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  • A young woman chooses clothes in a fashion store and reads the labels on things while shopping at the mall. A millennial shopaholic woman tries on clothes in a fashion boutiqueEconomy

    Retailers like Walmart and Target ‘can’t keep up with constant price changes’ from tariffs, so many are snipping price tags and ditching discounts

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • Facade of Target store with CVS Pharmacy signage, glass entry and escalators visible, pedestrians on sidewalk, San Francisco, California, August 29, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)North America

    Target was hoping for a back-to-school sales bump that never came. Foot traffic is still down for the 7th month in a row

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 15: A Walmart employee pushes a cart through a Walmart store on August 15, 2019 in Richmond, California. Walmart beat analyst expectations with second quarter revenue of $130.4 billion. Shares of Walmart stock surged 5% in early trading on Thursday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Retail

    Walmart and Target are allegedly forcing employees to remove tags on apparel to make it easier to jack up prices based on tariffs

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • A Target store in Pleasant Hill, California, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Target Corp. is expected to release earnings figures on May 21. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGlobal

    Target hasn’t gotten its mojo back after boycotts and backlash over retracted DEI efforts. Foot traffic and revenue are still down

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • Target has been focused on growing its beauty assortment beyond its Ulta shops.Retail

    Target and Ulta just broke up: Employees raised red flags about shoplifting, understaffing, and foot-traffic cannibalization

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: In an aerial view, a customer enters a Target Store on February 28, 2025 in Sausalito, California. The People’s Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling for an “economic boycott” on Friday and is urging Americans not to shop for 24 hours. The boycott follows a rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at several companies. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Retail

    Target foot traffic is still suffering 6 months post-boycott. An industry veteran says the retailer’s problems are bigger than curtailing DEI

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 23: An empty shelf is seen at Toys “R” Us in Times Square at 6:00 A.M., an hour after the store was opened, November 23, 2007 in New York City. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the first big shopping day of the holiday season. (Photo by Hiroko Masuike/Getty Images)Retail

    Toy shortages this holiday shopping season are an ‘absolute inevitability’ thanks to tariffs, manufacturing CEO says

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 01: Billboards of actress Sydney Sweeney is seen outside of an American Eagle store on August 01, 2025 in New York City. American Eagle’s recent denim ad campaign featuring Sweeney has drawn backlash for language and imagery that critics say echoes eugenics-era rhetoric, following a tagline referencing “great genes” alongside visuals of Sweeney in blue jeans. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Retail

    American Eagle foot traffic plummeted in the aftermath of the Sydney Sweeney ad controversy

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • Pepsi-Cola fridge with cans is seen in a restaurant in Krakow, Poland on November 1st, 2022. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Retail

    Cola lovers: PepsiCo has a prebiotic soda in the works for you—and it’s not Poppi

    By Erin Cabrey and Retail Brew
  • school supplies at TargetRetail

    Target is maintaining 2024 prices on back-to-school items in the aftermath of boycotts

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • shopper walking into TargetRetail

    Target’s foot traffic fell for the fourth month in a row—and it’s ‘going to continue to snowball,’ reputation analytics firm says

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • Customers enter a Dick’s Sporting Goods retail location in Paramus, U.S., on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Dick’s Sporting Goods may report 3Q EPS slightly ahead of forecast, ests., according to Janney, Raymond James analysts, when it reports 3Q results 7:30am Nov. 19. Photographer: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Dick’s Sporting Goods exec defends Foot Locker acquisition: ‘Like it or not, we make these decisions and investments for a lifetime’

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • mom giving boy hug after getting flowers from himEconomy

    Tariffs are forcing more than a third of Americans to pull back on spending for Mother’s Day gifts

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew
  • target shoppersRetail

    Target foot traffic is still down after 3 months in the fallout of dismantling DEI and subsequent boycotts

    By Andrew Adam Newman and Retail Brew
  • Sheree Roebuck straightens clothes in the womens’ section at the new Wal-Mart on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Tomball. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle ) (Photo by Brett Comer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)Retail

    Walmart is winning fashion because it uses AI to produce clothes 4 times faster than the industry standard

    By Alex Vuocolo and Retail Brew