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In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shoppers at a Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S., in March 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart is known for its low prices and no frills approach. So it may come as a surprise that wealthier shoppers are helping to fuel

In this article YUM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage outside a Yum Brands Inc. KFC restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on Jan. 29, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images KFC is leaving Kentucky. The fried chicken chain’s U.S. headquarters will move from Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, owner Yum Brands said Tuesday.

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane taxis along the tarmac at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia on December 13, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said Monday that it is cutting about 15% of corporate

A McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, on Oct. 23, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In like a lion, out like a lamb. That’s how restaurant executives envision 2025 after a rough start to the year, largely caused by freezing temperatures, wildfires and consumer caution. Many restaurant chains, like Restaurant Brands’

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards EatOkra’s mobile app lists nearby Black-owned restaurants. Courtesy: EatOkra When Anthony Edwards Jr. and his then-girlfriend, Janique, first moved to Brooklyn in 2016, they struggled to find food that was comfortable and familiar to them. They explored their neighborhood, Edwards said, but had a hard time finding Black-owned restaurants nearby.

Brown Girl Jane’s sales have more than doubled since the brand got picked up by Sephora last year. The beauty retailer took the 15 Percent Pledge, an effort to add more Black-owned brands to shelves. Courtesy: Brown Girl Jane Fragrance brand Brown Girl Jane’s perfume bottles sit on shelves at Sephora near some of the

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 7, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images After a dismal 2024, CVS Health could be starting to turn itself around.  Some

In this article CMCSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to Brendan Carr, his intended pick for Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, as he attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.  Brandon Bell

A seller holds up a bottle of Casamigos, tequila from Diageo, the world’s leading spirits maker, at a liquor store in Monterrey, Mexico, on Dec. 10, 2024. Daniel Becerril | Reuters The U.S. spirits industry maintained its market share leadership over beer and wine for a third straight year in 2024, even as revenues slid,

Actor Harrison Ford touts Jeep and Americana while taking a dig at another Detroit automaker during Stellantis Stellantis DETROIT — A CEO’s exit, electric vehicles making the industry run around like “headless chickens” and a company’s U.S. revival all came together to make Ram and Jeep parent Stellantis the only automaker with a Super Bowl

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2025. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images There’s a delicate balance playing out at corporations across America. As the Trump administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, many prominent companies have publicly scaled back

In this article LEVI AEO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Models walk the runway in skinny jeans. Getty Images The vilified linchpin of millennial and Y2K fashion – the skinny jean – might be on its way to a comeback. Over the last few months, a range of skinny styles, including pants and jeans,