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For Walmart Investors, Sagging Same-Store Sales Growth Overshadows Bottom-Line Beat

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Nestle’s Protein-Packed Comeback Is AI-Tailored to GLP-1 Users

GLP-1 patients have cut their grocery budgets by 6%, amounting to $416 in annual shopping hauls per household, a one study.

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Big Box Earnings Preview: Walmart, Target Poised to Benefit From Value Shoppers

Walmart has been the clearest beneficiary of consumers more carefully checking price tags, thanks in part to its strong value positioning.

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Malls Regain Rizz as Gen Z Embraces Style of Yesteryear’s Teens

Gen Z’s interest in brands that styled teens of an earlier era is revitalizing once-beleaguered shopping mall retailers.

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Growth at Fast Food Joints Like Wendy’s Looks Soggy Next to Casual-Dining Chains

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Chains including Cheesecake Factory, BJ’s, IHOP and Chili’s have seen sales and foot traffic climb alongside their shares.

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Consumer

Lackluster Retail Sales Mask a (Short-Lived) Silver Lining

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Cooling retail sales growth in June reflects a brief decline in gasoline prices amid a short-lived ceasefire between the US and Iran.

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Slowing Costco Sales Growth Unnerves Investors

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Shares in the membership-based retailer fell 4.1% on Thursday after a June sales update failed to meet Wall Street’s lofty expectations.

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