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Retail Industry News 22 December 2025 - 24 December 2025

Costco Stock (COST) After the Bell Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Why Shares Popped and What to Know Before Markets Reopen

Costco Stock (COST) After the Bell Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Why Shares Popped and What to Know Before Markets Reopen

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) finished a holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session higher on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, as Wall Street leaned into late-December optimism and investors reacted to fresh analyst commentary on the membership-warehouse leader. In regular trading that ended early for the holiday, Costco shares rose about 2% to around $871.86, after trading between $853.99 and $876.00 on the day. Volume was roughly 1.77 million shares—a lighter tape than many normal sessions, but typical for a shortened pre-holiday market. Quick reality check: the U.S. stock market does not open tomorrow (Dec. 25) If you’re planning your next move based
24 December 2025
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Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Stock on Dec. 24, 2025: Holiday-Shortened Rally, Analyst Targets, and the 2026 Outlook

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Stock on Dec. 24, 2025: Holiday-Shortened Rally, Analyst Targets, and the 2026 Outlook

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) is ending 2025 with the kind of price action that makes both momentum traders and long-term investors squint at the screen and mutter, “Wait… what just happened?” In the holiday-shortened session on December 24, 2025, ANF finished around $126.78, up about 2.40% on the day, after trading between roughly $122.85 and $128.27 with about 1.07 million shares traded. Investing.com That puts Abercrombie’s equity value in the mid-cap neighborhood, with a market capitalization near $5.81 billion as of the close. StockAnalysis The broader tape helped: U.S. equities rallied into the Christmas break, with the Dow
24 December 2025
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Dollarama Stock (TSX: DOL) Near Fresh Highs on Dec. 24, 2025: Earnings Momentum, Global Expansion, and a Valuation Test

Dollarama Stock (TSX: DOL) Near Fresh Highs on Dec. 24, 2025: Earnings Momentum, Global Expansion, and a Valuation Test

Dollarama is ending 2025 in the spotlight as investors weigh a familiar question with an unusually sharp edge: how much is too much to pay for a business that keeps delivering? On December 24, 2025, the discussion is unfolding against a holiday-thinned trading session in Canada—markets are scheduled to close early—after the S&P/TSX set new records and heads toward its best annual performance since 2009. Reuters At the stock level, Dollarama has been pressing toward the upper end of its recent range, closing around C$204.69 in the latest session cited by multiple market trackers—right where the latest valuation commentary is
24 December 2025
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Target Stock News Today: TGT Slips on Dec. 23, 2025 as Holiday Sales Data, App Outage, and Wall Street Forecasts Shape 2026 Outlook

Target Stock News Today: TGT Slips on Dec. 23, 2025 as Holiday Sales Data, App Outage, and Wall Street Forecasts Shape 2026 Outlook

Dec. 23, 2025 — Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) stock traded lower Tuesday as investors weighed late-holiday-season execution risks, fresh analyst commentary tied to a recent digital outage, and a broader read-through from U.S. holiday spending data. As of the latest available trade, Target shares were around $94.23, down about 1.0% on the day after opening near $95.25 and trading between roughly $93.80 and $95.39 intraday. The price action comes during a period when Target has been trying to steady results after multiple quarters of negative comparable sales, while simultaneously laying the groundwork for a leadership transition and a strategy refresh
23 December 2025
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Home Depot Stock (NYSE: HD) on Dec. 23, 2025: Price Near $344 as Analysts Debate the 2026 “Recovery” Setup

Home Depot Stock (NYSE: HD) on Dec. 23, 2025: Price Near $344 as Analysts Debate the 2026 “Recovery” Setup

Dec. 23, 2025 — The Home Depot, Inc. (The) stock (NYSE: HD) traded near $344 on Tuesday, edging lower on the day as investors weighed a fresh round of analyst target updates against the retailer’s newly outlined 2026 framework and an interest-rate-sensitive housing backdrop. HD’s latest move is small, but the conversation around the stock is not: Wall Street is increasingly framing Home Depot as a “when housing turns” story—one where timing, not business quality, is the main variable. Home Depot stock price today: where HD stands on Dec. 23, 2025 As of the latest available trading data on Dec.
23 December 2025
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Costco Stock (COST) Outlook on Dec. 23, 2025: Earnings Beat, Holiday Spending Signals, and Wall Street Forecasts for 2026

Costco Stock (COST) Outlook on Dec. 23, 2025: Earnings Beat, Holiday Spending Signals, and Wall Street Forecasts for 2026

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is heading into the final stretch of 2025 in a familiar position operationally—strong sales, loyal members, and steady expansion—yet in a less familiar spot in the market: trading close to its 52‑week low after a year of choppy performance. As of Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, Costco shares were trading around $853 in late U.S. trading, up modestly on the day. StockAnalysis But the bigger story is the reset behind the scenes: even after Costco delivered a first‑quarter fiscal 2026 earnings beat and posted mid‑single‑digit comparable sales growth, the stock has faced questions about valuation, membership
23 December 2025
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Academy Sports and Outdoors Stock (ASO) Drops on Dec. 22, 2025: Nike Shockwaves, Q3 Results, Updated Guidance, Analyst Price Targets, and 2026 Forecasts

Academy Sports and Outdoors Stock (ASO) Drops on Dec. 22, 2025: Nike Shockwaves, Q3 Results, Updated Guidance, Analyst Price Targets, and 2026 Forecasts

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASO) stock traded lower on Monday, December 22, 2025, as a mix of sector headlines and company-specific fundamentals collided—again reminding investors that retail is where macro nerves go to get amplified. As of the latest available trading data, ASO was around $51.21, down about 4.64% on the day, with a market cap near $3.45 billion. The down move comes even though Academy’s most recent quarterly report showed improving profitability and a narrowed full-year outlook. So what’s driving the weakness today, what do the latest forecasts say, and how is Wall Street positioning into 2026?
22 December 2025
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Kohl’s Stock (NYSE: KSS) Drops on Dec. 22, 2025: Short Interest Climbs, Analyst Targets Lag After a Volatile 2025 Rally

Kohl’s Stock (NYSE: KSS) Drops on Dec. 22, 2025: Short Interest Climbs, Analyst Targets Lag After a Volatile 2025 Rally

Kohl’s Corporation stock (NYSE: KSS) sold off sharply in Monday trading on December 22, 2025, underscoring just how jumpy this name remains after a meme-stock-flavored year. By early afternoon, KSS traded around $21.6, down roughly 7% on the session, after opening near $23.20 and touching an intraday low around $21.69. Volume was a little over 2.2 million shares at the time of the quote—active, but not the kind of panic stampede you’d see in a full-blown capitulation day. StockAnalysis+1 If you’re trying to make sense of Kohl’s stock right now, the market’s “story stack” is basically three layers deep: Here’s
22 December 2025
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Lululemon Stock (LULU) Today: Elliott’s $1B Stake, CEO Shake-Up, New 2026 Expansion—and What Wall Street Forecasts Next (Dec. 22, 2025)

Lululemon Stock (LULU) Today: Elliott’s $1B Stake, CEO Shake-Up, New 2026 Expansion—and What Wall Street Forecasts Next (Dec. 22, 2025)

Lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is trading in the spotlight to start the holiday-shortened week, as investors weigh a rare convergence of catalysts: an activist hedge fund building a $1 billion-plus stake, a CEO transition that could reset strategy, and a fresh push to accelerate international growth in 2026. Reuters+2Lululemon+2 As of Dec. 22, 2025 (17:51 UTC), Lululemon shares were around $211, up roughly 0.8% on the day, after trading between about $208–$211. That relatively calm tape masks a much bigger debate around the stock: whether Lululemon’s brand and product engine can regain momentum in North America—and whether the “reset”
22 December 2025
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7-Eleven CEO Joe DePinto to Retire; Stan Reynolds and Doug Rosencrans Named Interim Co-CEOs as Seven & i Pushes U.S. Turnaround and 2026 IPO Plan

7-Eleven CEO Joe DePinto to Retire; Stan Reynolds and Doug Rosencrans Named Interim Co-CEOs as Seven & i Pushes U.S. Turnaround and 2026 IPO Plan

DALLAS / TOKYO — December 22, 2025 — 7‑Eleven’s North American business is heading into a major leadership transition just as its Japanese parent, Seven & i Holdings, accelerates a broader turnaround and prepares the groundwork for a future U.S. listing. Joe DePinto, who has led 7‑Eleven, Inc. (SEI) for more than two decades, will retire at the end of 2025, the company said in a statement. Seven & i has appointed two internal leaders—SEI President Stan Reynolds and SEI Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Doug Rosencrans—as interim co‑CEOs, effective the same date, while the board runs a
22 December 2025
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AI Profit Boom for Credit Cards and Retailers in 2026: Tech, Healthcare—and Silver—Emerge as Key Market Themes

AI Profit Boom for Credit Cards and Retailers in 2026: Tech, Healthcare—and Silver—Emerge as Key Market Themes

December 22, 2025 is closing out the year with a striking split-screen for investors: artificial intelligence is still the engine behind global equity momentum, while precious metals are suddenly screaming for attention. On one side, AI-linked stocks helped lift Asian markets at the start of the week, with chip and chip-equipment names in Japan and Taiwan among the notable movers. KSATOn the other, gold and silver surged to fresh all-time highs, powered by rate-cut expectations, safe-haven demand, and a weakening dollar narrative that’s kept commodities in the spotlight. Reuters That tension—“AI as the growth story” vs. “silver as the shock
22 December 2025
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Costco Stock (COST) Before the Market Open on Dec. 22, 2025: Key News, Earnings Takeaways, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch

Costco Stock (COST) Before the Market Open on Dec. 22, 2025: Key News, Earnings Takeaways, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) heads into the Monday, December 22, 2025 session with a familiar setup: the business fundamentals look sturdy, but the stock is still wrestling with a valuation debate after a year of relative underperformance. The latest available quote has Costco shares around $855.62, slightly lower on the most recent update (with markets closed over the weekend). Below is what matters most before the opening bell. Costco stock snapshot: why COST is in focus right now Costco just delivered another quarter of solid growth, but investors have been more demanding than “solid” in 2025—especially for mega-cap, premium-multiple
22 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Lloyds share price steadies after buyback update and BoE rate jitters — what to watch next week

Lloyds share price steadies after buyback update and BoE rate jitters — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
LONDON, February 7, 2026, 08:48 GMT — Market closed Lloyds Banking Group shares finished Friday higher after the lender flagged another round of share buybacks, helping to steady the stock at the end of a volatile two-day swing driven by shifting expectations for UK interest rates. With London markets closed for the weekend, the focus moves to Monday’s open and whether rate-cut pricing keeps easing pressure on bank earnings. Lloyds is a UK-focused lender, and investors tend to treat it as a clean play on domestic growth, mortgages and the direction of Bank Rate. That makes the stock quick to
Vodafone shares steady up after Q3 wobble — Germany, buyback and next results now set the tone

Vodafone shares steady up after Q3 wobble — Germany, buyback and next results now set the tone

7 February 2026
Vodafone shares rose 1.47% to 110.60p Friday, recovering part of Thursday’s 4.68% drop after a Q3 update. Group revenue climbed 6.5% to €10.5 billion, but Germany’s 0.7% service revenue growth missed some forecasts. Vodafone launched a new €500 million buyback tranche, bringing total buybacks since May to €3.5 billion. Investors remain focused on Germany’s pace and cash flow execution.
NatWest Group stock: buyback filing and Rightmove mortgage deal set up a busy week

NatWest Group stock: buyback filing and Rightmove mortgage deal set up a busy week

7 February 2026
NatWest shares closed up 1.45% at 659.4 pence Friday, buoyed by a buyback of 797,428 shares and a new digital mortgage deal with Rightmove. The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% but signaled possible cuts, with markets pricing in two reductions for 2026. NatWest plans to expand its Accelerator community to 50,000 members by 2026. Annual results are due Feb. 13.
Unilever share price holds at 5,250p as results week looms — what investors watch next

Unilever share price holds at 5,250p as results week looms — what investors watch next

7 February 2026
Unilever shares closed flat at 5,250p in London Friday, underperforming the FTSE 100’s 0.6% gain. The company issued 4.2 million new shares for employee plans, bringing total shares to over 2.18 billion. Investors await Q4 and full-year results on Feb. 12, with analyst consensus pointing to 3.9% Q4 sales growth. Unilever’s U.S. ADR rose 0.8% to $72.12.
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