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Retail Industry News 25 September 2025 - 2 October 2025

Tesco Shares Soar After Double‑Digit Dividend Hike: What Investors Need to Know

Tesco Shares Soar After Double‑Digit Dividend Hike: What Investors Need to Know

Tesco’s Winning Strategy: Value, Loyalty and Efficiency Tesco’s half‑year results highlight how the UK’s largest grocer continues to grow despite intense competition from German discounters Aldi and Lidl. Group sales climbed 5.1% to £33 billion while adjusted operating profit edged up 1.5% directorstalkinterviews.com. Chief executive Ken Murphy said the business grew sales in each of its divisions and achieved market‑share gains by “investing significantly in value, quality and service” and through “early, disciplined and targeted” savings to offset cost inflation directorstalkinterviews.com. Price perception is a critical battleground in UK grocery. Tesco’s “Aldi Price Match” and Clubcard Prices schemes allowed it to sharpen
2 October 2025
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Nike Stock Skyrockets After Earnings Beat – Experts Weigh In

Nike Inc (NKE) Stock Soars 5.7% on Oct 1, 2025: Tariff Headwinds, Turnaround & Analyst Buzz

1. Stock Performance (Oct. 1, 2025) Nike stock rallied sharply on Oct. 1 after its Q1 results. Shares jumped 5.7% intraday, closing around $73.70 marketbeat.com. This surge far outpaced the broad market: the S&P 500 was up only ~0.5% that day (and is up ~13% YTD reuters.com). The rally coincided with an earnings beat and upbeat guidance. Trading volume (~25.2 million shares) was about 50% above normal marketbeat.com marketbeat.com, indicating heavy institutional buying. Year-to-date, Nike’s stock is roughly flat (–2.7%) marketbeat.com, contrasting with gains in the overall market. (By comparison, the S&P 500 has climbed to record highs around 6,700.) Technically, NKE remains below
1 October 2025
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Market Slump Deepens as Costco Shines – Experts Reveal What’s Next

Market Slump Deepens as Costco Shines – Experts Reveal What’s Next

Economic Jitters Rock Wall Street After a euphoric run to new highs, U.S. equities hit a speed bump this week. Thursday marked the third day in a row of losses across the major indices investopedia.com. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the broad S&P 500 each slid roughly half a percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 0.4% investopedia.com. These modest percentage declines ended what had been a streak of record-breaking closes through Monday investopedia.com. In other words, stocks went from euphoria to a cautious pullback virtually overnight. Why the sudden slump? In a classic case of “good news
25 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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