Retail

This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on just about everything — Black Friday car deals included.

Consumer spending appears to have increased more slowly recently after rebounding strongly this summer. But it has been good enough to help fuel economic growth since the sharp recession this past spring, when the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of businesses, schools and government agencies across the U.S. to shut down or limit their activities.

Shares of the Seattle-based retailer were trading nearly 5% higher after the bell

The company also forecast fourth-quarter sales to be flat or slightly higher than last year

They paid for the ability to peddle in place, but they can’t even get started.

Beer and breakfast foods don’t often mix.

Best Buy Co. Inc. said its sales rose about 21% for the latest quarter as it continued benefiting from online sales and items that help consumers work, learn and cook from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amazon's new options include Map Tracking, Share Tracking, Key In-Garage Delivery, Photo-On-Delivery and pickup at Amazon Hub, 4-star, and Books locations.

Retailers including Target and Walmart are closing their doors this year on Thanksgiving Day to give employees a much-needed day off amid a resurging coronavirus pandemic.

This projection, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, marks a potential increase from 2019.

The next best thing to eating doughnuts is smelling them.

COVID-19 has flipped the interactive retail model upside-down.

Beer and Christmas make a great pair.

Earlier this year, when much of the country's economy shut down in the first waves of the coronavirus pandemic, companies withdrew cash from credit lines, stopped repurchasing stock and halted dividend payments amid the uncertainty.

The billionaire Walton family that controls Walmart is among a group of investors backing a startup aiming to design at-home Covid-19 tests.

The acceleration of coronavirus cases is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears