Walmart plans to add 150 more stores across U.S.

Walmart plans to add 150 more stores across U.S.

EVERETT WALMART, EVERETT, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2023/04/19: An exterior view of a closing Walmart store in Everett. A Walmart store in Everett, Washington, announced its closure and is currently in a liquidation sale. With this, a lot of Walmart employees have lost their jobs. (Photo by Chin Hei Leung/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa … Read more

Starbucks (SBUX) Q1 2024 earnings

Starbucks (SBUX) Q1 2024 earnings

MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 11: A Starbucks coffee cup sits on a table as the company reported supply shortages at some coffee shops on June 11, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The coffee chain said it had supply shortages for some items due to problems in the supply chain. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Joe Raedle … Read more

Tom Brady nutrition, apparel brands merging with Nobull

Tom Brady nutrition, apparel brands merging with Nobull

Tom Brady will become the No. 2 shareholder of Nobull. Courtesy: Nobull Seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady is merging his health and nutrition company, TB12, and his apparel company, Brady, with training brand Nobull. As part of the deal, Brady will become the No. 2 shareholder in Nobull, behind BodyArmor founder Mike Repole who … Read more

UPS announces 12,000 job cuts; reports drop in package volume

UPS announces 12,000 job cuts; reports drop in package volume

A United Parcel Service truck searches for a house driving along the coast of Cape Cod on July 24, 2023 in Orleans, Massachusetts.  Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images UPS fell short of Wall Street revenue estimates Tuesday, reporting drops in shipping volume, both internationally and domestically, in its fourth-quarter earnings report. The company also announced … Read more

How ‘quiet luxury’ is subtly taking over investor portfolios

How ‘quiet luxury’ is subtly taking over investor portfolios

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – NOVEMBER 25, 2022: Karin Teigl is seen wearing Hermès yellow leather mini Kelly, Baum & Pferdgarten green leather jacket, Lumina beige cropped turtleneck sweater and vintage checked green yellow pants. Jeremy Moeller | Getty Images Quiet luxury was one of last year’s biggest viral fashion trends on social media — but unlike … Read more

Retail return fraud is rising as key holiday deadline approaches

Retail return fraud is rising as key holiday deadline approaches

Deadlines loom for consumers who want to send back unwanted holiday gifts. Many retailers extend return windows for purchases made in November and December through the end of January. But in many other parts of the return process, companies have become less lenient. As more consumers shop online and send back more of those orders, … Read more

Starbucks Oleato olive oil drinks launch across the U.S.

Starbucks Oleato olive oil drinks launch across the U.S.

Starbucks is launching its beverages called Oleato in all U.S. stores. Courtesy: Starbucks Starbucks is launching its olive oil-infused drinks in all U.S. stores beginning Tuesday, the company said. The beverages, named Oleato, debuted in Italy in February 2023 after former CEO Howard Schultz visited the country and noticed locals drinking olive oil daily. The … Read more

China’s luxury market is bouncing back. Analysts say these are new areas of opportunity

China’s luxury market is bouncing back. Analysts say these are new areas of opportunity

A view of a scaled-up mock of a Louis Vuitton bag during a promotional event by the French luxury brand in Shanghai on Dec. 4, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s luxury sales are rebounding, and while they’re not back to 2021 levels yet, industry analysts and financial releases … Read more

LVMH shares jump 8% as earnings point to luxury sector resilience

LVMH shares jump 8% as earnings point to luxury sector resilience

Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, speaks during a press conference to present the 2023 annual results of LVMH in Paris, France, January 25, 2024.  Benoit Tessier | Reuters LVMH shares jumped more than 8% on Friday morning, after the world’s largest luxury group posted higher-than-expected sales for 2023 and … Read more

Shein rejects Amazon ‘clone’ talk as it prepares for U.S. listing

Shein rejects Amazon ‘clone’ talk as it prepares for U.S. listing

Chinese-founded online retail giant Shein is not positioning itself as an Amazon “clone,” the company told CNBC, as it prepares for a U.S. public listing later this year. The e-commerce company’s product categories are likely to “grow over time,” as the business entrenches itself deeper into the U.S., Peter Pernot-Day, head of strategic communications, U.K. … Read more