Chinese-founded fast fashion behemoth Shein isn’t just working to win over lawmakers in Washington, D.C., as it gears up for a potential U.S. IPO, it’s also trying to win over the broader U.S. retail industry. It’ll have to go through the National Retail Federation first. Shein, which filed to go …
A truck picking up a container at the Norfolk International Terminals at the Port of Virginia. NIT is the largest terminal at the port with more than 90 semi-automated stacking cranes. Lori Ann LaRocco | CNBC The Port of Virginia is on track to become the functionally widest and deepest …
A customer walks through The Home Depot store on February 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The state of the consumer in 2024 is already taking shape — even before the country’s major retailers begin to report first-quarter earnings, starting with Home Depot and Walmart next …
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 2 The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are higher Thursday, one day after they surrendered their post-Federal Reserve meeting gains and closed modestly lower. After leaving interest rates unchanged, Fed chief Jerome Powell essentially ruled out a hike as central bankers’ …
Customers shop in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024 in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Walmart’s majority-owned fintech startup One has begun offering buy now, pay later loans for big-ticket items at some of the retailer’s more than 4,600 U.S. stores, CNBC …
A Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Hyattsville, Maryland, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Dollar Tree Inc. expects to close about 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of fiscal 2024 and shut down an additional 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree locations as their leases expire. …
As more employees seek ‘green’ perks and more companies return to pre-pandemic office work, commuting is a likely place to focus efforts to embed climate change within workplace benefits culture. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images More workers in today’s labor market want to take action on …
A BJ’s Wholesale Club is shown in Falls Church, Virginia, May 23, 2023. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images BJ’s Wholesale Club said Wednesday that it will open four clubs in the Southeast and one in the Midwest this year, as it tries to expand and attract members in other parts …
