Finance & Capital Management

Costco Wholesale Club’s first-quarter sales rose as customers stocked up on bulk grocery items and other essentials during the early states of the pandemic.

Looking at Williams-Sonoma’s sales figures you’d hardly know that there had been a major health crisis over the past few months.

Williams-Sonoma reported an unexpected increase in comparative sales as consumers stuck at home shopped online for furniture and other household goods.

Nordstrom reported a $521 million loss and a 40% drop in sales as its stores closed during the pandemic.

While Nordstrom performed modestly better than many other department stores over the course of the crisis, the overall gap between it and the rest was relatively slight.

Big Lots Inc. reported first-quarter profit that was well above analysts’ estimates as the COVD-19 pandemic drove a big increase in same-store sales. 

Delivery surges caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic are driving UPS to tack peak surcharges onto high-volume shippers, such as Amazon and Best Buy. 

J.C. Penney is reopening more stores that were closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic as it also gets ready to permanently shutter some of those locations.

Dollar General Corp. reported its biggest same-store rise in more than 10 years amid surging demand driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Foot Locker reported a much wider-than-expected fiscal first-quarter loss as its stores went dark during the pandemic and is temporarily suspending its cash dividend.