Around for a While
Americans are paying about twice as much for gasoline now as they were early in the Covid-19 pandemic. And the...
Toshiba Looks to Split Two Ways Instead of Three
TOKYO— Toshiba Corp. TOSYY 0.92% revised its restructuring plan and said it wants to split into two parts instead of...
Bed Bath & Beyond Decluttered Its Stores and Ended Up Frustrating Shoppers
Those moves, led by Chief Executive Officer Mark Tritton, ended up making the home-goods chain vulnerable to supply-chain problems that...
What CEOs Are Saying About Inflation: ‘The World Has Changed’
This is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said on their quarterly earnings calls this week about what they...
The Mentors Who Helped Ulta Beauty’s Unlikely CEO Succeed
In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those...
Kroger Workers Approve New Contract After Nine-Day Strike
More than 8,000 workers at Kroger Co. KR -3.12% ’s King Soopers grocery stores ratified a new three-year contract following...
