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Chains like Sweetgreen and Chipotle are finally realizing they need to look beyond the ‘slop bowl’

Wraps and protein are emerging as the next fast-food bandwagons.

By Phil WahbaFebruary 27, 2026
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Burger King tests OpenAI-powered headsets that will track the friendliness of drive-through workers
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressFebruary 27, 2026
Two restaurant workers wearing black stand in front of a silver "Flippy" fry station.
Meet your new robot fry cooks: Inside the $28 billion race to disrupt White Castle and Jack in the Box
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 26, 2026
Customers in the electronics section at Walmart on Black Friday in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Americans are planning to spend more this holiday season than last year, according to credit reporting firm TransUnion. Photographer: Brian Kaiser/Bloomberg via Getty Images
McKinsey studied 61 growth companies that outperformed their peers through COVID, inflation, and labor shocks. Here’s what they all had in common
By Geoff ColvinFebruary 26, 2026
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Home Depot CEO says with the housing market stalemate, ‘our customers are telling us that they’re not investing’
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 25, 2026
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Middle EastEuropean leaders call for resumption of U.S.-Iran talks but say ‘Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future’
By Claudia Ciobanu, Sam McNeil and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastAirspace closed and flights canceled across the Mideast amid U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran
By Cara Rubinsky and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Big TechYour spend as a ‘weapon’: Scott Galloway’s ‘Resist and Unsubscribe’ movement asks you to ditch Amazon, Apple, and Netflix to oppose Trump
By Kristin StollerFebruary 28, 2026
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SuccessMeet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs
By Preston ForeFebruary 28, 2026
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CommentarySomething big is happening in AI, but panic is the wrong reaction
By Peter CappelliFebruary 28, 2026
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Personal FinanceTrump’s universal 401(k) architect on why lower-income people distrust retirement accounts: ‘they want to know what the catch is’
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 28, 2026
AIThe week the AI scare turned real and America realized maybe it isn’t ready for what’s coming
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 28, 2026
AIShe joined Block to build AI. Weeks later, AI cost her job.
By Sheryl EstradaFebruary 28, 2026
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Workplace Culture‘What do you think is going on with the stock price?’: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says baristas’ market savvy makes him proud
By Jake AngeloJanuary 30, 2026
Workplace CultureWalmart doubles down on health, promoting 3,000 pharmacy workers and upping earning potential—with no college degree required
By Sydney LakeJanuary 29, 2026
RetailHow stroopwafels and saffron tiramisu fit into Starbucks’ plan to get to 40,000 stores around the world
By Phil WahbaJanuary 29, 2026
Big TechAmazon is closing its futuristic Go and Fresh stores—showing logistics and tech aren’t enough to make old-school retail work
By Phil WahbaJanuary 29, 2026
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North America50-year tradition of Southwest Airlines letting you choose your own seat comes to an end
By Rio Yamat and The Associated PressJanuary 28, 2026
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CommentaryHow social media upended the 75-year-old playbook of big CPG
By Oisín HanrahanJanuary 28, 2026
RetailThe British retailer riding the wave of America’s always booming sneaker market
By Phil WahbaJanuary 27, 2026
Michael Fiddelke stands and talks.
RetailTarget’s incoming CEO breaks silence on Minneapolis violence near HQ—read his full statement 
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 26, 2026
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SuccessAfter 40 years of climbing the ladder, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon is retiring—his top tip for Gen Z is that ‘life is too short’ to hate their jobs
By Emma BurleighJanuary 26, 2026
A woman stands in a target with her fist in the air. A man behind her holds an "Abolish ICE" sign.
RetailTarget faces new backlash amid Minnesota ICE raids after boycotts over its DEI rollback. But don’t blame politics for falling profits, analyst says
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 23, 2026
RetailHow Walmart is using AI to reroute essential supplies ahead of Winter Storm Fern
By Alex Vuocolo and Retail BrewJanuary 23, 2026
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SuccessWalmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse. He says he got promotion after promotion by raising his hand when his boss was out
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 23, 2026
EuropeA Danish app that helps consumers boycott U.S. products increased users by 1,400% as Trump resurrected the Greenland issue at Davos
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 23, 2026
C-SuiteThe Walmart C-suite reshuffle shows how the retailer sees itself now: As a tech company
By Phil WahbaJanuary 21, 2026
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BankingNathan’s Famous goes from 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island to $450 million acquisition by Smithfield Foods over 100 years later
By Matt Ott and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
Andy Jassy gestures while speaking at an event.
Economy6 months later, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sings a different tune on tariffs, saying the pain of higher prices is coming soon in 2026
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 21, 2026
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CommentarySlipping on ICE: innocent retailers are the latest collateral damage from Trump’s perpetual noise machine
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJanuary 21, 2026
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Politics‘We believe in Allah, but we can’t do anything’: Somali shops reel in Minneapolis because ICE is bad for business
By Sarah Raza and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
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RetailFortune Archives: How Saks made luxury for the masses
By Indrani SenJanuary 18, 2026
RetailChubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 15, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
EconomyEconomy is marginally improving but only because the rich are splurging on luxury items and holidays, the Fed says
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 15, 2026
C-SuiteCan Saks’ new CEO repair the damage done to the luxury retailer by years of being treated as a ‘financial plaything’?
By Phil WahbaJanuary 15, 2026
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RetailSaks files for bankruptcy as its CEO sees ‘defining moment’ after multibillion-dollar Neiman Marcus takeover
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressJanuary 14, 2026
RetailWalmart teams with Alphabet for AI-assisted shopping on Gemini
By Jaewon Kang and BloombergJanuary 11, 2026
Outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
SuccessWalmart’s CEO Doug McMillon out-earns the average American’s salary in less than 20 hours—during a typical 30-minute commute, he’s already made $1,563
By Emma BurleighJanuary 9, 2026
Nela Richardson, chief economist at Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP).
EconomyFor jobless Gen Z, healthcare is the place to be as blue-collar hiring outstrips office jobs, says ADP’s top economist
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 8, 2026
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Politics‘Trump must be doing wonders for the economy’: Online commenters jeer closure of suburban Philly Trump Store that ‘has kind of run its course’
By Mike Catalini and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2026
RetailJollibee shares surge after the Filipino fried chicken chain says it’ll spin off its ‘higher-growth but more volatile’ global business
By Angelica AngJanuary 7, 2026
RetailHow a real estate scion’s risky dealmaking pushed Saks Global to the brink
By Phil WahbaJanuary 6, 2026
A McRib sandwich next to a red and white cardboard container reading "McRib" with the McDonald's arch on it.
LawWhat is the McRib really made of? A federal class action lawsuit alleges McDonald’s is misleading customers
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 6, 2026
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Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your jobAn image of a popular article
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 27, 2026
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By Preston ForeFebruary 27, 2026
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