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Academy Sports Posts Modest Q2 Sales Gain, Misses Estimates, Nudges 2025 Outlook Higher

Shares fell after earnings lagged the prior year.

Best Buy Beats Q2 Forecasts but Holds Full-Year Outlook as Tariff Risks Persist

Kohl’s Jumps After Q2 Beat as Retailer Lifts 2025 Outlook

Best Buy Relaunches U.S. Marketplace With 500 Vetted Sellers, Doubling Online Assortment

Target Edges Past Q2 Estimates, Keeps Cautious Outlook as Shares Sink on Weaker Sales

Poundland Begins Phased Closures and Identifies 52 of 68 Stores to Shut

The Entertainer to Become Employee-Owned as Founders Transfer Entire Shareholding

John Lewis Debuts Fenty Beauty in Revamped Liverpool Hall

Mecca Readies 4,000-Square-Metre Three-Storey Beauty Flagship at Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall

High Court to Decide Fate of River Island’s Rescue Plan

Morrisons Finalises Overhaul With 3,600 Job Cuts and £2.1 Billion Profit

At Home to Close 32 Stores Nationwide as Bankruptcy Liquidations Begin

Ikea to Debut Shop-In-Shops in 10 Best Buy Stores This Fall

Card Factory Completes £24m Acquisition of Funky Pigeon

Prada Teams With Kolhapur Artisans as Punjabi Jutti Dispute Extends Appropriation Row

Poundland Confirms Three More Store Closures as Turnaround Plan Advances

Claire’s Launches Formal Sale Review of UK Arm as US Parent Mulls Bankruptcy

Seraphine Suspends Trading as Insolvency Administrators Weigh Rescue Options

Sainsbury’s Concludes Closure of In-Store Food Counters

Asda Overhauls Store Leadership with Merged Manager Role