Politics

The trades that make headlines are almost never the ones worth studying. The big number grabs the room. The small one, buried near the bottom of a filing, is usually…

Travel is not the easiest industry in which to run a business in 2026. Along with the high price of jet fuel hitting many smaller airlines, various travel agencies and…

McDonald’s has retired several fan-favorite menu items over the years, but some continue generating demand long after disappearing from menus. As consumer tastes shift and restaurant chains refresh offerings to…

Nike (NKE) has spent nearly two years trying to convince investors that it’s on track to deliver a turnaround in its business. However, this week, Evercore ISI, a closely followed…

Comcast, which owns Xfinity, is now offering a convenient new service for internet customers as it struggles to prevent them from switching to its rivals. In 2025, Comcast lost more…

Buying furniture has been a harder sell for retailers over the past few years. When mortgage rates are high and home sales slow, consumers feel stretched. That tends to make…

For a sports bar to succeed, it needs to attract customers when there’s no major sports event airing. Hospitality expert and “Bar Rescue” host Jon Taffer has argued that sports…

Costco has a quiet public relations strategy that keeps it in the news without generating controversy. First, the chain never tells members exactly when it plans to raise the cost…

Those of us who grew up in the ’90s and early 2000s likely have a specific mental image of Bath & Body Works: country-style storefronts, woven baskets overflowing with lotions…

120 years ago commercial airlines, television, penicillin, and credit cards did not exist yet. Starbucks was still 65 years away from being founded and Panera Bread did not exist until…