Soft palettes, nostalgic spending, and what America’s newest aesthetic obsession reveals about the economy underneath.

Mizrahi, whose 2002 partnership launched the discounter’s entire designer-collab era, returns under new CEO Michael Fiddelke’s broader turnaround push.

The fast food company says it uses over 170 million American-grown apples every year in the U.S., and that’s before the return of the fried apple pie.

Pizza Hut’s U.S. sales fell 8.2% last year in a market that barely moved. LongRange Capital’s Bob Berlin, who engineered the Arby’s turnaround, believes.