retail

Inflation & Prices

Treasury Yields Touch 20-Year Highs, Fueled by Sticky Inflation, US Debt

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The 10-year yield has surged to 5.223%, the most in 19 years, while the 30-year yield hit 5.501%, the most since 2004.

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Consumer

Brian Niccol’s Two-Year Turnaround Serves Up Sales Growth for Starbucks

The CEO’s “Back to Starbucks” plan focuses on cost savings that are partly reinvested in creating a community coffee-house vibe in stores.

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Consumer

Chobani Cashes In on Protein-Maxxing Boom

Chobani, whose sales volume has jumped 20% in the past three years, is planning a high-protein milk product amid a larger expansion.

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Consumer

Best Buy Hikes Outlook After Hot Summer Quarter

Despite tariff chaos, soaring electronics prices, and deflating consumer sentiment, Best Buy just delivered a strong beat.

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Consumer

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

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

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Consumer

After Years of Double-Digit Sales Growth, Luxury Retailers Face ‘Reckoning’

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From LVMH to Richement, brands built on status pursue younger customers amid signals that the salad days of the past two decades are over.

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Consumer

Is Walmart’s Yearly ‘Humble Brag’ Obscuring the Retailer’s Strength?

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The majority of Walmart’s gains came “from households making more than $100,000,” continuing a trend of wealthy shoppers turning to bargains.

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