Category: Retail & Wholesale

August 16, 2023

U.S. stocks are mixed after a slate of reports from major retailers such as Walmart and Target and as investors digested the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s meeting in July. At 10:05 ET (14:05 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

July 21, 2023

Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, has slashed the price of its online subscription service in half for those on government assistance, a move that should help perk up membership. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said the Walmart+ service will cost $49 […]

July 6, 2023

The economic situation in Europe continues to deteriorate as the latest data points: Eurozone retail sales and German construction PMIs disappoint. Retail sales in the Eurozone during the month of June was flat despite forecasts of a modest 0.2% improvement […]

June 21, 2023

What does the future hold for grocery costs? Here we need to monitor prices of ‘soft’ commodities: agricultural products, essentially. Softs are among the world’s oldest traded products, though different exchanges classify soft commodities differently. They are traded in futures […]

May 16, 2023

Americans picked up their spending modestly in April, spending money online and dining out, buoyed by a solid job market and a retreat in prices for some things. Car sales also rose despite prices that continue to soar, according to […]

May 10, 2023

The U.S. Postal Service today established proposed published pricing for its new product offering, USPS Ground Advantage. Pending favorable review and comments from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), USPS Ground Advantage would launch on July 9. At launch, USPS Ground […]

March 15, 2023

Sweden’s consumer price inflation increased unexpectedly in February, largely driven by higher food costs, data from Statistics Sweden showed on Wednesday. The consumer price index rose 12.0 percent year-over-year in February, faster than the 11.7 percent increase in January. Economists […]

February 17, 2023

Earnings results from major retailers in the coming weeks will test the strength of the U.S. stock market rally, as investors gain insight into the health of consumer spending and the fallout on company bottom lines from inflation. As a […]

February 16, 2023

Wholesale prices in the United States rose 6% in January from a year earlier, decelerating for a seventh straight month. But on a month-to-month basis, prices reaccelerated in January, indicating that inflation pressures continue to underlie the U.S. economy. The […]

February 15, 2023

America’s consumers rebounded last month from a weak holiday shopping season by boosting their spending at stores and restaurants at the fastest pace in nearly two years, underscoring the economy’s resilience in the face of higher prices and multiple interest […]

January 26, 2023

UK retail sales volumes dropped at a faster-than-expected pace at the start of the year, and retailers expect them to decline again next month, but at a slightly slower rate, survey data from the Confederation of British Industry, or CBI, […]

December 15, 2022

U.S. retail spending and manufacturing weakened in November, signs of a slowing economy as the Federal Reserve continues its battle against high inflation. November retail sales fell 0.6% from the prior month for the biggest decline this year, the Commerce […]

August 11, 2022

Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy’s inflationary pressures cooled last month. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed […]

July 27, 2022

Food inflation was up 7%, compared to 5.6% in June. This was partly due to a 8% rise in fresh food inflation, up from 6.2% in June. Non-food inflation hit 3%, up from 1.9% in June – a record-high, beating […]

July 22, 2022

Non-food stores, such as clothing and household goods, which slumped by 4.7% and 3.7% respectively, were hit particularly hard, according to data from the Office of National Statistics. Some had hoped that the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee would give shops a […]

July 15, 2022

Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears that the economy might be on the verge of a recession. U.S. retail […]

July 12, 2022

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the value of total sales was 1% lower in June than a year ago. That followed a 1.1% decline in May. Like-for-like sales, which adjusts for changes in floor space, fell 1.3%. However, the […]

June 7, 2022

Shares of Kohl’s spiked more than 11% Tuesday after the retailer said that it is in advanced talks to be sold in a deal worth about $8 billion. The Wisconsin chain said late Monday that it was in a three-week […]

May 31, 2022

Supermarkets and distributors are pushing back on higher prices from food makers, as escalating inflation drives more consumers to rethink their spending. Kroger Co. and other grocery chains said they are asking brands to prove why higher prices are necessary […]

May 25, 2022

Kohl’s Corporation ( Kohl`s Corp. – $43.19 1.57 (0.03624%) ) shares jumped 12% Wednesday after a Reuters report revived investors’ hopes that the company could still be acquired. The report cited people familiar with the matter as saying that multiple […]