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Best Buy launches third-party marketplace as it looks for sales drivers
The exterior of a Best Buy store is seen on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy is launching a third-party marketplace, as it tries to bulk up the variety of merchandise it offers and reverse slower sales. Starting on Tuesday, shoppers who go to Best Buy’s website and […]
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How retail accounting could distort profitability as tariffs take effect
As more tariffs take effect on goods imported into the U.S., a specific accounting method could have major implications for how American retailers calculate the impact. A tariff adds to the cost of an imported item when it’s received and paid for when it crosses a border. While there’s debate over who pays that tariff — […]
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Stock futures are little changed following back-to-back winning weeks: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 12, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures traded nearly unchanged Sunday evening after hopes for lower interest rates fueled a winning week on Wall Street. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose about 13 points. S&P 500 […]
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Earnings playbook: Retail takes center stage with Walmart and Target set to report
We’re at the tail-end of the earnings season, but there are some major retailers still left to report this week. Walmart , Home Depot and Target are among the companies slated to post quarterly results. The reports will give investors a look at the state of the U.S. consumer. Overall, it’s been a strong earnings […]
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Tapestry shares plunge 15% as Coach parent says tariffs will bite into profits
People walk past a Coach store on Madison Avenue in New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Shares of Coach and Kate Spade parent Tapestry plunged Thursday after the company said tariffs will bite into its profits even as sales grow. The handbag, shoe and accessory maker said costs from higher duties will total $160 million […]
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Walmart expands grocery discount for 1.6 million employees as tariffs renew inflation concerns
Groceries are seen at a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images As tariffs spark worries of higher prices, Walmart is dangling more discounts for its own employees. The largest private U.S. employer said Wednesday that it will offer a 10% employee discount on nearly all […]
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Can Stitch Fix make a comeback? Inside the company’s return to growth
The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/ | Bloomberg | Getty Images Could Stitch Fix be on the path to a comeback? The clothing subscription service, one of the many pandemic […]
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Bed Bath & Beyond relaunches with first store in Nashville, plans dozens more
Signage is displayed outside a permanently closed Bed Bath & Beyond retail store in Hawthorne, California, on May 1, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond is back — kind of. The bankrupt home goods chain is being resurrected by the owners and licensees of its intellectual property, which […]
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EBay stock surges on earnings beat, rosy guidance
Signage at eBay headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of eBay popped 10% in extended trading on Wednesday after the online marketplace posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter, and offered an upbeat forecast for the current period. Here’s how the company did in the second […]
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Walmart, MLS ink partnership to capitalize on growing U.S. soccer fandom
Walmart and Major League Soccer are teaming up in a multiyear partnership that will see the retailer establish a bigger foothold in the sport and its growing U.S. fanbase. Walmart will invest in MLS and become an official sponsor and partner of the league. Terms and the exact length of the partnership weren’t disclosed. The […]
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