Retail

  Bloomberg A retailer that has come to represent the resilience of New York City is making a comeback. Century 21 will be returning to its flagship location in downtown Manhattan in spring 2023 and is teaming up with retail operator Legends to again showcase a selection of off-price luxury goods. The store will occupy four floors of 22 Cortlandt ...

  Bloomberg After almost four decades spent targeting London’s office workers with upscale fare like salmon and avocado protein pots, Pret A Manger Ltd is taking aim at a different clientele: suburban Brits facing the worst cost-of-living crisis since the Thatcher era. As the sandwich chain expands across the UK, where prices are climbing at the fastest pace since 1982, ...

Bloomberg J M Smucker Co is recalling some Jif peanut butter products sold in the US and Canada because of potential Salmonella contamination. The Orrville, Ohio-based company expanded its recall of the popular brand of peanut butter products to Canada, a day after announcing a voluntary recall in the US. Consumers that have various crunchy, creamy and squeeze products should ...

  Bloomberg Such is the state of the UK consumer that even seemingly positive data can reveal bad news about the economy. After a week of grim reports showing inflation at a four-decade high and consumer confidence at the lowest level since at least 1974, a release showing retail sales unexpectedly rose in April appeared to buck the trend. The ...

  Bloomberg Losses for Walmart Inc and Target Corp are mounting as investors fled the stocks after the US retail giants cut their growth outlook for 2022 — an industry wide warning that inflation is denting consumer expenditures across the country. Walmart fell 6.6% after posting its biggest one-day decline since 1987 the prior day when it cut its full-year ...

  Bloomberg The Walton family fortune tumbled almost $19 billion after Walmart Inc slashed its profit outlook. Walmart, controlled by the family, fell 11% in New York trading after the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company reported earnings that lagged analysts’ estimates. Soaring inflation heaped pressure on the retailing giant’s profit margins in the first quarter, testing the company’s appetite to raise prices. ...

  Bloomberg JD.com logged better-than-expected 18% revenue growth, after China’s second-largest e-commerce operator grew market share to cushion the blow from Covid lockdowns across the country’s biggest cities. Sales climbed to 239.7 billion yuan ($35.6 billion) in January-March, beating the 236.7 billion yuan average of analyst forecasts. It reported a net loss of 3 billion yuan. JD’s stock surged more ...

  Bloomberg Made.com Group Plc shares plummeted after the UK online furniture retailer revised guidance for the year and said its chief financial officer is leaving. Made said the start of the year has been worse than anticipated and it expects the market to remain “highly challenging” for the rest of 2022. The shares fell 20% on Monday to the ...

Bloomberg Walmart Inc is stepping up efforts to entice college graduates by unveiling a fast track to jobs as store managers — positions that typically pay more than $200,000 a year and have traditionally taken years to get. A new “College2Career program” will provide classroom training, hands-on experience and mentoring for recent and soon-to-be graduates, Walmart said. Top performers will ...

Bloomberg Instacart Inc, a 10-year-old grocery delivery startup that was once one of the most highly valued of its gig-economy generation, is preparing to go public, potentially plunging itself into the volatile stock market as it sets to prove itself in a post-pandemic world. The company has confidentially filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to start the ...