Ports in the United States covered by Global Port Tracker handled a record 2.34 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units – one 20-foot container or its equivalent – in March, the latest month for which final numbers are available. The March figure was up 10.8% from...
In the second quarter, Sally Beauty came up short of Wall Street sales and earnings estimates as supply chain, inflation and stimulus factors weighed. Second-quarter net earnings were $46.8 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, versus $38.3 million, or 34 cents per...
Wayfair announced that it had a first-quarter loss as it adjusts to an environment where the COVID-19 pandemic is a lesser factor and other macroeconomic and political developments are pressuring operations. In addition, Wayfair announced that Michael Fleisher will be...
For the first quarter, ODP Corp, which operates the Office Depot and OfficeMax superstore chains, posted earnings and revenues that surpassed Wall Street expectations. Net income from continuing operations was $55 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, the company...
National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said in the organization’s Monthly Economic Review the economy’s fast-paced growth could slow somewhat as the United States Federal Reserve boosts interest rates incrementally during the coming months to slow...
