American Eagle (AEO) earnings Q1 2024

American Eagle (AEO) earnings Q1 2024

An American Eagle Outfitters store in New York, US, on Monday, May 27, 2024. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on May 29.  Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Eagle on Wednesday said it’s making gains in boosting profitability as it works to improve its product assortment and tweak … Read more

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) earnings Q1 2024

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) earnings Q1 2024

An Abercrombie & Fitch signage is seen on a store on Fifth Avenue on August 25, 2022 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch reported its strongest first quarter in its history on Wednesday, continuing a winning streak that again exceeded expectations. The retailer’s sales jumped 22% compared to … Read more

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) earnings Q1 2024

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) earnings Q1 2024

A shopping cart sits in front of a Dick’s Sporting Goods store on August 26, 2020 in Daly City, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday said customers are spending more on new sneakers and athletic gear, leading the retailer to raise its full-year earnings guidance.  Shares … Read more

Why Walmart, Walgreens, CVS health clinic experiment is struggling

Why Walmart, Walgreens, CVS health clinic experiment is struggling

Bobbi Radford showed up at the CVS MinuteClinic in Batavia, Ohio, last Thanksgiving because she had pain in her arm. “I waited an hour and then was told to go to the [emergency room].,” Radford said. Filling the staffer in on her history of congestive heart failure, she was directed to go to the ER. But Radford says after she did … Read more

Starbucks union negotiations set to resume

Starbucks union negotiations set to resume

People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York’s East Village as Starbucks Workers United have announced that they are waging the company’s largest strike Thursday on the coffee company’s Red Cup Day on November 16, 2023 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images When Starbucks and its baristas union resume contract … Read more

McDonald’s CosMc’s chain expansion

McDonald’s CosMc’s chain expansion

The purple coloring of CosMc’s Tropical Spiceade comes from the mix of lemonade, pineapple flavoring and dragonfruit. Nearly six months since McDonald’s opened its first CosMc’s location, the hours-long drive-thru lines have died down, but the chain is just getting started. The burger giant created the spinoff using one of its lesser-known McDonaldland mascots, CosMc, … Read more

TJX and Ross won’t be slowing down anytime soon — here’s why

TJX and Ross won’t be slowing down anytime soon — here’s why

A T.J. Maxx store in Pasadena, California. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Off-price retailers like TJX Companies and Ross are still posting sales gains and taking market share from rivals, but it’s not just because consumers are under pressure and hunting for value.  Persistent inflation and rising prices for essentials like food and gas have pushed … Read more

Eli Lilly big GLP-1 investment — plus, CRM, BBY, FL, COST earnings next week

Eli Lilly big GLP-1 investment — plus, CRM, BBY, FL, COST earnings next week

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street was bouncing higher Friday after, as Jim Cramer put it, a “really bad day” in the prior session. Thursday’s late-day decline happened as bond yields rose on … Read more

British retail sales plunge 2.3% in April, missing estimates

British retail sales plunge 2.3% in April, missing estimates

People walk in the rain over the London Bridge in central London, March 12, 2024. Lucy North – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. retail sales volumes dropped 2.3% in April as wet weather deterred shoppers, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. Economists polled by Reuters expected a smaller … Read more

Advertisers boost retail media spending as TV dwindles

Advertisers boost retail media spending as TV dwindles

An M&M’s advertisement seen on a gas pump. Courtesy: GSTV The next frontier for the ad market isn’t on TV — it’s in stores and on your phone. Television had long been the key target for advertisers, until tech companies like Alphabet and Meta-owned platforms like Facebook began to gobble up market share. While ad … Read more