Tag: Retail – Consumer Staples

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Friday it would slash its corporate staff by about 10%, as it streamlines operations and focuses on consumer-facing healthcare businesses.

Costco Wholesale‘s third-quarter earnings and sales fell short of expectations, sending the stock lower in after-hours trading.

Marks & Spencer said its latest turnaround strategy was starting to deliver, enabling it to restore its dividend and forecast “modest” revenue growth and a profit outcome ahead of market expectations this year, sending its shares 13% higher.

Walmart raised its full-year forecast Thursday, as fiscal first-quarter sales rose nearly 8% and its large grocery business helped offset weaker sales of clothing and electronics.

Target on Wednesday topped Wall Street’s earnings expectations, even as the discounter’s sales barely grew year over year and its shoppers bought more necessities.