Retail Sales

Shares of The Gap Inc. (NYSE:GAP) are demonstrating fundamental resilience, maintaining a top-tier value score in the Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings as the company navigates a recent earnings miss and mourns the loss of co-founder Doris Fisher. High Value Amid Market Headwinds Despite short-term...

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) CEO Ryan Cohen‘s behavior and bizarre answers raised concerns as he discussed the company’s $56 billion unsolicited bid to acquire eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY). Cohen’s distracted, seemingly confused demeanor during the 16-minute CNBC interview on Monday...

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) is reportedly preparing a takeover offer for California-based e-commerce company eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) as soon as this month, as CEO Ryan Cohen pursues a mandate to lift the video game retailer’s market value more than tenfold to $100 billion. GameStop has been...

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.‘s (NYSE:AEO) stock has entered the top 10% of undervalued stocks, with its Benzinga Edge value score rising from 88.54 to 91.37 on a week-over-week basis. Despite the launch of a new summer denim campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney, analysts warn the brand...

Inflation fatigue was supposed to level the playing field across retail. Instead, it may be doing the opposite. Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST) is widening its value gap at a time when consumers are more price-sensitive than ever. According to JPMorgan, the warehouse giant can be "up to 60%...

Shares of Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF) declined 5.88% in premarket trading on Wednesday, after French spirits behemoth Pernod Ricard S.A. (OTC:PRNDY) and the Jack Daniel’s whiskey maker mutually called off the merger talks on Tuesday. Pernod Ricard said it remains confident in its strategy and team...

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) faced fresh customer-service questions after Wren Kitchens shut down its U.S. operation and entered Chapter 7 liquidation. The closure also ended the in-store Wren Kitchen Studios that had operated inside some Home Depot locations. The affected in-store studios...

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shares are down on Thursday following the announcement of a new CEO. The stock's decline comes as the company named Heidi O'Neill as its next leader, effective September 8, 2026, which may have raised concerns among investors about the transition period and...

The U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division has reportedly initiated a criminal investigation into large meatpacking companies, following President Donald Trump‘s call for a probe into market manipulation last year. The DOJ is investigating whether these companies engaged in...

Spirits group, Sazerac, has reportedly put forth a $15 billion acquisition proposal for Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF, NYSE:BF), potentially disrupting the merger plans of the Jack Daniel producer with the French liquor giant, Pernod Ricard S.A. (OTC:PRNDY). Sazerac has proposed a...

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) on Wednesday said it will roll out QSIC, an AI-driven in-store audio system, to about 6,000 locations across 48 states to add localized messaging and new ad inventory. The push fits with previously discussed margin and sales drivers, including the company's DG...

Nike (NYSE:NKE) is on the verge of replacing Adidas AG (OTC:ADDYY) as the official match ball sponsor for the UEFA Champions League, thereby ending Adidas’s 25-year dominance. Nike is in exclusive discussions to supply balls for all UEFA men’s club competitions from 2027 to 2031,...

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.-backed (OTC:GELYF) (OTC:GELHY) Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC (NASDAQ:PSNY) shares are up during Thursday’s premarket session. Polestar reported record first-quarter retail sales of 13,126 vehicles, up 7% from a year earlier. The company...

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST) on Wednesday reported strong sales growth for March 2026. Details Net sales for the month increased 11.3% year over year to $28.41 billion. For the first 31 weeks of the fiscal year, net sales rose 9.1% to $173.26 billion. Comparable sales climbed 9.4% in March...

The ad industry spent years debating whether AI would hollow out Google‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) business. Instead, Google handed advertisers an AI toolkit and turned it into an opportunity. The company’s latest numbers tell the story plainly: ad revenue of $82.28 billion in Q4...