CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday advised investors to seize the moment and buy some stocks, since the Federal Reserve appears to be nearing the end of its tightening cycle. “When the Fed gets...
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Amazon Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.
Text size Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing arm, is expected to boost revenue 33% in the quarter from a year ago. Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Amazon ’s June quarter financial report is...
Self-driving tech company Pony.ai plans to deliver robotrucks in China
Self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced Thursday it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. Pony.ai BEIJING — Self-driving tech sta...
Best Buy cuts sales forecast as inflation pressures shoppers
Customers shop at a Best Buy store on August 24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy on Wednesday cut its forecast for its fiscal year and second quarter, saying it has seen...
McDonald’s and Chipotle say customers are trading down, visiting less often as inflation hits budgets
McDonald’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill say customers squeezed by inflation are choosing cheaper menu items and visiting their restaurants less often, signaling trends that could be hitting the br...
Wait for market to decline more before putting cash to work
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday told investors to wait for the market to retreat more before doing any buying. “The stock market, in its entirety, is still too high, so we have to let the ave...
Walmart’s slashed profit outlook sends consumer health warning
Shares of retailers including Macy’s, American Eagle and Amazon fell Tuesday, a day after Walmart slashed its profit forecast and warned that surging prices for food and gas are squeezing consum...
Adidas cuts 2022 outlook on slower China recovery, potential global slowdown
Pedestrians walk by a large Adidas logo inside the German multinational sportswear shop. Miguel Candela | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Adidas on Tuesday cut its financial forecast for 20...
Walmart, Shopify, 3M, General Electric and more
Vehicles pass a Walmart store in Torrance, California, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Walmart – Share...
Walmart, General Motors, Polaris and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walmart (WMT) – Walmart slumped 9.5% in the premarket after cutting its outlook for the current quarter and full year. The retail giant said h...
Walmart, Target, Whirlpool and more
People talk outside a Wal-Mart Pickup-Grocery store in Bentonville, Arkansas. Rick Wilking | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Walmart — Shares dropped more than 8% in exte...
Walmart cuts profit guidance as it sees slower growth due to inflation
Walmart on Monday cut its quarterly and full-year profit guidance, saying inflation was changing how its customers spend. The big-box retailer said it now expects same-store sales to rise by about 6% ...
Target chases bigger e-commerce profits with new delivery hubs, fleet of drivers
MINNEAPOLIS — Each day, hundreds of drivers park at a delivery hub in Target’s hometown and load up the trunks of their personal cars with packages to deliver to customers. Soon, the big-box ret...
3 reasons why executives are leaving retailers from GameStop to Gap
Shoppers explore a mostly empty mall in Columbus, Ohio. Matthew Hatcher | Getty Images Don’t expect the stream of departures from retailers’ C-suites to stop anytime soon. Already this yea...
Clothes are expensive even as retailers try to clear inventory
A customer shops for shirts at an American Eagle Outfitters store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Excess inventory has racked up in many retailers’ warehouses and ...
Black Rifle Coffee names former Wendy’s CEO as executive chair
Black Rifle Coffee Company Courtesy: Black Rifle Coffee Company Black Rifle Coffee, a veteran-founded beverage company that went public earlier this year, said Tuesday that it has named former Office ...
Gap, Peloton, Boeing, American Airlines, Twitter and more
A Gap store in New York, August 2, 2020. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Gap — Shares of the apparel retailer dropped more than 3% after Gap announced Mon...
Canoo Walmart deal for 4,500 vans sends EV stock jumping
Walmart to Purchase 4,500 Canoo Electric Delivery Vehicles to be Used for Last Mile Deliveries in Support of Its Growing eCommerce Business Courtesy: Canoo | Walmart Electric vehicle startup Canoo sai...
PepsiCo, Gap, Peloton and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: PepsiCo (PEP) – The beverage and snack giant reported an adjusted quarterly profit of $1.86 per share, 12 cents above estimates, and revenue t...
Why deal experts say you might want to skip it
Prime Day prices may not be Amazon’s best-ever offer Just because something is discounted on Prime Day doesn’t mean it’s the best deal you’ll see anywhere, or even all year. Na...
Walmart won’t hold rival event to Amazon Prime Day
Walmart Rollback pricing signs are displayed while customers shop during the grand opening of a new Wal-Mart Stores location in Torrance, California. Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart ...
Why driving big rig trucks is a job fewer Americans dream about doing
A Walmart truck departs the company’s distribution center in Washington, Utah. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In April, Walmart made headlines by announcing that it will pay its private fl...
Walmart to respond to Roe v Wade abortion decision, CEO says
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon speaks at the CNBC Evolve conference November 19th in Los Angeles. Jesse Grant | CNBC Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told employees on Friday that the company is weighing how to r...
Kohl’s ends sale talks with Franchise Group, lowers outlook
Kohl’s announced Friday that it is terminating talks to sell its business, saying that the retail environment has significantly deteriorated since the beginning of its bidding process. The Kohl&...
CVS to remove purchase limit on Plan B pills, says sales have ‘returned to normal’
Plan B One-step birth control in CVS Pharmacy, Boston, MA. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images CVS is removing the purchase limit it had put on emergency contraceptive pills following last wee...
Target will cover employees’ travel to other states for abortions
A person walks into a Target store in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Target will cover employees’ travel if they live in a state where abortion is banned,...
3 trends to watch as retailers prep for back-to-school, holiday shopping
Pedestrians view the holiday windows at a store in New York, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Christopher Occhicone | Bloomberg | Getty Images Summer vacation season is just getting started, but retailers a...
Companies forced to weigh in on privacy, health care
Pro-choice activists are seen outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 15, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The challenges posed by the end of Roe v. Wade are only just beginnin...
Inflation and recession fears are squeezing some industries more than others
A woman pushes a shopping cart through the grocery aisle at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as Americans brace for summer sticker shock as inflation continues to grow. Jim Watson | AFP...