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Walmart Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.
Keep an eye out for Walmart stock when the market opens on Tuesday, analysts say. The retail giant is poised to deliver another strong quarter, fueled in part by a strong holiday season, and shares ma...
This 72-year-old is hoping to fund her retirement on GoFundMe
GoFundMe campaigns have been raising piles of cash for older Walmart workers who want to retire — but the heartwarming stories about sudden windfalls mask a dark reality about economic security and gr...
Costco Misses Earnings and Revenue Expectations
Costco Wholesale got a sluggish start to its new fiscal year, missing earnings and revenue expectations and sending the stock lower in after-hours trading on Thursday. Investors had been wary headed i...
Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger Could Have the Solution to Grocery Deliveries
Shoppers returning to stores in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, venture-capital money drying up, and higher labor costs mean the first golden age of food delivery looks to be over. But customers ha...
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...
The PC boom has gone bust, and we are about to see the results ahead of Black Friday
The pandemic-fueled personal-computer boom has ended, so how will that affect demand and pricing for PCs and the retailers that sell them this holiday season? A sense of the fallout will be provided i...
Retail Discounter TJX Is Thriving as Inflation Pressures Consumers
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
Walmart Is Flexing Its Muscle Again
America’s biggest retailer has a new message for its suppliers: We’re not going to pay higher prices anymore. Walmart Inc. Chief Executive Doug McMillon delivered the warning in person last month in a...
Retail analysts foresee holiday-season sales growth. Now we’ll hear from retailers themselves.
Even as price increases squeeze shoppers, analysts expect holiday-season sales to increase this year. With Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and discounters TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc. reporting results in...
An American Helped Build a Business Inside China. Clients Want Him to Leave.
It took Jacob Rothman two decades to build a Chinese manufacturing business with his friends and family. Now the 49-year-old American executive says customers want him to make some of his grilling too...
These 27 stocks can give you a more diversified portfolio than the S&P 500 — and that’s a key advantage right now
You probably already know that because of market-capitalization weighting, a broad index such as the S&P 500 SPX, -0.80% can be concentrated in a handful of stocks. Index funds are popular for goo...
Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Big Player in Retail Advertising
The proposed merger of Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. would reshape the U.S. supermarket industry by combining its two largest operators. It also would create a big player in so-called retail media, o...
Here’s what Costco is saying about inflation — and a membership fee increase
As the market obsesses about inflation and what would cause the Fed to step off the gas pedal, it’s worth considering what some companies are saying about it. The view from Costco Wholesale, the wareh...
Costco Sales Rise as Inflation Continues to Weigh on Consumers
Updated Sept. 22, 2022 6:09 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Costco Wholesale Corp. posted higher sales in the most recent quarter, the latest indication that the warehouse retailer remains a haven...
Costco reports results that top estimates and $200 billion annual revenue for first time
Costco Wholesale Corp. shares slipped in the extended session Thursday even as the retailer reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street estimates and annual sales that topped $200 billion for the...
Costco Earnings Underwhelmed and the Stock Is Falling. It’s Time to Buy the Dip.
Text size Costco earnings rarely disappoint. Mario Tama/Getty Images Costco Wholesale isn’t the kind of company that delivers much in the way of bad news and Thursday’s earnings report wasn’t anything...
Walmart, Target Urge Lawmakers to Pass Bill Taking Aim at Visa, Mastercard Fees
More than 1,600 merchants including Walmart and Target are urging U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation that aims to break the hold that Visa and Mastercard have over the credit-card market. The bill, wh...
14 dividend stocks that rose 100% or more in 5 years as the payouts doubled
In basketball, a double-double is a combination of at least 10 or more of the following in a game: points scored, rebounds, assists, blocked shots or steals. For dividend stocks, you might find a scre...