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Walmart, Target earnings put focus on new CEOs Furner, Fiddelke
Walmart CEO John Furner, left, and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke.Walmart (L) | Getty Images (R)When Walmart and Target report holiday earnings this quarter, investors may quickly brush off those results. Instead, they will likely focus…
Dave’s Hot Chicken investors bet on birria with new deal
The restaurant investors behind the success of Dave's Hot Chicken are making a new nationwide bet on the next-hottest restaurant trend: birria.Mike's Red Tacos, a San Diego-based birria chain with just two locations, plans to announce on…
Yum Brands (YUM) Q4 2025 earnings
A customer enters a Taco Bell restaurant in El Cerrito, California, US, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesYum Brands on Wednesday reported mixed quarterly results, despite strong demand for Taco…
E.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Q3 2026
Elf Beauty cosmeticsCourtesy: e.l.f BeautyE.l.f. Beauty reported a huge earnings beat Wednesday and raised its guidance for the fiscal year.Shares of the company sank Thursday after jumping as much as 15% immediately after the earnings…
Good news sends 2 non-tech stocks higher in Thursday’s down market
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were sinking for the third straight…
How Kitsch got women to switch to bar shampoo and conditioner
Shampoo bars have struggled to gain mainstream adoption in the beauty market, facing a classic problem when sustainability is central to the marketing: consumers often think they are being forced to make a compromise.But Cassandra…
McDonald’s focus on value is creating tensions with some franchisees
The restaurant sector has spent the past 18 months trying to figure out how to reach consumers in a hypercompetitive and uneven economy. McDonald's has doubled down on value messaging to customers via Extra Value Meals and Snack Wraps,…
Kraft Heinz pauses work to split the company, says challenges ‘fixable’
Kraft Heinz in September 2025 announced plans to split into two separately traded companies, reversing its 2015 megamerger, which was orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty…
Target steps up investment in store staffing, cuts about 500 other roles
Target said Monday that it's stepping up store staffing, but eliminating about 500 jobs at distribution centers and regional offices as it tries to win back shoppers who have complained about sloppier shelves, out-of-stock items and…
Estée Lauder expects $100 million in tariff headwinds
In this photo illustration the Estee Lauder Companies Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone with Estee Lauder Companies Inc. logo in the background. Thiago Prudencio | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesEstée Lauder said Thursday it's…