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The company reported about $4.4 billion in profits in the quarter, a 144% increase compared to last year — but the CEO said such profits won't last.

Temu's parent company's stock tanked on a major warning sign from the cheap e-commerce brand

One of my beige flags is that I get excited about a good kitchen tool and even more excited about a great bargain! While browsing Dollar Tree for some birthday party supplies, I wandered down the kitchen supplies aisle (and, if I’m being honest, the pantry aisle, office supplies aisle, cleaning supplies aisle, and the beauty aisle, too!).

This $1.25 Dollar Tree Find Is a Copycat of a $25 Crate & Barrel Product

The US Sun

SHOPPERS at Lowe’s are furious over a checkout process that they fear will become the standard moving forward. Some threatened to boycott the retailer over recent negative shopping experiences where self-service was the only option. A customer claimed earlier this month that her local Lowe’s store had a line of cashiered registers closed. Instead, self-checkout […]

Shoppers fume Lowe’s will ‘lose customers’ as people ‘vehemently hate’ checkout process and fear it’s ‘new normal’

Lego said revenue during the first six months of the year jumped 13%, reaching 31 billion Danish krone, or about $4.65 billion. The company is seeing strength across its portfolio, especially with Lego Icons and Lego Creator, and through its partnership with Epic Games’ Fortnite. While consumers in China...

Lego revenue jumps 13% in first half of 2024, boosted by Lego Fortnite and diverse brick sets

Las Vegas, NV

Zoreen Kabani was always passionate about style. "I love clothing, love fashion, love being coordinated," she says. She just didn't think she could make a career out of it. Kabani, 37, and now based in Las Vegas, spent the first decade or so of her career working in finance. In her native Pakistan, "it's still a point of expectation to be in some form of a traditional career path," she says. She was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs then a banker and financial advisor at JPMorgan Chase.

37-year-old brings in more than $100,000 a month selling clothes on Whatnot: ‘Consistency is key’

Apartment Therapy

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. It’s been a summer of big changes for Costco. Just a month after the wholesaler announced that it would be hiking the prices of both its basic (Gold Star) and Executive membership, Costco just shared that it will scan membership cards and check IDs at every single location across the country. This news comes after the company launched a pilot program of the scanners at select Costco locations earlier in 2024.

Costco Just Announced Another Major Shopping Change, and It Has Shoppers Divided

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McDonald's global comparable sales dropped 1%. CEO Chris Kempczinski said the company hadn't homed in strongly enough on value.

McDonald's just admitted that it's too expensive, and it's driving some customers away

Editor's Note: APYs listed in this article are up-to-date as of the time of publication. They may fluctuate (up or down) as the Fed rate changes. CNBC Select will update as changes are made public. If you're looking for a safe place to park significant savings, a jumbo CD can...

Best jumbo CD rates for September 2024

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

The Independent

 Discount retailer Big Lots is closing more than 300 stores across the US after issuing a warning that its future is in doubt. Big Lots will lose about a quarter of its locations after previously saying it was planning on closing about 40 locations during a quarterly earnings report. That’s when it announced a 10 percent sales drop, equating to about $205 million, in the quarter as customers were spending less. In a subsequent regulatory filing, the company said it would increase the number of store closures to 315 as part of a loan agreement. While a full list...

Discount retailer Big Lots to close hundreds of stores - see if yours is on the list

‘This is a game changer.’ Ordering off the kid’s menu comes with a certain set of expectations. Small portions, lower prices—possibly an age restriction—but generally, nothing too off-base as far as ordering food.

‘For $6, who cares?’: Applebee’s customer shocked after ordering both adult and kids’ cheeseburgers

Jim Cramer's daily rapid fire looks at stocks in the news outside the CNBC Investing Club portfolio.

Tuesday’s rapid-fire: Coca-Cola, Hershey, Cleveland Cliffs, Ferrari, BlackRock

Houston, TX

In 2017, Leena Pettigrew was gifted her first houseplant — a golden Pothos, notoriously easy to care for — and killed it. Five years later, she tried again. She and her husband Marquise were redecorating their home in Houston, and they needed to fill its empty corners, she says. She drove to Lowes and bought a couple of succulents.

44-year-old's garage side hustle brings in $12,400 a month—it replaced her husband’s income

Lowe's will no longer participate in surveys for Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group supporting transgender rights, and is also combining its various business resource groups that represent diverse employees into one umbrella organization, an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Monday showed. The company will not be sponsoring or...

Home improvement retailer Lowe's latest U.S. firm to end some diversity policies

‘Any meat items my dogs refuse to eat, I no longer eat.’ It’s said that animals have a “sixth sense,” which affords them an insight human beings cannot match. There are clips of security camera earthquake footage where pets can be seen wigging out seconds before tremors begin.

‘It ain’t food anymore.’: Dairy Queen customer warns against chicken after his dog refuses to eat it

Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart said on Tuesday it would provide marketplace sellers its services to handle transportation of their goods from Asia directly to its U.S. warehouses, as well as fulfill orders and manage returns from any e-commerce website, in a new approach to bolstering its marketplace business ahead of the holiday season.

Walmart unveils new marketplace seller services for holiday boost

NBC News

There’s no room for price gouging in a ultra-competitive business like retail, Target CEO Brian Cornell said on Wednesday. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the retail chief disputed campaign talking points accusing grocers of inflating prices. He said retailers have to be responsive to customers or risk losing business.

Target CEO addresses 'price gouging' accusations in retail

Swedish powerhouse IKEA is entering the resale game with the launch of IKEA Preowned, an online peer-to-peer marketplace where users can buy and sell products through the furniture manufacturer. The move is part of the company’s ongoing sustainability efforts and its pledge to “ensure all products can be reused, refurbished, remanufactured, and eventually recycled” by 2030, as stated on its website.

IKEA Preowned: Everything You Need to Know About the Furniture Company’s New Secondhand Website

Prices of the red metal have been climbing steadily in recent weeks, paring losses after falling to a four-month low in early August. Saxo Bank's Ole Hansen said copper's recent rally had been bolstered by renewed demand from hedge funds which had previously cut their exposure "during the recent and deep 24% correction."

Copper prices near six-week high as one strategist says the 'worst of the correction is over'

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'Huge' demand for Lego products even as consumers are more cautious about spending money, Lego CEO says

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