Sarah Nassauer

Holiday shoppers are likely to spend more online again this year, according to forecasts from several consultant and sales tracking firms. Over the last decade, winter-season shoppers have shifted more of their spending online, changing how retailers and brands market and stock their holiday items.

Court battles shed light on secretive food empire now under scrutiny because of listeria outbreak.

Retailers, restaurants and other companies spent years lifting prices. Now that consumers are closing their pocketbooks, some companies are turning to discounts to win back business.

The retail giant says its sales rose in the latest quarter, including strong demand for toys.

Shares fell nearly 20% in premarket trading after the retailer lowered its guidance for sales and profit for the full year.

The retail giant will wind down the Center for Racial Equity and prevent sellers from listing some LGBTQ-themed items on its website.

With customers griping about out-of-stock items, long checkout lines and locked-up products, Target has slid into a sales funk and is losing ground to Walmart and Amazon.

The Oregon company ramps up each year to ship millions of gift boxes.

The Walton family—one of the richest clans in America—is passing some of its control in Walmart to the next generation, giving all of the founder’s grandchildren voting rights over their inheritance. Eight grandchildren of founder Sam Walton will gain voting rights over the family’s holdings, bringing the total number of voting members to 11, Walmart disclosed on Thursday. The Waltons have long been Walmart’s largest shareholder and currently own around 46% of a global giant that started in 1962 as a single store in Arkansas.

The wealthy Walton family says eight grandchildren will now have a say in the clan's ownership.