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The car-parts retailer saw same-store sales increase 5.5% from the prior year, or 3.9% on a constant-currency basis.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

“We’re just outperforming virtually every other retailer that we can track” with shoppers age 18 to 24, Conroy said, describing such customers as “very difficult to attract.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

TOKYO—Toshifumi Suzuki was a midlevel executive at a Japanese retailer when it opened the first 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

He added the retailer was increasingly using automation and other technology, such as self-scanning lockers for customers to return items instead of having staff on tills.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Walmart, which was then the nation’s largest grocery retailer, had joined our effort by pledging to cut the amount of sugar, salt, and fat in its food products and to reduce prices on produce.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama