Black Friday

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is among the companies with streaming segments that bid aggressively on media rights to sports leagues and contests. Amazon is one of several companies with rights to National Football League games for the 2023 season and saw record viewership to kick...

The 2023 NFL season will kick off on Sept. 7 with a primetime Thursday Night Football matchup. The NFL season includes multiple Sunday games and primetime matchups on Thursday nights, Sunday nights and Monday nights. While there are no publicly traded NFL teams on a major stock exchange like...

The National Football League (NFL) season officially kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 7 with a matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs. NFL fans were already excited to welcome back the sport with the first preseason matchup Thursday, Aug. 3 between the New York Jets and Cleveland...

Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) issued preliminary holiday 2022 retail sales insights Monday, falling in line with The National Retail Federation’s (NRF) November predictions, indicating that American consumers displayed resilience amid increasing economic pressures during the holiday season. This...

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced Wednesday that this past Thanksgiving shopping holiday was the biggest weekend for Amazon, in terms of shopping volume, indicating that the consumer is resilient against a still uneasy global macroeconomic backdrop. What Happened: Amazon said that globally,...

On Black Friday, shoppers looking for Apple's latest high-end phones reportedly returned empty-handed from its stores as the iPhone-maker struggles with production issues in China. Apple's key manufacturing hub of Zhengzhou is likely to see production shortfalls of close to 6 million iPhone...

Despite high inflation and a rise in prices, consumers' holiday shopping sentiments are upbeat this year. According to data from Adobe Analytics, consumers spent a record $9.12 billion online shopping during Black Friday.  The analysis found that online spending rose 2.3% on...

Early reports on Friday suggest the shopping holiday was off to a slower-than-normal start, but retail investors are hopeful that sales will pick up over the weekend ahead of Cyber Monday next week. Early In-Store Traffic Reports: Bloomberg reported calm and quiet stores at a Target Corporation (...

The popularity of electric bikes is growing quickly. The bikes make it easy for people that live in hilly areas to get around without having to use a car. With gas prices higher than normal, electric bikes become even more attractive. Here are some of the best deals for electric bikes on Black...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) employees across 40 countries plan protests and walkouts during Black Friday sales.  What Happened: According to a campaign called "Make Amazon Pay," workers in the U.S., U.K., India, Japan, Australia, South Africa ...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was muted following the release of the Federal Reserve’s monthly minutes, in tandem with the general markets, which didn’t budge much in either direction at 2 p.m. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) followed suit, holding gains from earlier in the...

High-end iPhones will be in short supply at stores this holiday season, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) said following a warning from Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) this month that China's zero-COVID policy was squeezing production at a key factory. The supply issues were likely...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has rolled out its Black Friday 2022 deals on iPhones, AirPods, Smartwatches and more — here are all the details.  What Happened: The Apple Black Friday sale will run from Nov. 25 to 28. The Cupertino-based tech giant has included almost all major...

Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE: DELL) has too many computers on hand, while Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) is flooded with summer fashion. Additionally, simple clothing like T-shirts and shorts are in abundance at Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS). After dealing with product shortages for the majority of the...

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) shares are trading marginally higher 1.41% to $25.89 Tuesday morning, reversing following earlier strength, after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter sales. What Happened? Urban Outfitters reported quarterly earnings of 40 cents per...