Walmart associates celebrate during the opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq Market to celebrate the company’s listing transfer, in New York City, U.S., December 9, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Walmart crossed the $1 trillion market cap threshold on Tuesday after a dizzying stock climb fueled by the growth of digital businesses and the acquisition…
PepsiCo on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations, fueled by improving organic sales across its business. Demand for the company’s snacks has been sluggish as consumers balk at higher prices. This year, Pepsi plans to lower prices on products like chips from its North American food division to “improve competitiveness and the purchase…
Dollar General and Aldi logos. Reuters Store openings in the U.S. are expected to rise and store closures fall this year compared to the 2025, with value retailers leading the growth as they continue to attract more of consumers’ dollars, according to an analysis by Coresight Research. Overall, Coresight projects that U.S. retailers will close…
Guests at the Fendi Dallas Highland Park Village Boutique in Dallas, Texas. Rick Kern | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images In today’s K-shaped economy, lower-income consumers headed out to shop may be hitting Dollar General or a post-bankruptcy Big Lots, but affluent Americans are increasingly headed for the shopping center private club. Membership clubs are…
Bitcoin signage in Times Square in New York, Dec. 9, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana slumped on Saturday as retail traders digested a busy market week that saw wild swings in commodities and a long-awaited announcement by President Donald Trump on his choice for the next Federal Reserve…
Kraft Heinz announced plans to split into two separately traded companies, reversing its 2015 megamerger, which was orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Big Food is slimming down. As both consumers and regulators push back against ultra-processed foods, the companies that make them have been splitting…
GameStop wants to acquire a publicly traded consumer company that’s far larger than the video game retailer in a deal that could be “transformational” for the company, CEO Ryan Cohen told CNBC in an interview Friday. “It’s gonna be really big. Really big. Very, very, very big,” Cohen said of the size of the acquisition….
The fatal shooting this weekend of a second American citizen by federal immigration agents in Minnesota has forced corporate leaders to do something they’ve rarely done since President Donald Trump returned to office last year: publicly disagree with his policies. For months, executives have kept quiet as the Trump administration expanded its sprawling immigration crackdown….
Starbucks is back — at least, that’s what executives said at the company’s investor presentation in New York City on Thursday. “Starbucks is back today,” Chief Brand Officer Tressie Lieberman said. “One in three consumers say that Starbucks is their first choice for coffee or tea away from home.” Her proclamation comes more than a…
People walk onto an escalator under a Starbucks coffee sign in Manhattan on Dec. 2, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Starbucks is expected to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings on Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG are expecting the company to report: Earnings per…
