We’re in one of those markets where it seems like nothing is working. The pain starts early with the evening S & P and Nasdaq futures giving you a double dose of crimson. But the trusty S & P Short Range Oscillator isn’t oversold enough to hold your nose and buy something. So you just…
Shoppers during the grand opening of an Olive Young store in Pasadena, California, May 29, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Olive Young opened its first U.S. outpost in late May, shoppers were already camping out, and the line spanned multiple blocks. On opening weekend, the leading South Korean beauty retailer’s new…
HP computers at a Best Buy store on Black Friday in New York, Nov. 28, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images As the global artificial intelligence race accelerates, memory chips are getting more expensive. As a result, costs of some consumer electronics are beginning to rise for retailers and consumers alike. Memory…
Starbucks Iced Vanilla Protein Matcha Latte. Starbucks Beverage brands are cashing in on the growing demand for functional drinks among younger, health-conscious consumers by introducing increasingly innovative offerings, including protein-boosted coffees and CBD-infused sodas. The $160 billion global functional drinks market has become an increasingly lucrative category, encompassing multipurpose drinks that claim to promise taste…
Amazon ‘s four-day Prime Day event this week could reveal something more important for the e-commerce giant than just a big sales number. Wall Street will be watching to see if Amazon can further cement itself as consumers’ to-go destination for everyday essentials at a time when inflation-weary shoppers are focused on value. Prime Day…
Brian Cornell, Executive Chairman of the Target Corporation. Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Target has promised investors that it’s pursuing an aggressive turnaround with a new CEO at the helm, but its longtime former top executive Brian Cornell still leads the retailer’s board of directors — and some major investors are signaling they’re hungry for change….
The growing push to restrict Americans from using federal food aid to buy certain processed or sugary products is creating a new challenge for some of the biggest U.S. food and beverage companies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture as of May had approved food restriction waivers for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in 23 states,…
LGBTQ+ consumers are shifting their brand loyalties based on companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to new research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The findings released Wednesday found that nearly 72% of LGBTQ+ consumers say they buy fewer products from companies they perceive as “reducing diversity and inclusion commitments.” Nearly 70% also said…
A person walks outside a Best Buy store on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy on Thursday reported first fiscal-quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines as the electronics retailer tries to break out of a sales slump. The company said revenue climbed slightly,…
President Donald Trump suggested last month he would look out for companies that didn’t seek tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down his wide-ranging global duties. At first, some major firms like Amazon appeared to be holding off on asking for money back over concerns they’d offend the often transactional president and end up…
