The CEO's big acknowledgment falls under the category of "Duh!" Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance closed yesterday at 11.89, a drop of 0.63 (5.03%).
Walgreens CEO on anti-shoplifting strategy: ‘When you lock things up, you don’t sell as many of them’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...s/77745170007/
Grapes are the highest-value fruit crop in the United States.The United States accounts for 12% of the world’s wine production. The United States leads the world in wine consumption by volume – but Portugal leads the world in wine consumption per capita.
Wine sales drying up as Americans turn elsewhere
U.S. wine sales continued a multiyear decline in 2024, which experts attribute to shifting demographics, health concerns, new competition and economic forces.
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...ess-rcna187628
Stephen Geppi, who owned four comic book stores in Baltimore, founded Diamond Comic Distributors in 1982. They transport comics, graphic novels, action figures, apparel and other products from publishers and suppliers to comic shops and retailers. At its peak, Diamond distributed comics from DC, Marvel, Boom!, Image, IDW, Dynamite, Dark Horse, Gemstone and other publishers.
Diamond Comic Distributors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
https://toybook.com/diamond-comic-di...ors-chapter11/
Adidas is the world's second-largest athletic footwear and sportswear manufacturer, after Nike. Shares of Adidas closed today at 133.22, a drop of 2.04 (1.51%).
Adidas to cut up to 500 jobs after posting better-than-expected holiday profits
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/23/adid...-500-jobs.html
Polish immigrant Maxwell Kohl opened his first grocery store in 1927 in Milwaukee. By the 1950s, Kohl's Food Store had several locations. In 1962, Kohl opened a department store in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Today there are 1,165 Kohl's stores nationwide. Shares of Kohl's closed today at 13.55, a drop of 0.05 (0.37%).
As sales slump, Kohl’s turns to a new CEO to bring back customers
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/busin...les/index.html
King Donald the First mistakenly believes the people of Canada, Mexico and China will pay for the tariffs he imposes. They will not. Americans will pay for them, in the form of higher prices. Shares of Temu parent company PDD Holdings closed today at 105.24, a drop of 6.67 (5.96%).
Temu parent PDD's stock tumbles as Trump tariffs close trade loophole
Trump struck down the "de minimis" trade exemption which allows packages under $800 to enter the U.S. duty free.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/temu...-loophole.html
Mark Honeywell founded the Honeywell Heating Specialty Company in 1906 in Wabash, Indiana. Today the Honeywell International aeronautics, automotive, automation and engineering company operates in 79 countries and has 110,000 employees. Shares of Honeywell closed today at 209.82, a drop of 12.53 (5.64%).
Honeywell, one of the few remaining US industrial conglomerates, will split into three companies
https://apnews.com/article/honeywell...cecead3fd98060
Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in 1940 in San Bernardino, California. There are now 13,600 McDonald's in the United States and more than 41,,000 worldwide. Shares of McDonald's closed today at 308.42, a gain of 14.12 (4.8%).
McDonald's posts biggest US sales decline in nearly five years
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...s/78389776007/
Air Southwest Co. was founded in 1967 in San Antonio. In 1971, the company became Southwest Airlines and moved its headquarters to Dallas. Southwest flies to 121 destinations in the United States and ten other countries. Its share price today is 30.28.
Southwest Airlines to slash 15% of corporate jobs in 'unprecedented' move to cut costs
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/17/sout...ving-push.html
Consumer confidence fell by seven points in February, the biggest monthly drop since August 2021. The percentage of Americans anticipating a recession is at a nine-month high. Any minute now, King Donald the First will blame Joe Biden and "liberal Democrats."
Wall Street stocks crash as consumer confidence hits 4-year low
Cryptopolitan, Feb 25 2025 1:24 PM
Wall Street stocks tumbled today as a sharp four-year decline in consumer confidence rattled investors already on edge over Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement. The S&P 500 plunged 0.9%, extending its four-day losing streak, while the Nasdaq collapsed 1.8%, wiping out last week’s record highs.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...ow/ar-AA1zMoyj
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