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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Sunrun, U.S. Bancorp, Alphabet, AT&T and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sunrun — The solar company dropped 8.6% after being downgraded to equal weight from overweight by Barclays, which cited a potential slowdown in solar demand. Alphabet — Shares shed 3.3% in midday trading, a day after the Justice Department filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google. Enphase Energy — The solar stock fell 5.3% after Piper Sandler downgraded it to neutral from buy. U.S. Bancorp — The stock gained 5.7% after U.S. Bancorp reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.20, excluding items, versus the $1.12 expected by StreetAccount. NextEra Energy — The stock dropped 6.1% after the alternative energy company reported revenue for the fourth quarter that missed expectations.

☆ Nordstrom shares sink after retailer posts weak holiday sales and slashes guidance
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shoppers exit Nordstrom at the King of Prussia Mall on December 11, 2022 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Shares of Nordstrom fell Thursday, after the department store chain said it was hurt by weak sales and a lot of markdowns during the holiday season. The retailer said net sales dropped 3.5% for the nine-week holiday period that ended Dec. 31 compared with the year-ago period. With the slashed guidance, Nordstrom becomes the latest retailer to flash warning signs about the consumer and preview a tougher year ahead. Plus, the company said, shoppers did not spend as freely as in previous holiday seasons.

☆ U.S. retail sales fall after hefty gains; labor market still tight
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Economists also noted that goods prices tumbled in November, which could have weighed on retail sales last month. Retail sales fell 0.6% last month, the biggest drop since December 2021, after an unrevised 1.3% jump in October. Online retail sales decreased 0.9%, which was at odds with reports of strong Black Friday sales. Sales at food services and drinking places, the only services category in the retail sales report, increased 0.9%. Data for October was revised lower to show these so-called core retail sales increasing 0.5% instead of 0.7% as previously reported.

☆ Retail sales fell 0.6% in November as consumers feel the pressure from inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Retail sales for the month declined 0.6%, even worse than the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.3% drop. Stock market futures added to losses following the report, with futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average off about 350 points. On a year-over-year basis, retail sales increased 6.5%, compared to a CPI inflation rate of 7.1%. In other economic news Thursday, the Labor Department said weekly jobless claims fell to 211,000, a decline of 20,000 from the previous period and well below the Dow Jones estimate for 232,000. Also, separate surveys from regional Federal Reserve districts showed contraction in manufacturing activity in December.

☆ Consumers see inflation easing considerably in the next year, New York Fed survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In addition to the brightened short-term outlook, the inflation-rate projection for three years from now edged lower to 3%, down 0.1 percentage point from the previous month. The most recent annual inflation rate as gauged by the consumer price index was 7.7% in October. The central bank's Survey of Consumer Expectations indicated that respondents see one-year inflation running at a 5.2% pace, down 0.7 percentage point from the October reading. The survey comes as Fed officials have indicated the likelihood of a 0.5 percentage point interest rate hike coming this week when policymakers conclude their two-day meeting Wednesday. Respondents to the New York Fed survey said they see gas prices rising 4.7% and food up 8.3% in the year ahead.

☆ Is this the last Christmas for Sears?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Easterling was at the Sears in her hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey, one of only 15 full-line Sears stores still open. The two started a catalog business selling watches and jewelry in 1888, incorporating under the Sears Roebuck name in 1893. The Sears catalog was the way many Americans first started to buy mass-produced goods. File photo/AP People shop inside a Sears store in Morton Grove, Illinois, in 1961. AP Soldiers guard a Sears store in Baltimore after riots broke out following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

☆ U.S. holiday sales to slow as inflation tests consumer resilience -report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] A boy and his father walk through the toy section of Walmart on Black Friday, a day that kicks off the holiday shopping season, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger./File PhotoNov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. holiday sales are expected to rise at a slower pace this year, a trade group said on Thursday, at a time when decades-high inflation has left Americans struggling to pay bills, draining some of the Christmas cheer from households. The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecast holiday sales, including e-commerce and non-store sales, to rise between 6% and 8% to between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion during November and December. "While (early discounts) may result in some sales being pulled forward, we expect to see continued deals and promotions throughout the remaining months," NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. "In the face of these challenges, many households will supplement spending with savings and credit to provide a cushion and result in a positive holiday season," President and Chief Executive Matthew Shay said.

☆ Chipotle says price hikes lift revenue as customers show ‘minimal resistance’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Customers order from a Chipotle restaurant at the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that topped analysts' expectations as another round of price hikes hit its menus. CEO Brian Niccol said that the company saw "minimal resistance" to higher menu prices during the quarter, although transactions declined 1%. The company reported paying more for dairy, tortillas, avocados, packaging and labor. For the fourth quarter, Chipotle is predicting same-store sales growth in the mid- to high-single digits.

☆ In pictures: The rise and fall of Sears
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Black Friday shoppers line up outside a Sears store in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, in 2007. Sears was both the Walmart and Amazon of its time. But Sears, like many department stores, has fallen on hard times. The decision kept 425 stores open and saved the jobs of about 45,000 employees. But its downward spiral has continued, leaving the company with only 15 full-line Sears stores still open, and only 7 Kmarts, with three of those in the US Virgin Islands, one in Guam and only three in US mainland.

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