U.S. consumers are paying closer attention to social issues and politics than ever these days, and it may be changing the way some of them plan to shop for the holidays.
Starbucks Corp. ended the year on a high note, reporting sales and earnings that beat the Street, amid a better-than-expected increase in U.S. same-store sales, on Thursday.
Tween and teen extreme-value retailer Five Below has made its Manhattan debut, opening an 11,000-sq.-ft. outpost on Fifth Avenue, between 44th and 45th Streets.
