Retail

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Foot Locker Inc., up $6.87 to $52.96

Shoppers are spending freely heading into the holidays, but heavy investments and incentives like free shipping by retailers are giving Wall Street pause.

Toys R Us and Bon-Ton may be gone but they haven't been forgotten.

The clothing giant says its Gap namesake stores continue to drag down its overall sales.

The error is said to have already been fixed.

Retail sales could exceed $720 billion this holiday season.

IKEA is in a period of transformation where it is boosting its digital, delivery and other services and testing new more accessible store formats in a fast-changing retail and consumer landscape.

Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea says it is cutting 7,500 jobs worldwide, partly as a result of a new strategy to open shops in city centers to complement its larger stores.

Investors bargain hunt ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Stocks are skidding Tuesday morning, putting the market back into the red for the year, as weak results from retailers and mounting losses for big technology companies compound the market's losses from the day before.

Lowe's Cos. (LOW) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $629 million.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Target Corp., down $8.12 to $69.03