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Anne Dinnocenzio

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Eddie Bauer’s retail operator declares bankruptcy as younger shoppers view the brand as ‘old-fashioned and a bit irrelevant’

The brand has faced declining sales and has failed to keep pace with competitor brands like the Swedish Fjallraven and Canadian Arc'teryx.

10.02.2026 3

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An AI-generated version of Trump’s voice is used in ad that promises an ‘all new Fannie Mae’ to tackle housing affordability

Trump plans to talk about housing at his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where world leaders and corporate executives...

19.01.2026 9

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A Walmart employee nearly doubled her pay after entering its pipeline for skilled tradespeople. ‘I was able to move out of my parents’ house’

“I have my own apartment. I was able to get a car, and and I’m able to give more to my 401(k).”

21.12.2025 30

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Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald to step down as quarterly profit dips 13%

The board said it was conducting a comprehensive search in partnership with a leading executive search firm to select his successor.

12.12.2025 10

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‘The economy is bad, but you still have to celebrate’: Black Friday shoppers attack stores with a vengeance, some sipping champagne

“Sipping and shopping is the best,” said Lacie Lemoine at the Lakeside mall outside New Orleans, which champagne to anyone with a receipt of at...

30.11.2025 7

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Black Friday faces its ultimate test as desperate retailers and low consumer confidence collide in a high-stakes holiday standoff

"Consumers feel on edge," says Mastercard chief economist Michelle Meyer.

28.11.2025 10

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Pfizer beats out Novo Nordisk in bidding for obesity drugmaker Metsera

Metsera has no products on the market, but it is developing oral and injectable treatments.

09.11.2025 4

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Holiday hiring forecast to fall to 16-year low as tariffs force retail pullback

Deloitte Services forecasts holiday retail sales to be up between 2.9% to 3.4% from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, a slowdown from 2024.

13.10.2025 7

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Walmart goes WalMAHA with plan to remove food dyes and 30 other ingredients from all store brans sold in the U.S.

Walmart said the 14-month reformulation plan primarily would involve its largest private-label food brand, Great Value.

01.10.2025 7

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Walmart CEO explains what the most coveted skills are and points to store managers

"I think the skills that we have as human beings are valuable. They always have been, and that’ll be even more true in the future."

28.09.2025 5

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Amazon to invest over $1 billion in fulfillment and transportation workers to boost pay, cut health care costs

Amazon says it's investing in its U.S. fulfillment and transportation workers. Last December, seven Amazon facilities went on strike, an effort by the...

18.09.2025 7

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‘We might be in a K-shaped recovery, but consumer spending is booming’: Healthy retail sales stave off recession fears

Two straight months of spending declines in April and May had concerned market watchers.

16.09.2025 6

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The mighty American consumer keeps shrugging off tariffs as retail sales rise 0.5% in July

Retail sales rose 0.5% last month, maching economists' estimates.

15.08.2025 6

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You can now order blueberries, milk and other perishables on Amazon Prime

Amazon is also using AI to help it predict local customer preferences so it can stock popular items alongside items targeted for specific communities.

14.08.2025 8

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‘I am overwhelmed by the need to stay on top of where the deals are’: Back-to-school shopping turns into China tariff-dodging exercise

A lot of the backpacks, lined paper, glue sticks — and Ticonderoga pencils — sold in the U.S. are made in China, whose products were subjected to...

14.08.2025 5

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Claire’s, your mall’s teen-ear-piercing destination, files for bankruptcy with assets and liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion

Founded in 1974, Claire's operates more than 2,750 Claire’s stores in 17 countries throughout North America and Europe and 190 Icing stores in North...

07.08.2025 7

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Social media meltdown over Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad, eugenics, Nazi dog whistle accusations, and over-wokeness, explained

Was the American Eagle ad in bad taste, or are leftist social critics easily triggered?

31.07.2025 10

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Businesses are finalizing their holiday orders amid tariffs. One toy store had to eliminate half the products it normally buys

The lack of clarity on tariffs has been especially disruptive for the U.S. toy industry, which sources nearly 80% of its products from China.

20.07.2025 10

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Retail sales rebound in June after 2 straight months of declines

Retail sales rose 0.6% in June after declining 0.9% in May and 0.1% in April, pulled down by a steep drop in auto sales on tariff concerns.

17.07.2025 10

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Former Hasbro CEO Alan Hassenfeld, last member of the founding family to sit on the board, dies at 76

The "Has" in Hasbro stands for Hassenfeld.

10.07.2025 7

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Amazon’s Prime Day is now 4 days as retailers weigh whether to pass tariff costs on to consumers

Amazon's past success with using Prime Day to drive sales and attract new members spurred other major retail chains to schedule competing sales in...

08.07.2025 20

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Walmart’s elite army of 6,200 cake decorators are some of America’s highest-paid hourly workers

For Walmart, the cake decorating business delivers higher profit margins than some other areas.

06.06.2025 4

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Walmart wants you to know that even with the trade war deescalation higher prices are inevitable

“We're wired to keep prices low, but there’s a limit to what we can bear, or any retailer for that matter,” Chief Financial Officer John David...

16.05.2025 8

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Mattel gets 40% of its toys from China and says it will raise prices ‘where necessary’ to offset Trump tariff costs

Citing the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the president’s trade policies, Mattel withdrew its annual earnings forecast on Monday.

06.05.2025 10

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Trump ending the tariff loophole that allowed companies to cheaply ship 4 million packages per day from China to the U.S. could raise prices even further

Consumers can expect higher prices and delivery delays when the Trump administration ends a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China.

01.05.2025 9

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Secondhand stores selling tariff-free goods are poised to be big winners from President Trump’s trade war

American styles carry international influence, but nearly all of the clothing sold domestically is made elsewhere.

21.04.2025 10

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Trump’s tariffs may trigger the return of ‘shrinkflation’ with shoppers paying more for less

Companies are exploring cost-cutting options, both ones that consumers likely would notice and ones that exist too far down the supply chain for them...

02.04.2025 8

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Meet the boomers who’d rather spend $100k to renovate their homes than risk the frozen housing market: ‘It would be too hard to purchase anything else’

“The growing older demographic is more knowledgeable about renovations and planning for their future needs, especially as they prepare to age in...

25.12.2024 4

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