Alex Chriss, CEO of PayPal Inc. Courtesy: PayPal In January, about a hundred days into his job as PayPal CEO, Alex Chriss told CNBC’s David Faber that the payments company hadn’t had much to celebrate in recent years. But Chriss confidently said he was prepared to “shock the world.” “I love being an underdog,” Chriss … Read more
Top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Sept. 25 — Today’s newsletter was written by the Investing Club’s director of portfolio analysis, Jeff Marks. 1. The S & P 500 is on track for a muted open Wednesday following another record close Tuesday. Club holding Nvidia helped lift the market Tuesday but earnings loom from fellow … Read more
An Ulta Beauty store in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ulta Beauty shares fell 7% in extended trading Thursday as the company fell short of second-quarter expectations and trimmed its full-year guidance after a decline in same-store sales during the most recent period. It was … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday analyzed why food delivery companies are seeing success while many of their consumer discretionary peers suffer as users continue to feel the burden of inflation. He said food delivery is a habit consumers don’t want to break — something they seem more willing to spend on than other luxuries. “DoorDash … Read more
Customers are trying on and learning about Apple Vision Pro headsets at an Apple store in Shanghai, China, on July 22, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Apple — Shares of the iPhone maker inched higher, as the company beat analysts’ estimates on the top … Read more
A DoorDash driver on an electric bicycle wearing a cooler backpack with the skyline of San Francisco in the background. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Shares of DoorDash popped 13% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported second-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations for revenue. Here is how the company did, … Read more
A food delivery messenger is seen in Manhattan. Luiz C. Ribeiro | New York Daily News | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Food from the restaurant of your choosing, delivered right to your door — at what cost? Third-party food delivery is becoming the norm for American consumers, as delivery apps like Grubhub, DoorDash … Read more
Ulta Beauty on Thursday laid out plans to boost sales and gain market share after a first-quarter sales slowdown. Comparable sales, a metric that tracks Ulta stores open at least 14 months along with online sales, increased 1.6% year over year, a stark slowdown from the same period a year earlier when Ulta reported comparable … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday provided his take on four major stocks in the gig economy sector: Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart parent Maplebear. “After hearing from all of these companies, what I see is a confusing situation: Uber, DoorDash and Instacart are all lower after earnings, while Lyft managed to gain a bit of … Read more
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. Shonnita Leslie always had a passion for education. But by the time she earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology and master’s of education in psychology with a concentration in school counseling in 2009, … Read more
