Retail

While some stores will get a head start on Black Friday, at least five dozen retailers plan to close for Thanksgiving this year.

Dolce&Gabbana goods have disappeared from Chinese e-commerce sites as the fallout grows over remarks insulting China that appeared in the company's Instagram private messages but that it blamed on hackers.

Stocks in the U.S. are higher Wednesday morning after two days of steep losses, and major European indexes are also recovering.

Thanksgiving travelers got help from favorable weather in most of the U.S Tuesday, but flight delays piled up at airports around the country by day's end.

___ Retailers aim to pick up business from defunct, dying rivals NEW YORK (AP) — Companies like Target and online mattress company Casper are creating playbooks to pick up market share left behind by defunct or dying retailers.

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.