McDonald’s Shares Whopper of a Plan for the Big Mac

McDonald’s (MCD) – Get Free Report has been a dominant player in the fast-food space, but part of the reason the chain has stayed on top is that it has never been complacent. That’s ...

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S&P 500 ended nearly 2.0% down on Wednesday after the Census Bureau said the U.S. consumer did not spend as much as expected this holiday season. Inflation is taking a toll on U.S. consumers Holid...

Wholesale prices fell 0.5% in December, much more than expected; retail sales fall

Prices for wholesale goods and services fell sharply in December, providing another sign that inflation, while still high, is beginning to ease. The producer price index, which measures final demand p...

Retailers Are Looking For Ways To Sell Smarter In 2023 And Beyond

Attendees at the 2023 National Retail Federation trade show crowded into booths hosted by Google and … [+] other tech giants to learn about retail tech innovations. Joan Verdon The pandemic made...

Carvana Adopts a ‘Poison Pill’ to Ward Off a Hostile Takeover. Stock Bounces.

Carvana stock rose Tuesday after the used-car retailer announced it is adopting a net-operating-loss poison pill. Net operating losses, or NOLs carryforwards, are a tax provision allowing businesses t...

Alibaba a Target of GameStop’s Ryan Cohen. Why the Stock Market Shrugged.

Investor Ryan Cohen, who has found fame with activist campaigns at meme stocks such as GameStop and Bed Bath & Beyond is now targeting Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba   The billionaire co-founder...

Investor Calls For More Buybacks From Alibaba, GDP & Retail Sales Beat Expectations

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets were largely lower as Pakistan was off nearly -3.5% following a largely positive day in the region on Monday. Hong Kong was mixed on Monday a...

Alibaba, XPeng, Goldman Sachs, and More Stock Market Movers Tuesday

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Netflix, Goldman Sachs, United Airlines, Morgan Stanley, and More Stocks to Watch This Week

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Frontline Retail Workers Dissatisfied And Disconnected From The Store

There’s a shortage of retail frontline workers and those that are employed are unhappy with the … [+] experience, according to a new study. Andriy Blokhin – stock.adobe.com The Covid...

Alibaba and Other Chinese Stocks Are Soaring as Clampdown Eases

Chinese stocks are soaring this month with Hong Kong-listed shares in e-commerce giant Alibaba up 31% amid signs China’s regulatory crackdown is thawing and strict Covid-19 controls are being relaxed....

Credit Suisse, Just Eat, Alibaba, and More Market Movers

Text size Wall Street is quiet Monday with traders off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images Global stocks and U.S. stock-index futures drifted on Monday.  Investors remain...

Netflix, Goldman Sachs, United Airlines, Morgan Stanley, and More Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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Luxury Spirits Vie For Travel Retail Promo Spaces As Passenger Numbers Rebound

Glenfiddich’s Perpetual pop-up at Taoyuan T2 includes a hard-to-miss digital banner across the … [+] duty-free store. William rand & Sons Spirits brands are spending heavily on retail ...

Hong Kong to Publish Approved List of Crypto Assets for Retail Trading: Report

Regulators in Hong Kong will soon decide which crypto tokens its citizens can invest in amid a raft of new digital asset policies coming this year. The move is the latest crypto regulatory step taken ...

Why McDonald’s, Starbucks, And GM Stopped Using Elon Musk’s Twitter

It’s been awfully quiet over at the McDonald’s  (MCD) – Get Free Report Twitter account. The company’s most recent tweet came on Nov. 17 when the fast-food giant posted an imag...

Comcast’s Answer to T-Mobile’s Internet Deal Comes With a Huge Catch

Comcast (CMCSA) – Get Free Report struggles whenever it faces actual competition. That’s because the cable and internet giant enjoyed a monopoly in most of its markets by intentional desig...

Citigroup, Target, Lennar, and 2 More Companies Keeping Their Dividends Steady

PPL, a utility based in Allentown, Pa., said this week that it plans to raise its next quarterly dividend by 7%. It was an otherwise light stretch for such announcements among large U.S. companies. PP...

Bed Bath & Beyond, Virgin Galactic, Ford, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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Where Are the Stock Market and Economy Headed? Barron’s Roundtable Pros Weigh In.

Bullish or bearish, our 10 panelists help make sense of increasingly complicated market dynamics. Plus: nine stock picks. Jan. 13, 2023 8:40 pm ET The optimist sees bubbles and thinks champagne. The p...

Here Are the Best Tech ETFs for 2023

For the first time in three years, it’s dead easy to pick a basket of tech stocks for the year ahead. After giant double-digit gains from 2019 through 2021, the Nasdaq Composite Index ended 2022 down ...

Bed Bath & Beyond Ponders Bankruptcy, Exciting the Meme Crowd

What were shareholders thinking? Shares of retailer Bed Bath & Beyond zoomed 179%, to $3.49 this past week, despite the retailer warning of a possible bankruptcy. One explanation: Meme stock mania...

Royal Caribbean Makes a Major Behind-the-Scenes Move (That Impacts Passengers)

The covid pandemic forced all the major cruise lines including Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) – Get Free Report and Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) – Get Free Report to take on debt in order to s...

The Retail Store Formats To Watch In 2023

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 13: General view during Toys”R”Us Grand Opening at Macy’s Herald … [+] Square on October 13, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologurs...

Exxon Mobil Stock Should Shine, Even in a Recession

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Tanking Biotech Stocks Will Mean a Big Year for Deals. Who Could Benefit.

Nearly two years after biotechnology stocks began to tumble, executives at small and midsize companies in the space are finally accepting that share prices aren’t bouncing back anytime soon. With real...

Pepsi Follows Coke in Trying to Solve Major Soda Problem

Taste has always been the biggest issue when it comes to different types of sugar-free beverages. Whether sodas are made with aspartame or sucralose as the artificial sweetener, many consumers often c...

China Takes ‘Golden Shares’ in Alibaba, Tencent in Push to Control Tech Sector

E-commerce giants Alibaba and Tencent climbed on Friday despite reports the Chinese government is working to take so-called ‘golden shares’ in units of both companies.  State-run investment funds have...

Are high car prices the new normal? If you’re waiting to buy a car, stand firm, experts say—it may pay off.

The roller coaster economic ride that began with the emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 has reshaped how car buying works. Will it ever get back to what we might call “normal?” Brian Finkelmeyer, sen...

Top 3 Retail Tokens to Watch in January 2023

Consumers, retailers, and advertisers can benefit from the incentives provided by retail tokens, powering the next generation of offline retail apps. Retail Tokens have a total market capitalization o...

Trends & Strategies Shaping The Luxury Retail Roadmap For 2023

Arianee clients include Breitling, powering the luxury watch brand’s digital product passports. Arianee If 2022 was the year of web3 hype, 2023 will be the one where things get real. So says Pie...

Bed Bath & Beyond may be heading for a ‘meme squeeze’

Troubled home-goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond may be heading for a ‘meme squeeze,’ says analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky of S3 Partners. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, +50.14% announced the closure of a...