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Major US retailers such as Walmart (WMT) will likely miss consensus expectations for second-quarter

The cloud unit is a minority of revenue and the majority of operating profit, and what it has already contracted is what makes the upside case testable rather than hopeful.

Pokémon cards have evolved from a children's collectible into a multibillion-dollar market, with some buyers increasingly treating the cards as an alternative investment alongside traditional assets. The clearest sign of how mainstream the trade has become is where it is happening: not on Wall ...

Victory Marine Holdings has appointed Miles Bodie as Director of E-Commerce at its Dunn & Groux Beverage Holdings subsidiary, adding dedicated leadership to expand GUTSI across Amazon, Walmart Marketplace and direct-to-consumer channels. Key Investor TakeawaysVictory Marine Holdings (USOTC:VMHG) is strengthening GUTSI’s e-commerce strategy as it seeks to connect digital sales with its existing retail, distributor and Direct Store Distribution infrastructure.

Kroger has appointed Nate Faust as chief e-commerce officer as the grocery chain makes digital commerce a big priority. The post Kroger taps digital retail expert to lead e-commerce push appeared first on FreightWaves.

The retailer logged 754 cases in fiscal 2026, down 35% year over year, according to its latest ESG report.

Armanino Foods of Distinction Inc (AMNF) posts record Q2 sales with new national account wins, but rising costs and facility investments temper near-term earnings growth.

Walmart stock has delivered a strong 139.4% total return over the past 5 years, yet the current intrinsic value estimate from a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model points to the shares trading at a premium, while broader valuation checks also lean on the expensive side. Over 5 years, Walmart has returned 139.4%, which puts extra attention on whether the current price still offers an appealing entry point for new capital. Recent moves into areas such as TV advertising and drone delivery may...

Beyond the familiar retail storefront, a massive custom silicon operation is quietly compounding. This internal chips business now has an annual revenue run rate of over twenty-five billion dollars. The company's AI services have also crossed this threshold, creating two new growth engines inside the larger machine.

JLL President, Retail Advisory Services, Naveen Jaggi, joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination Overtime to break down the latest retail trends his team is seeing and why Q2 and the back-to-school season could signal the start of a critical shopping stretch for retailers.

Three household names are days away from their ex-dividend dates, and missing the cutoff by even one session means that specific cash payment goes to someone else. The clock is running on MSFT, AMGN, and MAR.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) just made its boldest move yet to turn shopping data into ad dollars. On August 4, the retailer completed its acquisition of Vibe.co, a self-service streaming TV advertising platform founded in 2021. The deal folds into Walmart Connect, the company’s US commerce media arm, giving advertisers of any size an easier way to […]

Investors may want to mark their calendars for Aug. 20 as Walmart’s earnings release could give its stock the boost investors have been anticipating.

Costco runs one of the most airtight business models in retail, yet the stock is going nowhere fast. What happens when a near-perfect company runs out of room to surprise the market?

UPS’s next contract with the Teamsters union in two years will determine its own fate in parcel delivery and create monumental change at Amazon, FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service, Walmart and other couriers, according to an industry expert. The post Analyst: UPS-Teamsters 2028 showdown will unleash parcel industry tsunami appeared first on FreightWaves.

Walmart stock is in focus with earnings due Aug. 20. Here's how to reach for profit with a short-term options trade on the retailer.

The grocer tapped Nate Faust to the top digital role just months after it named fellow Walmart veteran Greg Foran as its CEO.

Investor demand for humanoid robots just shattered records that SpaceX, Snowflake, and Facebook never came close to touching. Here are the five publicly traded robotics stocks best positioned to capture that fever before it cools.

Plug Power’s second-quarter earnings and a boost to expectations for full-year revenue growth reveal a company heading toward profitability, say analysts.

Walmart offers more consistency with boosting its dividend payouts, but Costco's special dividend is alluring.

Walmart (NasdaqGS:WMT) is taking a higher profile in US economic policy as former CEO Doug McMillon joins a new Federal Reserve task force focused on real time retail data and AI. The Fed group is expected to explore how large scale transaction data from retailers could inform future monetary policy signals and economic monitoring. At the same time, US presidential candidates are increasing public pressure on major retailers, including Walmart, over pricing practices and the perceived impact...

Management set a higher bar for profits, and the stock has already jumped, but the real story is how much faster the bottom line is guided to grow than the top line.

Aug. 20 may not offer the guidance boost some are hoping for.

Constellation Energy is locking in long-term nuclear power contracts as AI drives electricity demand higher, giving the company unusual revenue visibility as it expands through Calpine.

Retailers face a more cautious back-to-school consumer who is getting fatigued by higher prices driven by inflation.

Walmart's U.S. sales rise 4.5% in fiscal Q1, but faster expense growth from depreciation and healthcare costs drives a 56-basis-point rate increase.

Retailers in the United States are a bit mixed in early Monday trading.

While the rest of the market chased AI headlines and flinched at every tariff rumor, three famously unglamorous stocks kept raising their dividends and quietly compounding wealth. Here is why August may be the right moment to pay attention.

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) increased its presence at the 46th National Sports Collectors Convention near Chicago as the retail giant continues to develop its marketplace for trading cards, sports memorabilia and other collectibles, according to Mizuho analysts who attended the event. The five-day convention attracted more than 100,000 visitors last year, while early indications suggested attendance increased by approximately 20% this year, based on noticeably heavier traffic across the exhibition fl

When Mike Allen and I are curious about the " real economy ," we talk to sources at big-box stores for a read on real-time sales trends, or friends at super-regional banks to gauge the mood and money movement.