Kroger draws serious scrutiny over digital price tags

Big name takes on Coke and Pepsi with Target-exclusive soda

Arguably, you can blame Ryan Reynolds and maybe Sammy Hagar. Those two celebrities showed that unrelated fame could help launch a beverage brand. In Hagar’s case, at least his music…

ThredUp CEO targets eBay in push to become resale 'super app'

Over the last few years, there’s been a substantial increase in the number of consumers shopping for secondhand apparel. Where used clothing was once viewed as a badge of inferiority,…

Aldi expands to key area Costco can’t get into

If checking out at the supermarket makes you sort of queasy these days, you’re not alone. A lot of people are feeling the sting of higher grocery prices, which explains…

Bath & Body Works shares update customers will love

For anyone who grew up spending weekends at the mall, Bath & Body Works was almost impossible to miss. In fact, when I was a teenager hanging out with friends…

38-year-old steakhouse chain closed 21 restaurants, more planned

Even chain restaurants have to continually reinvent themselves to stay fresh with customers. That means menu innovation, and evolving the concept. “The lifeblood of the restaurant industry is new items.…

Closed Rite Aid stores get surprising retail replacement

When Rite Aid, a major pharmacy retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a second time in 2025, it led to the shuttering of its 1,250 locations. Over time, many were…

Walmart makes major move to lure customers from Amazon Prime Day

Walmart is ramping up its efforts to prevent customers from flocking to Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day event, which offers steep discounts across multiple product categories.  Last year, Amazon Prime Day…

2 Canadian Stocks Built for the Data Centre Boom

Data centres used to sound like someone else’s problem. Now, they look like one of Canada’s biggest investment themes. Artificial intelligence (AI) needs enormous computing power. Cloud services need more…

3 Ultra-High-Yield Energy Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold for 2026

A high dividend yield can be attractive, but only if the underlying business has solid fundamentals and continues generating the cash flow needed to support it. That is especially true…

2 Overlooked Stocks That Still Look Cheap Right Now

Depending on where you look, you may perceive stocks as wildly overvalued or fairly priced. Of course, even with extended multiples and broad strength across the board, value investors can…

Costco fixes its biggest customer pain points

For much of its existence, Costco did not focus on shopping experience because its core goal was keeping prices low. The company famously uses warehouses — literally pallets of merchandise…