Retail Trends News 24 October 2025

Ulta Beauty Q3 2025 Earnings: Double‑Digit Sales Growth and Higher Guidance Show Beauty Demand Is Still Booming

Ulta Beauty’s third‑quarter 2025 earnings report delivered exactly what investors wanted to see: faster growth, a clear beat on Wall Street forecasts, and a meaningfully higher full‑year outlook backed by surprisingly resilient demand for makeup, skincare and fragrance. On December

4 December 2025

Walmart Stock (WMT) Near Record Highs: Pre‑Market Outlook for December 1, 2025 After Black Friday Surge

As Wall Street gears up for the opening bell on Monday, December 1, 2025, Walmart Inc. (WMT) is heading into the new week sitting just below fresh record highs, powered by a “beat and raise” quarter, record Black Friday online

30 November 2025

Investment Insights · NYSE:WMT · Pre-Market Analysis · Retail Trends · Stock Market · Walmart News

Black Friday 2025: UK Card Spending Surges as Nationwide Reports 13.6% Jump in Transactions

UK shoppers leaned into Black Friday 2025 in a big way. New live spending data from Nationwide Building Society and coverage on 28–29 November show a sharp rise in card transactions compared with last year, even as households continue to

30 November 2025

Black Friday · Card Payments · Consumer Spending · Retail Trends · UK Economy

Amazon Stock (AMZN) Today: AWS AI Surge, Black Friday Strength and Regulatory Heat — November 29, 2025

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is heading into the core of the holiday shopping season with its share price back near recent highs, Wall Street leaning bullish, and regulators watching closely. Today’s news flow around Amazon stock is dominated by three

29 November 2025

Amazon News · Artificial Intelligence · Financial Analysis · NASDAQ:AMZN · Retail Trends · Stock Market

Stonegate’s £1bn Sale of 1,000 “Platinum” Pubs: What the Slug & Lettuce Owner’s Debt Fight Means for UK High Streets

Britain’s biggest pub group, Stonegate, is drawing up plans for a £1 billion sale of more than 1,000 pubs as it battles a debt pile of over £3 billion, in one of the largest UK pub disposals in years. The move, reported

16 November 2025

Business News · Hospitality Industry · Real Estate · Retail Trends · UK Economy

McConnell’s Hemp Crackdown Collides With Retail THC Boom: Big Brands, 39 AGs, and Congress Face a ‘Hemp War’ (Nov. 6, 2025)

Why this matters now The seven‑year experiment that legalized hemp (2018 Farm Bill) has morphed into a high‑stakes fight over hemp‑derived intoxicants such as delta‑8, delta‑10, THCA and other cannabinoids. Today, big CPG and alcohol interests publicly pressed Congress to

6 November 2025

Business News · Cannabis Legislation · Congressional Policy · Hemp Industry · NASDAQ:KHC · NYSE:GIS · NYSE:KO · NYSE:TGT · Retail Trends

CandyWarehouse’s Halloween Horror: Major Online Candy Retailer Files for Bankruptcy Days Before Oct 31

CandyWarehouse’s decision is unusual timing. The online sweets retailer said in court filings that it is insolvent and unable to pay its debts. Bankruptcy records confirm the Chapter 11 petition lists roughly $100K–$500K in assets versus $1M–$10M in debts pacermonitor.com. A

28 October 2025

Bankruptcy · Business News · Candy Industry · Halloween · Retail Trends

Deckers (DECK) Stock Slides on Tariff Warning – Can HOKA & UGG Brands Spark a Comeback?

Key Facts: Deckers Brands (NYSE: DECK) closed around $90.50 on Oct. 24, 2025, down ~14% on the day after the company gave softer guidance benzinga.com investopedia.com. In its Oct. 23 earnings release, Deckers reported 2Q FY2026 revenue of $1.43 billion (up

24 October 2025

Brand Comeback · Footwear Industry · Investment Analysis · NYSE:DECK · Retail Trends · Stock Market

Retail Trends News 24 October 2025 - 4 December 2025