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  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    US economy
    Hispanic consumers cut back spending over US deportation fears

    Trump’s immigration policies have contributed to a sales slowdown triggered by his tariffs

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  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    US consumers warned of higher prices from tariffs within weeks

    Analysts estimate Donald Trump’s levies could cost the average household $4,700 a year

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  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Walmart Inc
    Walmart falls back on familiar playbook to combat Trump’s tariffs

    The US’s biggest retailer is trying to convince Wall Street that scale is the key to winning market share amid trade war

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
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    Grocers can provide shelter from tariff storm Premium content

    Investors on the lookout for havens may want to check out supermarket stocks

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Walmart Inc
    Walmart warns tariffs have made profit outlook less predictable

    The largest US retailer is striving to keep prices low even as Donald Trump’s levies take effect

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  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
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    How to sift through Trump’s retail discount rack Premium content

    Merchants that buy and sell excess merchandise from top brands might benefit from the trade war

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  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Business InsightSujeet Indap
    Lessons from a big M&A blow-up

    The collapse of the merger of US grocers Kroger and Albertsons shows the risks when deals go wrong

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  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Lululemon Athletica Inc
    Lululemon says US consumers are cutting back on spending

    Athleisure group’s shares sink as it warns on darkening sentiment among American customers

    Lululemon leggings are displayed inside an outlet retail store
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
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    Retail’s last barbarian takes on Walgreens Boots

    A private equity firm confronts an ailing pharmacy business with its own set of distinct obstacles

  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    News in-depthHome Depot Inc
    Why a Las Vegas parking lot is a red flag for America’s largest DIY chain

    Home Depot is seeking more business from professional contractors as housing slowdown hits demand

    A Home Depot customer buys plywood to prepare for a hurricane in Florida
  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    US economy
    US shoppers cut spending as economic outlook concerns mount

    Tariffs, market volatility and political uncertainty threaten to undermine key driver of growth in world’s largest economy

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  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    US-China trade dispute
    Chinese authorities summon Walmart executives over Trump’s tariffs

    Move comes after reports that retailer asked its suppliers to cut prices in response to US levies

    A staff member wearing a high-visibility vest organises shopping carts outside a Walmart store in Shenzhen, China
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
    Sycamore to take Walgreens private in up to $24bn deal

    Buyout of group behind Boots will bring to an end the drugstore chain’s century-long run as a public company

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  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Target Corp.
    Target warns Trump’s tariffs could cut into profits

    Big-box US retailer says it expects ‘meaningful year-over-year profit pressure’ in first quarter

    Aerial view of a person entering a Target store, with the large red logo prominently displayed on the building's exterior and the person pushing a shopping trolley towards the entrance
  • Monday, 3 March, 2025
    Kroger Co
    Top US grocers announce CEO exits on same day in wake of failed merger

    Kroger chief resigns after a board investigation into personal conduct while Albertsons’ leader will retire

    A shopper is seen loading purchases into her vehicle outside a Kroger store in Illinois
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    News in-depthWalgreens Boots Alliance Inc
    What went wrong after Walgreens bought Boots?

    Transatlantic drugstore empire explores possible break-up after strategic mis-steps and industry-wide woes

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  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks asks office workers to stay at home as it announces 1,100 job cuts

    Corporate lay-offs are the first for coffee shop chain since 2018

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  • Saturday, 22 February, 2025
    News in-depthRetail sector
    Target hit by consumer anger at its retreat from diversity policies

    The retailer had made inclusion a part of its appeal, but faces a hostile political environment under Trump

    Shoppers look for bargains at a Target store in Chicago
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    Walmart Inc
    Walmart points to ‘uncertain time’ with warning of weaker sales growth

    Shares of world’s biggest retailer slide after full-year revenue growth forecast fails to meet Wall Street’s expectations

    Shoppers at the Walmart Supercenter in Burbank are seen selecting fresh produce
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    The Big Read
    How a resurgent Walmart saw off the Amazon threat

    A decade ago, its huge stores looked outdated as online sales grew. Now they are pulling in more customers than ever

    Montage image of Walmart’s logo, a smartphone scanning a product and a shop worker pulling a stack of boxes
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    US inflation
    US egg prices soar as avian flu rips across farms

    Wholesale prices have doubled over the past year as culls to stop spread of virus prompt shortages and rationing

    Eggs at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    News in-depthVictoria's Secret Direct LLC
    Can lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret win with Gen Z?

    US group attempts to reboot and recapture the glamour of its 1990s and 2000s heyday after years of flagging sales

    Model Tyra Banks walks the runway during the 2024 Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Brooklyn, New York
  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    McDonald's Corp
    McDonald’s reports sales growth in fourth quarter as Gaza boycott eases

    US fast-food chain records like-for-like improvement in revenue, with business improving in Middle East

    A worker inside an empty McDonald’s restaurant in Cairo
  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    Mattel Inc
    Barbie maker Mattel warns it could raise prices to mitigate tariffs

    Toymaker has some production in Mexico and China

    Toy Hot Wheels cars
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks’ same-store sales extend fall amid fewer customers at cafés

    New CEO’s turnaround plan includes a potential doubling of its US footprint and effort to revive nostalgia for its heyday

    People sit inside a Starbucks store in New York
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