The Stocks Investors Are Putting Under the Tree

Retailers are making modest predictions about the holiday shopping season—and their stocks are going gangbusters in…

Consumers Are Spending Like It’s 2019

Shoppers have shifted their spending habits in a postpandemic world, leaving retailers in the lurch.

Kroger Gets Stuck in the Middle Aisle

The grocery giant is running in the middle of the pack on pricing and sales growth.

Dollar General: No Longer Downturn-Proof

Pinched low-income consumers are cutting back, and middle-class people aren’t doing enough business.

What Costco’s Baskets Reveal About Consumer Finances

The upper middle class is also feeling the pinch.

Theft and Thrift Squeeze Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree’s profits were pressured by a shift in sales toward lower-margin consumables and shrinking.

Theft and Thrift Squeeze Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree’s profits were pressured by a shift in sales toward lower-margin consumables and shrinking.

Kohl’s, Best Buy, Lowe’s Sales Sluggish as Shoppers Pull Back

Consumer caution hampered earnings for retailers Dick’s, Elf Beauty and Williams-Sonoma.

Former Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling to Lead Dollar Tree

The discount chain says current CEO Michael Witinsky is leaving the company.

Dollar Tree’s Green Shoots Aren’t Strong Enough

Markets Heard on the Street Dollar Tree’s transformation is bearing some fruit, but investors might need…