Retail industry

Starbucks (SBUX) Q2 2025 earnings

Starbucks (SBUX) Q2 2025 earnings

Mickey Vernon

Starbucks on Tuesday reported weaker-than-expected earnings and another quarter of same-store sales declines, but the coffee giant said its turnaround ...

Corporate sponsors are backing away from LGBTQ+ Pride organizations

Corporate sponsors are backing away from LGBTQ+ Pride organizations

Mickey Vernon

Revelers attend the annual LGBTQ+ Capital Pride parade in Washington D.C., U.S., June 8, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters Companies ...

Car purchases rise, consumer spending slows

Car purchases rise, consumer spending slows

Ev Richard

In an aerial view, Ford Broncos are seen for sale on a lot at a dealership on April 18, 2025 ...

20 items and goods most exposed to price shocks

20 items and goods most exposed to price shocks

Ev Richard

Employees at a clothing factory in Vo Cuong, Bac Ninh province, in Vietnam. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Trump ...

Trump Vietnam, China tariffs could raise prices for Nike, Wayfair

Trump Vietnam, China tariffs could raise prices for Nike, Wayfair

Lawrence Booth

File: workers at the Maxport factory, which makes activewear for various textile clothing brands, in Hanoi.  Nhac Nguyen | Afp ...

Canadians pull back on U.S. trips, threatening to widen travel deficit

Canadians pull back on U.S. trips, threatening to widen travel deficit

Bob Elliott

Canadians hold an “Elbows Up” protest against U.S. tariffs and other policies by U.S. President Donald Trump, at Nathan Phillips ...

Dollar Tree discusses Family Dollar sale, earnings and tariffs

Dollar Tree discusses Family Dollar sale, earnings and tariffs

Mickey Vernon

Dollar Tree said Wednesday that it’s gaining market share with higher-income consumers and could raise prices on some products to ...

Zepbound copycats remain online despite FDA ban

Zepbound copycats remain online despite FDA ban

Mickey Vernon

This week was supposed to mark the end of compounding pharmacies making copycat versions of Eli Lilly‘s weight-loss drug Zepbound ...

Nike (NKE) Q3 2025 earnings

Nike (NKE) Q3 2025 earnings

Mickey Vernon

Nike on Thursday warned that sales will drop by a double digit percentage in its current quarter as the sneaker ...

Goodbye to ‘bags fly free’ on Southwest Airlines, the last freebie in America

Goodbye to ‘bags fly free’ on Southwest Airlines, the last freebie in America

Bob Elliott

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott ...