Alina Selyukh
Stories
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Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers
Makers of our food and home essentials, including Pepsi and Procter & Gamble, are cutting their financial forecasts for the year and predicting lower sales or profits than before.
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Chinese low-cost retailers Shein and Temu say they will raise prices
Shein and Temu, two China-based retailers famous for very cheap products, say they will raise their prices because of Trump's trade policy.
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Retail sales jump as people rush to buy cars ahead of tariffs
The key driver of the economy saw the biggest increase in over two years in March, as car buyers tried to get ahead of President Trump's tariffs on imported autos and auto parts.
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Between tariffs and survival, American business owners are doing alarming math
Many U.S. shop owners feel like collateral damage in President Trump's trade war, on the hook to pay big new fees and long unable to manufacture in the U.S.
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Between a dream deal and tariffs, one U.S. business owner is at a crossroads
Number crunching is what small business owners around the U.S. are doing now, assessing the costs of President Trump's tariffs on imports. For one business owner, a dream deal is at stake.
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Forever 21 is bankrupt, again. This time actually could be forever
The fast-fashion chain Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy and is preparing to close all of its stores.
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Forever 21 is bankrupt, again. This time actually could be forever
Once a formidable fast-fashion mall staple, Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer has been a shell of its former self since it first filed for bankruptcy in 2019.
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FTC asks to delay Amazon trial over 'dire' resources, then quickly backtracks
The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit against Amazon. Within hours, he retracted the claim.
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Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis
The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.
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Kroger CEO resigns abruptly after 'personal conduct' investigation
The country's largest supermarket chain is shaking up its leadership after Rodney McMullen had led the company since 2014.
