Tag: Retail and wholesale
Walmart rolled through 2024, but challenges appear ahead in 2025
NEW YORK -- Walmart delivered another year of strong sales and profits with its competitive prices an increasingly strong magnet for inflation-weary shoppers,...
Michigan judge sentences Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in the parking lot
A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters, ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring...
US retail sales plunged last month as consumers pulled back after busy holiday season
WASHINGTON -- U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car...
US wholesale prices up a hotter-than-expected 0.4% in December
WASHINGTON -- U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month at a time when progress against inflation appears to have stalled,...
Joann moves to close 500 of its stores across the US amid bankruptcy
NEW YORK -- Struggling fabric and crafts seller Joann plans to close about 500 of its stores across the U.S. — or more...
What Mexico's richest man thinks Trump should do in his second term
MEXICO CITY -- MEXICO CITY (AP) — Carlos Slim, Mexico’s richest man and one of the world's wealthiest, addressed a range of topics...