retail and wholesale sector performance

By HALELUYA HADERO - AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that…

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, HALELUYA HADERO and ALEXANDRA OLSON - AP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers hunted for the best deals at stores and online as retailers offered new Black Friday discounts to…

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday marks a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, but inflation is weighing on consumers.Elevated prices for food, rent, gasoline…

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While Black Friday will mark a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, uncertainty still remains.The U.S. job market remains strong,…

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and CORA LEWIS - AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers holding out for big deals — and some much-needed relief from soaring costs on just about everything — may be…

By Mae Anderson - AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses are stocking the shelves early this holiday season and waiting to see how many gifts inflation-weary shoppers feel like…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA said Thursday that despite “unprecedented challenges" caused by the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, increased inflation and lingering fallout from the COVID-19…

By YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday as losses in technology-related shares weighed on global benchmarks.Taiwan dropped 4% after reopening from a…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA - AP Business Writers Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street ahead of the beginning of the corporate earnings reporting season, which will provide insight into how…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA - AP Business Writers Stocks are edging lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports and a busy week of…