Retail

Bloomberg Trump Hotels is looking to expand beyond its regular business to managing lodging properties under brands other than its own. The first step in that direction may be running a hotel linked to the president’s son-in-law. The company founded by Donald Trump is in talks to manage a planned hotel in Long Branch, New Jersey, that is under development …

Bloomberg American shopping malls may be dying, but their debt is still very much alive. Consumer discretionary companies are the biggest bet of funds that repackage leveraged loans, which use them in almost a quarter of the collateral underpinning $213 billion of bonds covered by S&P Global Ratings, according to the firm. Demand for those notes helped spur a 65 …

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is shifting its Prime Pantry service, which focusses on non-perishable household goods like breakfast cereal, laundry detergent and shampoo, to a $5 per month membership model. Amazon will make the change gradually, encouraging Prime Pantry shoppers to commit to a monthly service charge that gives them free shipping on orders of at least $40, a company spokeswoman …

Bloomberg Consumer staples companies such as Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc and Procter & Gamble Co. should be paying higher dividends to compensate investors for increasing levels of risk, according to the head of a fund that’s beaten 99 percent of peers in 2018. Reckitt’s dividend yield of 2.8 percent and P&G’s of 3.4 percent is similar to the 2.9 percent …

Bloomberg Costco Wholesale Corp. will push suppliers to lower prices on everything from steaks to televisions, aiming to keep customers away from rivals like Amazon.com Inc. The warehouse-club chain wants vendors to shoulder a greater part of the cost of limited-time promotions for its 50 million members. The company is also introducing more products under its Kirkland Signature brand, such …

Bloomberg JM Smucker Co is considering a sale of its baking brands, including Pillsbury, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The food manufacturer is working with an adviser as it weighs options for the unit, which also includes the Robin Hood flour and cereal brand and Martha White baking mixes, said the people, who asked not to be …

Bloomberg Toys “R” Us Inc. is making preparations for a liquidation of its bankrupt US operations after so far failing to find a buyer or reach a debt restructuring deal with lenders, according to people familiar with the matter. While the situation is still fluid, a shutdown of the US division has become increasingly likely in recent days, said the …

Bloomberg Airbnb Inc. hired Greg Greeley, the head of Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime business, as president of its main home-rental unit. Greeley, who had been at Amazon for more than 18 years, helped the retail giant expand the Prime membership service internationally. He announced his resignation on LinkedIn. Airbnb said he will join the San Francisco-based company on March 18. At …

Bloomberg Debenhams Plc is in talks to rent out excess space in its flagship London department store to flexible-office provider WeWork Cos. as the UK’s retail crisis deepens, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The retailer is searching for companies willing to take over large chunks of space in its roughly 240 department stores, many of which are …

Bloomberg Some of China’s biggest manufacturers that supply US multinationals from Walmart Inc. to Nike Inc. find themselves in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs as his administration discusses new import tariffs. The US is considering taxing imports from shoes and clothing to consumer electronics, putting on the hook companies including Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. and Li & Fung Ltd. that …