Alina Selyukh
Stories
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Retailers feel pressure to eat the price increases from tariffs
From Target to Walmart, retailers are fighting two battles at once: a financial battle to keep costs low in the face of new tariffs, and a political one to avoid the president's wrath.
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Home Depot doesn't plan to raise prices due to tariffs. But some items may disappear
The home improvement chain broke from many other retailers, who say they cannot afford to absorb new tariffs. President Trump recently attacked Walmart for warning of price hikes.
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Walmart says higher prices from tariffs coming as soon as this month
The world's largest retailer says it won't be able to absorb all the costs from higher tariffs on imported goods, particularly from China. Already in April, shoppers began tightening their budgets as retail spending did not grow much compared to March.
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Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers
Makers of our food and home essentials, including Pepsi and Procter & Gamble, are cutting their financial forecasts for the year and predicting lower sales or profits than before.
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Chinese low-cost retailers Shein and Temu say they will raise prices
Shein and Temu, two China-based retailers famous for very cheap products, say they will raise their prices because of Trump's trade policy.
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Retail sales jump as people rush to buy cars ahead of tariffs
The key driver of the economy saw the biggest increase in over two years in March, as car buyers tried to get ahead of President Trump's tariffs on imported autos and auto parts.
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Between tariffs and survival, American business owners are doing alarming math
Many U.S. shop owners feel like collateral damage in President Trump's trade war, on the hook to pay big new fees and long unable to manufacture in the U.S.
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Between a dream deal and tariffs, one U.S. business owner is at a crossroads
Number crunching is what small business owners around the U.S. are doing now, assessing the costs of President Trump's tariffs on imports. For one business owner, a dream deal is at stake.
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Forever 21 is bankrupt, again. This time actually could be forever
The fast-fashion chain Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy and is preparing to close all of its stores.
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Forever 21 is bankrupt, again. This time actually could be forever
Once a formidable fast-fashion mall staple, Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer has been a shell of its former self since it first filed for bankruptcy in 2019.
