There are plenty of pitfalls when it comes to mixing form and function, but the latest wave of “Westerncore” sweeping the U.S. looks to have staying power. The scramble for shearling-collar coats and ...
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Walmart Raises Pay And Adds New Tech Positions
Mount Prospect, IL, USA getty Suddenly WalmartWMT is raising wages for store associates and is adding new tech positions. The move, initiated by Walmart’s U.S. president and CEO John Furner, is an eff...
More Homes In The U.S. Are Purchasing Food From Dollar Stores Over Past 15 Years, Study Finds
Topline Dollar stores are the fastest-growing food retailers for homes in the U.S., according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health Thursday, as more households shift away from...
Costco’s Sales Update Slams the Stock. Strong Grocery Sales Aren’t Enough.
Stock in Costco dropped Thursday as its same-store sales fell short of expectations, a rare miss for the warehouse club owner that highlights how strong sales of groceries aren’t enough to make up for...
Kroger, Albertsons And Food Deserts: Yes, We Should Worry
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 14: The Albertsons logo is displayed in front of an Albertsons … [+] grocery store in Los Angeles, California. Top grocery retailer Kroger has agreed to a...
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 are discounting items to clear out space for holiday goods. Many have already l...
Ulta, Williams-Sonoma & More Dominated The Week Of August 22
Cropped shot of young woman carrying a shopping basket, standing along the product aisle, grocery … [+] shopping for daily necessities in supermarket getty Last week, I looked at expected earnin...
Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...
Shoppers Are Getting Cheap. Here Are Stocks to Buy in a Trade-Down Economy
I regret buying a twin pack of 40-ounce ranch dressing jugs this past week. It’s not that I over-ranched—the warehouse club industry was built around rewarding extreme condiment commitments with low u...
Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...
Interesting Ideas In Retail Stocks
As second quarter 2022 earnings season wraps up, this week has proven to be an important one for the Retail sector. First, investors got the chance to hear from some of the top retailers such as Walma...
Small Box Retailers’ War With Local Municipalities Is All About Health
Twenty-five municipalities have put in place moratoriums on new dollar store openings. Florida, Miami Beach, woman shopping in dollar store. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images … [+] G...
$6 a Gallon Gasoline? Here’s How It Could Happen.
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size U.S. gasoline prices are at record highs, averaging more than $4.50 per gallon at the pump, and surpassing $4 in all 50 states for the first time. But, says Natas...
Dollar General and Dollar Tree Earnings Are the Next Big Test for Retailers
Text size Dollar General and Dollar Tree report earnings next Thursday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General and Dollar Tree report earnings next week, but the stocks got crushed well in advanc...
How Dollar General Is Spreading Like Hot Gossip In Tiny Towns Across The Country
Forget the internet. The discount chain is opening three new bricks-and-mortar stores every day, betting that customers will respond to lower prices in places overlooked by other retailers. When a sup...
Dollar General, Williams-Sonoma, and 3 More Stocks Whose Dividends Are Going Up
Text size Dollar General raised its quarterly dividend by 31%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General , Williams-Sonoma , and Equity Residential were among the U.S. companies that said this week ...
U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Higher on Monday
U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open for Wall Street on Monday. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Getty Images Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today...
Daiso Is The Dollar Store With A Yen For U.S. Market
Daiso’s new Las Vegas store was only its latest excursion into the American market. Photo: Warren Shoulberg What happens when you combine a dollar store with Muji, the Japanese minimalist design...
Dollar Stores, Big Lots, Off-Pricers Will Open Thousands Of Stores In 2022
Nobody will open as many new stores this year as Dollar General…but some other retailers will come … [+] close. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images As the new year starts,...
These Two Fund Pros Think Dividend Stocks Are Primed to Prosper
For dividend investors who’ve been jarred by the pandemic, the new year brings a clean slate and hope for a brighter future. While many companies that cut their payouts early in the global health cris...