Retail

An Ulta Beauty store in Concord, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ulta Beauty on Thursday raised its full-year sales outlook after topping Wall Street’s expectations for the fiscal third quarter. The beauty retailer said it now expects net sales for Continue Reading

A Fanatics advertisement on the sideline billboard during the NWSL match between Houston Dash and Washington Spirit at Shell Energy Stadium on March 14, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Aaron M. Sprecher | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Fanatics has struck a deal to run retail and merchandising for the Continue Reading

Macy’s on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s sales expectations for the third quarter in a row and posted its strongest growth in more than three years as the company’s turnaround strategy showed signs of momentum. The department store operator raised its full-year sales and earnings outlook after its better-than-expected fiscal third Continue Reading

Levi Strauss CEO Michelle Gass was out for a run in San Francisco last March when she first heard the song “Levii’s Jeans” from Beyonce’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter.” “Literally, I got chills,” Gass recounted to CNBC, adding the name check represented a “once in a lifetime” marketing opportunity she Continue Reading

An American Eagle advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney on a billboard in Times Square in New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Eagle issued bullish holiday guidance and raised its full-year forecast on Tuesday after posting better-than-expected quarterly results.  The apparel Continue Reading

A desire for deep discounts inspired 202.9 million U.S. consumers to shop during the five-day stretch from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics released on Tuesday. That estimated total surpassed the major trade group’s forecast that 186.9 Continue Reading

A shopper exits a Costco store in Centerville, Ohio, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Costco is suing the Trump administration in an effort to get a full refund of new tariffs paid by the warehouse retail giant this year and to block Continue Reading

Amazon’s grip on the apparel industry just keeps getting tighter. Amazon’s market share for the apparel and footwear segment reached nearly 13% in 2024, with sales over $67 billion, more than double Walmart’s about $32 billion business, according to a Wells Fargo industry note published in September. The firm expects Amazon’s Continue Reading

People shop in Macy’s Herald Square ahead of Black Friday and Christmas in New York City, U.S., Nov. 24, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters As many Americans continue to feel pinched by an uneven economy, new data highlight the toll of higher costs on planned shopping habits this holiday season.  Continue Reading

Alfonso Soler | Istock | Getty Images As holiday shopping season begins, younger Americans are preparing to scale back their participation more than any other generation. Gen Z and millennials plan to shop with tighter budgets, shorter gift lists, and more creative cost-saving measures, whether it is for Black Friday, Continue Reading