Ulta Beauty reported its fourth-quarter earnings Thursday. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Ulta Beauty reported earnings per share Thursday that missed expectations but revenue that topped what Wall Street was expecting. Shares of the company sank roughly 8% in extended trading. Here’s how the company performed for the fiscal fourth quarter…
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Mark Felix | Bloomberg | Getty Images The surge in fuel prices since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran nearly two weeks ago is already driving up airfare. Consumers’ appetite…
The Labor Department reported on Friday that 92,000 jobs were lost in February, as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%. The unemployment rate for women held steady at 4.1% for the first two months of the year, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, the sharp rise in the number of…
Zoey Gong, a Chinese medicine food therapist, was days away from boarding an Emirates flight from Paris to Shanghai via Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran last Saturday. Gong, 30, had her flight plans derailed as a result, and she told CNBC that she had to pay $1,600 to get…
Pedestrians in the snow at Times Square during a winter storm in New York, US, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Historic winter storms and subsequent store closures weighed on Gap’s performance during its holiday quarter and contributed to worse-than-expected results at its portfolio of brands, the retailer said Thursday. …
Costco Wholesale reported solid quarterly results on Thursday, slightly beating analyst forecasts on the key lines. While we would have preferred to see stabilized renewal rates in its key region, the retailer’s consistently strong sales momentum can’t be ignored. Total revenue in its fiscal 2026 second quarter increased 9.2% year over year to $69.6 billion,…
A display board shows canceled flights to Dubai and Doha amid regional airspace closures at Noi Bai International Airport, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Thinh Nguyen | Reuters Airline and travel stocks slipped Monday after airspace closures throughout the Middle East forced…
Two of the largest U.S. gym operators delivered the same headline in their latest earnings reports: strong growth. But beneath the surface, Life Time Group Holdings and Planet Fitness told very different stories about the American consumer. They highlighted a widening divide between higher-income households that continue to spend freely and more price-sensitive consumers who…
The gap is widening between rival toy makers Hasbro and Mattel — thanks in part to a 30-year-old trading card game. The toy giants have flip-flopped dominance in the space for decades, jockeying for the most coveted master licenses to put new fan favorites — Disney princesses and “Star Wars” characters among them — on…
Equinox’s $40,000-a-year membership has a waiting list of more than 1,000 people, as demand for luxury health and wellness programs soars, according to the company’s chairman. The high-end fitness chain’s “Optimize by Equinox,” launched in 2024, is one of the most expensive gym memberships in the world and includes everything from personal training and nutrition…
