Retailers Lay Out a Downbeat Outlook as Inflation Squeezes Low-Income Shoppers Despite better-than-expected earnings, retail executives predict that any sales growth will be much smaller than in years past.
Retailers Stumble Adjusting to More Selective Shoppers In earnings reports this week, companies showed it has been a struggle to adapt to a consumer mind-set that is vastly different from what it was during much of the pandemic.