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Illustration by Christina Locopo Retail has seen unprecedented upheaval over the last several years. Some of the industry’s key decision-makers expect even more evolution ahead. Covid-related shocks have upended retail, after clogged ports and merchandise shortages gave way to excess inventory levels and shifting consumer demands amid persistent inflation.  Those disruptions accelerated transformations in the

A True Religion brand storefront. True Religion The hedge fund that owns True Religion is exploring a sale of the Y2K-era jeans brand as it returns to growth and profitability after emerging from its second bankruptcy, CNBC has learned.  True Religion sales jumped about 20% to around $280 million last year, and it brought in

Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney star in Sony’s “Anyone But You.” Sony Released just before the crowded Christmas movie season, Sony’s “Anyone But You” seemed destined to be anything but a box-office hit — especially after it tallied just $6 million in ticket sales during its opening weekend. However, the film’s box-office success was as

In this article PARA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Paramount executive Bob Bakish attends the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) at the PSD Bank Dome in Duesseldorf, Germany, November 13, 2022.  Thilo Schmuelgen | Reuters Paramount Global is laying off hundreds of employees, just one day after the company announced CBS had record

In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Over two thousand attendees are descending on the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach for the annual Exchange ETF conference. To entice participants, the organizers rented out the entire LIV Nightclub Miami at the hotel for a Super Bowl party Sunday night. While much of the conference

The main house at Gordon Pointe spans 11,500 sq ft. The most expensive home for sale in the U.S. hit the market this week for $295 million. Gordon Pointe, as it’s called, is a roughly 9-acre compound in Naples, Florida, on the Gulf Coast, in an affluent enclave called Port Royal. The mega-listing includes a

In this article EPD VZ MPLX VZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People visit the Verizon stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain February 27, 2023. Nacho Doce | Reuters A strong fourth-quarter earnings season is underway, and it’s time for dividend-paying companies to shine. Resilient dividend-paying companies can offer long-term

Amtrak trains travel through Washington, DC, on September 15, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images As domestic travel rebounds from pandemic lows and prices soar, some travelers opting for trains over planes. For many, the tradeoffs are simple: Trains are often cheaper, provide more leg room and are better for the environment than

A Norfolk Southern rail terminal in Austell, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Norfolk Southern (NSC) Business: Norfolk Southern is a railway company. It transports a variety of raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods in the United States. Stock Market Value: $57.56B ($254.83 per share)

In this article NVO NOVO.B-DK LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Injection pens of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters The insatiable demand for weight loss drugs is trouncing supply, leaving many patients struggling to find the injectable treatments. 

In this article FLNC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rows of cabinets containing lithium ion batteries supplied by Fluence, a Siemens and AES Company, are seen inside the AES Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System, which provides stored renewable energy to supply electricity during peak demand periods, in Long Beach, California on September 16, 2022. 

In this article PEP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pepsi bottles are seen at the grocery store in Las Vegas, United States on November 17, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images PepsiCo on Friday reported mixed quarterly results as North American demand for its food and drinks weakened. Shares of the company

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nelson Peltz, founder and chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management, during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Summit in Miami, Florida, US, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Marco Bello | Bloomberg | Getty Images Are you not entertained, Nelson Peltz? Disney shares jumped

Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management CEO, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman is set to offer a new investment vehicle listed on the New York Stock Exchange, aiming to leverage his following among Main Street investors. The hedge fund

In this article YUM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT KFC and Taco Bell restaurants along 118th Avenue in Edmonton, on January 21, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Yum Brands on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut

In this article BTC.CM= CLSK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An array of bitcoin mining units inside a container at a Cleanspark facility in College Park, Georgia, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin miner CleanSpark climbed on Tuesday after the company said it will acquire new

In this article SBUX MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People dit at McDonald’s outdoor seating after going out on a Saturday night along Rothschild Street on June 11, 2022 in Tel Aviv, Israel.  Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images McDonald’s and Starbucks, two of the biggest U.S. restaurant companies, both said the Israel-Hamas war

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Visitors are attending a New Year event held by McDonald’s in Shanghai, China, on January 25, 2024.  Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the bell on Monday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly

In this article RIVN NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Netflix logo is shown on one of the streaming giant’s Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. stock market continues to be volatile due to the uncertainty surrounding when the Federal Reserve will start to