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- 8/16/2021
Customer satisfaction stalls at a low level
Customer satisfaction is low — and holding steady. - 8/16/2021
Home Depot Q2 income, sales beat Street; same-store sales miss
The Home Depot second-quarter profits and sales topped estimates even as fewer people shopped its stores. - 8/16/2021
Walmart Q2 earnings, sales top estimates amid strong traffic; online sales cool
Walmart Inc. reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and sales as shoppers returned to its stores and the retailed gained market share in grocery. - 8/15/2021
Food stamp benefits to increase by 25%
The largest boost ever in the history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is set to take effect this fall. - 8/15/2021
Dunkin’ continues to accelerate non-traditional expansion
Dunkin’ continues to focus on opening non-traditional locations. - 8/15/2021
Glossier opening first store in new brick-and-mortar expansion
Glossier is returning to physical retail. - 8/15/2021
Starbucks vet to head up technology at Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen is adding a technology veteran to its C-suite. - 8/15/2021
Walgreens launches credit cards that reward ‘wellbeing’ purchases
Walgreens has launched two cobranded credit cards that offer cashback rewards to consumers for making healthy purchases. - 8/15/2021
Schlotzsky's has nearly 100 locations in pipeline
Schlotzsky's is accelerating its growth. - 8/12/2021
Consumer sentiment plummets in early August with one of biggest drops ever
The spreading Delta variant of COVID-19 resulted in a dramatic loss of consumer confidence in the first half of August. - 8/12/2021
Health and beauty sales to surge online
Health and beauty e-commerce will grow more than three times faster than store-based category sales during the next five years.