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Americans are splurging on beauty as they tighten their budgets elsewhere

Just as inflation ravages the big guns of US apparel retail, awash in high inventory and deep discounts to lure shoppers back to stores, Japan's Uniqlo is set for its best year ever in North America after a COVID-imposed revolution in its business model. Retailers from Gap to Kohl's are…

It's not your imagination. School supplies cost more this year.

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Nicole Sebastian has been “a little choosier” when buying school supplies for her two kids this year. With inflation at its highest since the early 1980s, prices are up across the board, and notebooks and markers are no exception.

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) stock jumped 12.7% on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal ("WSJ") reported that the private equity firm — Veritas Capital — is in exclusive talks to buy the consumer transactions software and services company.

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Telsey Advisory Group analyst Dana Telsey has lowered the price target on Kohl's Corp (NYSE:KSS) to $35 (19% upside) from $55 and kept the Market Perform rating on the shares. Kohl's abandoned its negotiations with Franchise Group, considering the challenges in the current retail and financing environment. Also, the retail chain has cut its Q2 sales guidance on ongoing inflationary…

Kohl's Corp. has called off its sale to Franchise Group Inc. amid rising interest rates and an uncertain economic environment that is having a chilling effect on deal making.