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    U.S. consumers dial back in sign of anxiety heading Into holidays

    “It’s a picture of consumption … slowing quite a lot into the end of this year,” said senior U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, Oliver Allen.

    By Molly Smith, Julia Fanzeres and Bloomberg
    November 25, 2025

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    Home Depot blames its recent sales slump on a major funk in the housing market: ‘Our customers are homeowners’

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    Reports of the retail store’s demise have been greatly exaggerated

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    November 20, 2025
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    Walmart wins the economic anxiety trade as cash-strapped Americans’ hunt for deals delivers another blowout quarter

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
    November 20, 2025
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    Retail

    Panera’s CEO unveiled a comeback plan—and it includes better ingredients like lettuce: ‘No one likes iceberg’

    By Dave Lozo and Morning Brew
    November 19, 2025
    Target’s CEO is betting billions that Gen Zers will get off their phones and fuel a comeback
    Retail

    Target’s CEO is betting billions that Gen Zers will get off their phones and fuel a comeback

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    November 19, 2025
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    Retail

    Dunkin’ customers outraged after anonymous Facebook user leaks display showing tariff shrinkflation costing you less coffee in your cup

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    November 19, 2025
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    Gen Z creators are turbocharging Main Street—and Amex is betting big

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    November 19, 2025
    Target
    Retail

    Target profits slide 19%, forecasts sales slumping through holiday shopping season

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
    November 19, 2025
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    Retail

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    November 19, 2025
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    Asia

    Younger customers are venturing back to real-world stores, says AS Watson CEO Malina Ngai: ‘They want to be able to touch the product’

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    November 19, 2025
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    Big Tech

    The iPhone Air can’t catch a break: The key designer behind the struggling ultrathin phone just left Apple for an AI startup

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    November 18, 2025
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    Retail

    Half of millennial and Gen Z couples pick engagement rings with lab-grown diamonds— ‘well beyond what the mining industry had expected,’ McKinsey says

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    November 18, 2025
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    Economy

    ‘The kids aren’t alright,’ warns top economist, as unemployed, pessimistic Gen Z living with parents blow a $12 billion hole in consumption

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    November 18, 2025
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    Success

    One man is responsible for the McDonald’s Dollar Menu, Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust, and Smashburger. Meet Tom Ryan

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    November 18, 2025
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    Economy

    Top analyst sees ‘genuine cracks for mid- to lower-end consumers’ as the K-shaped economy continues to bite

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    November 17, 2025
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    Economy

    More groceries may benefit from tariff exemptions as the 2026 midterm elections get closer, analyst says

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    November 16, 2025
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    Fortune Archives: The Walmart CEO raised in the ‘house that Sam built’

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    November 16, 2025
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    Economy

    If you think beef is expensive now, just wait until next year when prices could soar nearly 60%

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    November 15, 2025
    Fed researchers say tariffs actually lower inflation — because they’re demand shocks that slam employment and economic activity
    Economy

    Fed researchers say tariffs actually lower inflation — because they’re demand shocks that slam employment and economic activity

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    November 15, 2025
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    C-Suite

    Verizon will cut about 15,000 jobs after new CEO says ‘cost reductions will be a way of life for us here’

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    November 14, 2025
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    C-Suite

    Meet Walmart’s new CEO, John Furner: Once an hourly worker, he’ll helm the top company in the Fortune 500

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    November 14, 2025
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    Economy

    Trump’s tariffs are a $29 billion tax on Americans’ holiday shopping bills, Lending Tree says

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    November 14, 2025
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    C-Suite

    Fortune 500 Power Moves: Walmart announces CEO succession and other executive moves the week of Nov. 8-14, 2025

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    Retail

    Hooters CEO says private equity turned it into a ‘boys club hangout’—Now he’s plotting a family-friendly makeover

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    November 14, 2025
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    Success

    Walmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse—he says raising his hand led to his success

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    November 14, 2025
    Doug McMillon
    C-Suite

    Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to retire at 59 years old

    By Sasha Rogelberg and Nick Lichtenberg
    November 14, 2025
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    Economy

    Economist behind K-shaped economy sees a ‘sea of despair’ for the bottom 90% and a ‘crisis of confidence’ in the American dream

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    November 13, 2025
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    Retail

    BofA cites ‘favorable protein economics’ in the chicken restaurant segment with the race afoot to corner the $67 billion market

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    November 13, 2025
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    Retail

    Over 1,000 Starbucks workers plan strike at 65 stores on highly trafficked Red Cup Day

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
    November 13, 2025

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