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2.1KCommerceRebound In Consumer Sentiment: One-Off Or Trend Into Holidays?
And still they spend – and still, the outlook may be bright. If sentiment is everything – where sanguine moods can mean...
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1.8KRetailRetail Pulse: Nordstrom Takes Local Concept To NYC; Grubhub Rolls Out Perks
Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom, for instance, is bringing its Nordstrom Local concept to the Big...
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1.3KRetailTarget Punts Tariff Costs To Suppliers To Minimize Consumer Impact
To minimize the impact of tariffs on consumer goods from China, Target is reportedly telling its suppliers to handle tariff costs. The...
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1.8KInternationalBeyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
In some ways, the United States and China exist as mirror images, at least when it comes to economic drivers. In other...
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2.6KEconomyNew Tariffs On Clothes, Shoes To Hit Consumers In The Wallet
After the President Donald Trump administration added 15 percent tariffs to $112 billion of goods from China on Sunday (Sept. 1), China...
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1.7KInternationalApple Shows Reliance On China Ahead Of New Tariffs
Supply chain data from Apple indicates the tech firm is still dependent on China despite using manufacturing plants in Brazil and India,...
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2.2KEconomyConnecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales
Economic data points are frozen in time – and yet taken collectively tell tales. The latest readings on consumer confidence and on...
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1.1KEconomyDo Soft US Business Investments Mean A Bumpy Holiday Season On Horizon?
Does a softness in investment activity by U.S. firms hint at a rocky fourth quarter and bumpy holiday spending season? As reported...
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2.7KInternationalHuawei Expects US Restrictions To Slash Smartphone Revenue By $10B
Huawei said that revenue loss from U.S. trade restrictions will hit it for about $10 billion, which is $20 billion less than...
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1.7KAppleTrump Said Tim Cook ‘Made A Good Case’ About Impact Of Tariffs
President Trump said on Monday (Aug. 19) that he spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook over how U.S. tariffs on China will...
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Are Chinese Tech Stocks Set For Fizzle?
A trade war tariff reprieve does not a sustainable rally make, at least not for Chinese tech stocks. However, the news Thursday...
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3.4KBitcoinFor Cryptos, Geopolitics And Liquidity Don’t Mix
Cryptos and liquidity do not go hand in hand, especially not where geopolitics is concerned. Conventional wisdom may hold that cryptos are...
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1.8KInternationalEconomic Strength In China Paralyzed As Trade War Forges Ahead
High unemployment combined with weak production and consumption point to an ever-slowing economy in China as the trade war with the U.S....
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1.8KAppleSome Apple Products Will Face 10 Pct. Tariff
Bad news for Apple: The tech giant’s AirPods, Apple Watch and HomePod are not included in a temporary reprieve on tariffs by...
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1.9KEconomyWhy The Tariff Delays Do Not Equal Christmas In August
On second thought, hold the tariffs. Stocks took a leap — this time upward — on the heels of news that, amid...
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1.6KCommerceTrade Wars Could Cost Each US Consumer $900 This Holiday Season
All wars have casualties. And the casualties linger after the clashes stop. This will likely be the case as the U.S./China trade...
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2.8KInternationalWhy China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
Déjà vu for IOUs — and because this is China we’re talking about, it may be the world economy that ultimately pays....
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2.7KMarketsBig Tech Pummeled On News Of China’s Currency Slide
U.S. stocks took their biggest hit of the year, with the country’s largest tech companies getting hit the hardest. CNBC reported that...
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1.6KEconomyEarnings Season, Where No News May Be Good News
In investing, information is king. And the markets, according to some observers, digest info quickly, and stock prices discount that information with haste....
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2.1KEarningsInvestors Brace For Rough Q2 Earnings
Despite that fact that stocks are reaching near record highs, 77 percent of companies that have issued pre-announcements ahead of earnings reports...
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4.5KRegulationTrump Pauses Addition Of New Tariffs On Chinese Products
The United States has removed certain restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co. The move comes as President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi...
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2.8KInternationalChinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon than scalpel. Tariffs, of course, make all sorts...
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2.1KRetailMacy’s, JCPenney Push Back Against 25 Pct Tariffs
Letters filed by department store retailers Macy’s and JCPenney, along with other companies, asked the U.S. Trade Representative to remove many footwear...
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1.7KAmazonUS-China Trade War Could Hurt Amazon Merchants
The escalating trade war between the United States and China is leaving many Amazon merchants wondering how to keep their businesses afloat...
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1.4KWalmart Amazon whole paycheckThe Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning
While this tracker normally focuses entirely on the moves and counter-moves of Walmart and Amazon as they race for the greater share...
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1.4KB2B PaymentsChase, IBM CEOs Speak Out Against Trade Tariffs
Chief executive officers are continuing to raise concerns about rising global trade tensions and market volatility, reports from Yahoo Finance said Thursday...
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2.5KRetailNew Walmart System Lets Suppliers Increase Prices
Walmart has updated a tool to allow suppliers to submit cost increases related to higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. The “Cost...
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1.5KAppleFoxconn Ready To Move Apple Production Out Of China
Foxconn Technology is prepared to move production for Apple out of China if the country’s trade war with the U.S. escalates. In...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsCEOs Ramp Up Risk Mitigation As Trade War Threat Grows
As the trade war between the U.S. and China could escalate, CEOs are trying to figure out how they will mitigate the...
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2.5KRetailRetail Clothing Sales Down 24 Percent, Worst Since ‘08
Clothing retailers like the Gap, Canada Goose and Abercrombie & Fitch are all experiencing troubling sales reports, the likes of which haven’t...
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2.0KSizzle/FizzleRetail’s Fizzling Store Count
Perhaps at this point it might be better to ask which retailers, if any, are not shuttering stores. The data came this...
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2.1KRetailRetail Store Closures Pass 7,150
This year is proving to be another tough one for brick-and-mortar stores, with Dressbarn, CVS, Party City and Pier 1 Imports being...
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1.7KInternationalChinese Gov’t Pours $22B To Prop Up Domestic Cos In 2018
The Chinese government increased subsidies it paid last year, aiming to help Chinese companies weather the economic slowdown in the country. According...
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Huawei CEO Against Apple Retaliation In China
Huawei Founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said he doesn’t expect China to retaliate against Apple, despite the Chinese telecom company being blacklisted...
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2.7KCross Border CommerceTariff Battle May See Mounting Retail Casualties
Trade wars leave casualties on the economic battlefield, wounding balance sheets and earnings as the costs to import (and sell) goods mounts....
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4.2KMobileSamsung Aims To Cash In On Huawei’s Struggles
Samsung Electronics is looking to take advantage of the United States’ recent ban on Huawei Technologies. While Samsung has been struggling in...
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2.8KEconomyChina Tariffs Could Cost Americans $831 A Year
The New York Federal Reserve Bank published research on Thursday (May 23) saying that increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will cost...
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1.8KRetailTreasury Sec., Walmart CFO Discuss China Trade War Price Effects
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday (May 22) that he spoke with Walmart Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs about...
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2.2KEarningsKohl’s Eyes Amazon For In-Store Boost
It looks like rough sledding for Kohl’s ahead, but is Amazon to be a savior? Kohl’s first quarter results announced Tuesday (May...
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1.9KRetailChina Tariffs Will Cause Price Hike At Walmart
Walmart’s prices will rise due to the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, according to a report by Reuters. The...
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1.9KAppleNew China Tariffs Can Boost Apple iPhone Costs By 3 Pct
New tariffs imposed by China could cause Apple’s iPhone production costs to rise as much as 3 percent, and negatively impact the...
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3.7KRetailTariffs Loom As Threat To Retailers’ Bottom Lines
Amid headlines trumpeting trade wars, and drags to be felt on gross domestic product, one vertical in the U.S. stands out for...
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1.7KSMBsSMBs Struggle To Cope With New Trade Tariffs
Small businesses have sent out a warning to the Trump administration over new tariffs being levied on Chinese goods. The White House...
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1.9KSizzle/FizzleFizzle: Stock Market Swoons – Will Wealth Effect, Too?
The wealth effect. It’s ephemeral, fleeting and widely desired. Especially for consumer spending. Generally, the wealth effect works this way: When people...
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5.1KInternationalFrance, Germany And EU Want China To Play Nice
The European Commission, along with France and Germany, are calling on China to open its domestic market more to foreign companies. According...
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3.7KInternationalChina Refuses To Dial Back Tech Regulations
Although U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are going to Beijing for trade talks later on this week,...
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4.0KEconomyStudy: Trade War Squandered $7.8B In GDP Last Year
A new study by a group of economists found the trade war being waged by the White House has cost the economy...
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Veem Targets Firms’ Trade War Tariff Burden
Cross-border payments processing company Veem is targeting the cash flow burden companies face as a result of ongoing trade disputes and subsequent...
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3.2KEconomyUS, China Near Completion Of Trade Deal
With both countries potentially lifting tariffs, the U.S. and China are reportedly nearing a trade deal. A formal agreement could come around...
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3.8KInternationalSmartphone Makers Press India For Export Credits, Lower Tariffs
An association of smartphone manufacturers that includes Apple, Huawei, Oppo and Foxconn has submitted a 174-page report to the Indian government asking...
