Turkey prices soar high ahead of Thanksgiving: Where to find the best dealsThanksgiving is approaching, and turkey prices are set to increase. Bird flu outbreaks have reduced the US turkey flock. This has led to hi...
24 Oct, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
Amazon to hire 250,000 workers during holiday season for third straight yearThe announcement on Monday, however, comes amid concerns that U.S. shoppers will be cautious about spending in this holiday season as they ...
13 Oct, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
US holiday online sales growth to slow on economic uncertainty: Adobe AnalyticsAdobe expects US online sales to rise 5.3% to $253.4 billion between November 1 and December 31, this year, compared with an 8.7% rise last...
06 Oct, 2025, 05.38 PM IST
US online holiday sales to slow as shoppers tighten budgets, Salesforce forecastsSalesforce projects online spending between November 1 and December 31 to rise 2.1% to $288 billion, lower than a 4% increase to $282 billi...
16 Sep, 2025, 05.36 PM IST
Walmart forecast disappoints, shares fall 6% on consumer spending worriesWalmart on Thursday forecast sales and profit for the fiscal year ending January 2026 below Wall Street estimates, suggesting the world's l...
20 Feb, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Walmart’s Fiscal 2026 profit forecast falls short of estimates – Stock drops 7% as inflation, consumer spending, and tariff concerns loomWalmart’s fiscal 2026 profit forecast fell short of Wall Street estimates, causing its stock to drop 7% in pre-market trading. The retailer...
20 Feb, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
Amazon Prime vs Walmart Plus: Walmart cuts subscription price by half. Check latest amountWalmart Plus subscription fee has been slashed half by Walmart, with an aim to compete with hugely popular Amazon Prime.
29 Oct, 2024, 01.40 AM IST
Target to lower prices on 2,000 items ahead of holiday seasonTarget is reducing prices on over 2,000 items, including national brands and its own private labels, to attract holiday shoppers. This move...
22 Oct, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Walmart lifts full-year sales and profit forecast, shares soar 7% to hit record highWalmart raised its full-year forecast and reported better-than-expected first-quarter results on Thursday, betting that easing inflation wi...
16 May, 2024, 08.29 PM IST
Walmart to acquire Vizio for $2.3 billion, sales outlook, dividend lift sharesWalmart proposed to buy Vizio for $11.50 per share, a premium of 47% to the company's closing price of $7.82 as of Feb. 12, the day before ...
20 Feb, 2024, 06.14 PM IST
Walmart sounds a note of caution on consumers ahead of holidays, shares fall 7%Walmart's bigger focus on groceries has provided a bulwark against the broad slowdown in discretionary spending with more than half of the ...
16 Nov, 2023, 10.04 PM IST
Walmart bets on inventory software ahead of tough holiday shopping seasonThe merchandise mix Walmart will carry rests not purely on retail executives' judgment but rather on software it developed around 2019. Its...
14 Sep, 2023, 09.52 PM IST
Walmart announces $20 billion share repurchase, anticipates lesser decline in annual profitThe Walmart has forecasted that its sales figures will rise in this quarter.
15 Nov, 2022, 09.02 PM IST
Amid pandemic, earlier promotions, Black Friday takes new shapeMost major retailers closed on Thanksgiving Day this year in a nod to the stress endured by their workers during a global health pandemic.
27 Nov, 2020, 07.15 PM IST
Is Black Friday still a big deal for America?US consumers flocked to stores as the annual holiday shopping season commenced, with some finding they’d missed the best deals as stores op...
30 Nov, 2014, 06.52 AM IST
- Holiday sales miss forecasts, with discounts in demand
US retailers, offering holiday discounts of 50% or more this week, may see profits erode even as customers flock to stores.
29 Nov, 2007, 05.56 AM IST
- Wal-Mart 4Q profit rises 9.8 pc
Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit growth of 9.8 per cent to beat analyst estimates, and issued a bullish fore...
21 Feb, 2007, 09.20 AM IST