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The Container Store Group, citing a goal to boost customer satisfaction and return to profitability, has entered into a strategic partnership that will make Beyond, Inc. a major minority owner.

The National Retail Federation has forecast consumer spending in the main holiday shopping season November 1 through December 31 will grow between 2.5% and 3.5% compared to the 2023 period. The forecast calls for  $979.5 billion to $989 billion in total holiday sales versus $955.6 billion during the same period last year. 

Hardware wholesaler True Value Co. has struck a buyout deal with co-operative Do It Best Corp. with True Value filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to facilitate a process that would combine 4,500 True Value-affiliated stores with the Do It Best’s 4,300 store system.