Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

Target sounds the alarm bell on holiday shopping

Target is expecting a surprisingly weak holiday shopping season, a potential warning sign for the retail industry.

Walmart keeps growing with shoppers making more than $100,000 a year

Walmart’s business is surging. Customers making more than $100,000 a year are fueling the growth.

Tropicana fans are ditching the brand after a bottle redesign

Tropicana customers are in revolt over an orange juice bottle redesign. Again.

McDonald’s customers are cutting back on fries. Its biggest supplier is cutting jobs

Americans are revolting against McDonald’s and fast-food chains. That’s hurting french fry suppliers like Lamb Weston.

Target slashed prices. It paid off

US consumers, strained by years of higher prices and elevated interest rates, are changing their shopping patterns. Americans are buying more at discount chains like Target and Walmart while dialing back spending at Macy’s and Lowe’s.

Harley-Davidson is dropping diversity initiatives after right-wing anti-DEI campaign

Tractor Supply Co. John Deere. Now Harley-Davidson. Harley-Davidson said Monday that it’s ending diversity and other progressive initiatives at the company. Harley-Davidson is the latest major American brand to backtrack from DEI policies it had supported in recent years.

Americans are still shopping. They’re just going to Walmart

Americans are cutting back on Disney parks, Big Macs and Starbucks coffee. But they keep shopping at Walmart.

Home Depot issues a warning about the economy

Home Depot says consumers are feeling crummy about the economy, and they’re dishing out less on major home renovation projects.

Starbucks wanted to be the ‘third place.’ Now it’s speeding you out the door

Years ago, some people would spend hours at Starbucks. Today, it’s a takeout counter. At many Starbucks locations, you’re lucky to find anyone sitting down.

Macy’s rejected a takeover offer and is betting on itself

Macy’s management ended talks with private investors attempting to take over the company and will pursue its own turnaround strategy to remake the chain.

Why Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid are closing thousands of drug stores across America

Walgreens said Thursday that it plans to close a “significant” number of its roughly 8,600 stores in the United States. Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft, CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

The forgotten racial history of Red Lobster

Communities around the country are losing cheddar bay biscuits and all-you-can-eat seafood deals as troubled Red Lobster closes around 100 US restaurants, with up to 135 more closures looming.

Red Lobster files for bankruptcy

Red Lobster, which brought affordable shrimp and lobster to middle-class America and grew to become the largest seafood restaurant chain in the world, has filed for bankruptcy.

Viral ‘courtesy’ letter American Airlines gives flight attendants shows how little they make

America’s cost of living crisis has stung new flight attendants, many of whom haven’t had an opportunity to renegotiate their contracts since the inflation spiral began several years ago.

Walmart’s business surges as shoppers hunt for low prices

Businesses from McDonald’s to Home Depot are struggling to attract financially strapped shoppers. But Walmart is growing as consumers search for inexpensive groceries, essentials and other merchandise.

Walmart’s business surges as shoppers hunt for low prices

Businesses from McDonald’s to Home Depot are struggling to attract financially strapped shoppers. But Walmart is growing as consumers search for inexpensive groceries, essentials and other merchandise.

What went wrong at Red Lobster

In 2003, Red Lobster ran an “Endless Crab” promotion. The all-you-can-eat deal backfired spectacularly.

GNC is redesigning stores to draw people taking Ozempic

GNC, the vitamin and dietary supplement chain, has been struggling for years. The brand hopes a new strategy tailored to people taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss will help draw customers into stores and grow its business.

Say goodbye to Ruby Tuesday and Chili’s. These are the hot new restaurants at the mall

Looking for a bite at your local mall? As US malls race to reinvent themselves, they’re turning to sushi conveyor belts, craft-beer membership clubs and Korean barbecue to replace burgers and fries.

Caitlin Clark will reportedly sign a sneaker deal with Nike

Caitlin Clark is reportedly set to wear her own signature Nike sneaker in the WNBA.

Dollar stores are shutting down across America. They did this to themselves

These are tough times for two big US dollar store chains. In the past month, Family Dollar said it will close nearly 1,000 stores and 99 Cents Only said it will go out of business.

Why Costco’s hot dog is still $1.50 when everything has gotten so expensive

Inflation has touched nearly everything these last few years — even Trader Joe’s 19-cent bananas. But Costco is holding the line on its hot dog-soda combo price.

Family Dollar and Dollar Tree closes 1,000 stores

Family Dollar, the struggling discount chain that caters to low-income customers predominantly in cities, will close about 1,000 stores.

Ozempic comes for gyms - how they’re responding

America’s gyms are adjusting their strategies as more of their members take weight loss drugs.

Blocking Kroger’s mega-merger with Albertsons won’t save your local grocery store

Citing higher prices and weaker competition, the US government sued to block Kroger and Albertsons’ $25 billion mega-merger Monday. But scuttling the deal isn’t a given – and even if it’s ultimately dismantled, keeping the supermarket chains separate may not save your local grocery store.

Macy's Revamps to Stay Relevant in Changing Retail Landscape

The retailer is closing 150 stores

Macy’s is getting a new, smaller, but more luxurious look designed to turn around the troubled retailer and keep the century-and-a-half old brand relevant to rapidly changing demands from shoppers.