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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Target Sales Increase as Shoppers Return to Stores
Target Corp. reported increased revenue in the second quarter as more people returned to stores and online spending moderated compared...
Masks Are Back On at Home Depot, McDonald’s and Target
The masks are back. On Monday, Home Depot Corp. , McDonald’s Corp , Target Corp. and Facebook Inc. said they...
Amazon’s Prime Day Is Earlier Than Usual This Year. Here’s What to Expect.
Prime Day, this year coming a month earlier than is typical, creates a likely revenue surge for Amazon AMZN -0.72%...
New Face-Mask Rules Put Grocery Workers Back at Center of Debate
Supermarket workers are back in the middle of a national conversation about face masks. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTSWhat more should be...
Restaurants Serve Up Signing Bonuses, Higher Pay to Win Back Workers
Restaurants spent much of the past year trying to win back customers. Now, they are struggling to win back employees.Nationwide...
Costco to Raise Minimum Hourly Wage to $16, as Congress Debates $15
Costco COST -1.69% Wholesale Corp. will pay its U.S. workers at least $16 an hour starting next week, the company’s...
What Walmart Raises Mean for President Biden’s $15 Minimum-Wage Plan
Walmart Inc.’s pledge to lift its average hourly pay above $15 comes in the middle of a Washington debate on...
Walmart Promises Raises for 425,000 Workers After Strong Holiday Sales
Walmart Inc. WMT -5.26% said it would raise wages for about 425,000 of its employees after a year in which...
U.S. Retail Sales Rose Strongly on Stimulus in January
U.S. shoppers sharply increased spending in January, buoyed by stimulus payments that many households received in the most recent virus-relief...
Biden’s Minimum-Wage Proposal: When Would It Reach $15 an Hour?
A recent exchange between Republican senators and a leading proponent of raising the minimum wage highlighted a sometimes overlooked facet...
Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy.
President Biden says his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will lift many low-wage workers...
