BENTONVILLE, Ark (AP) — As artificial intelligence and demographic changes reshape the U.S. job market, the nation's largest private employer is trying to identify the skills its workers and the broader labor force might need for the future. Walmart (WMT) on Thursday hosted more than 300 workplace experts and representatives from other companies participating in the Skills-First Workforce Initiative, a project to develop and fill stable jobs based on what people know how to do instead of whether they atte ...

Costco delivered another rock-solid earnings report.Costco Wholesale (COST -2.92%) is one of the most dominant retailers in the world, and it continues to outpace its brick-and-mortar peers, quarter in and quarter out.Costco keeps opening stores around the world, differentiating itself from other retail giants like Walmart and Home Depot, and it's seeing strong growth in e-commerce, showing that there's plenty of untapped demand for the buy-in-bulk, big-box chain.Those trends were on display in Costco's fis ...

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is included among the 12 Best Stocks to Buy Now for Passive Income.  How Target’s (TGT) Dividend History Strengthens its Passive Income Appeal Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) ranks among the largest retailers in the US and is one of the few national chains offering a broad range of products. Throughout most of its history, it has been a reliable growth driver. The company operates across urban, suburban, and rural areas, with stores in all 50 states. Although Target Corporati ...

The Co-operative Group has reported a £80m ($107m) hit to its first half-year (H1) 2025 operating profits due to a cyber attack in April, including £20m in one-off costs. The attack contributed to an underlying pre-tax loss of £75m for the six months ending 5 July 2025, compared to a £3m profit in the same period of the previous year. The impact of the cyber attack on sales revenue of the Co-operative Group (Co-op) was £206m. Co-op chief finance officer Rachel Izzard projects the incident’s full-year pr ...

Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) were last seen down 3.9% to trade at $906.42, after the retailer posted unfavorable same-store sales in its fourth quarter report. Helping to limit a steeper pullback, however, were the company's tariff-mitigation strategies and better-than-expected results, with earnings of $5.87 per share on revenue of $86.16 billion.Today's slide has COST trading at its lowest levels since April and on pace for its worst session since June. Costco's post-earnings track record ...

So, let's go inside out on Costco ahead of its earnings of this afternoon. Joining us now is Bert Flinkinger, who is the managing director, Strategic Resource Group. Thank you so much for joining us, Bert.What are your expectations for Costco this afternoon. Costco should have blowout numbers, should be the best retailer worldwide in terms of growth because they're doing retail, they're doing wholesale, they're doing innovation, uh special services, and uh whether it's AU or uh worldwide, they have an oppor ...

The biggest names in retail are coming to Indigo at the O2 in London on Tuesday 7th October for The Beverage Forum Europe and I would love for you to attend to hear what retailers could be putting on their beverage shelves in the next few years!Confirmed retailers attending include Walmart, Sprouts Farmers Market, EDEKA, Lidl, Aldi, Tesco, Ocado, Holland & Barrett, and Carrefour.Visitors can also hear from celebrity beverage brand owners including Spencer Matthews, co-founder of no-alcoholic spirits brand C ...

British retailers reported a 12th straight month of falling sales in September and they expect another decline in October as weaker consumer demand and concerns about the government's next budget weigh, a survey showed on Thursday. ...

Walmart will likely face stronger headwinds as time goes by.Walmart (WMT 0.19%) has risen from modest beginnings in rural Arkansas to grow into one of the world's most successful retailers. Although its rapid growth days are likely behind it, the company has continued to earn significant returns for investors as it leverages its massive U.S. footprint and online presence to cement its leadership.However, Walmart's stock has become increasingly expensive, and it continues to face intense competition from oth ...

US stocks fell Thursday as Wall Street assessed an unexpected decline in jobless claims, complicating the calculus for interest rate cuts amid uncertainty about Federal Reserve unity on policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dipped about 0.3%, and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost 0.6%. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 0.9%. The declines come after the major gauges closed lower for a second day Wednesday. Markets are putting the brakes on stocks' recent record-breaking rally amid ...