JPMorgan Backs Apple Amid Trump Tariff Warning: Retail Sentiment Brightens JPMorgan sees tariff risks as manageable through modest price hikes, and believes Apple is better positioned than rivals due to its strong pricing power and supply chain leverage.
Microsoft Clears Final Legal Obstacle in Activision Merger As FTC Drops Case: Retail Stays Optimistic A U.S. appeals court upheld Microsoft’s Activision merger, prompting the FTC to drop its legal challenge, effectively clearing the $69 billion deal.
Wolfspeed Names David Emerson COO Amid Bankruptcy Reports: Retail Turns Exuberant David Emerson will lead operations, supply chain, and quality as Wolfspeed scales silicon carbide production to meet growing demand in automotive, energy, and industrial sectors.
Tesla Price Target Hiked To $500 By Wedbush Securities: But Retail’s Undecided The new price target implies a near 47% upside to the stock’s closing price of $341.04 on Thursday.
Intuit Stock Surges Post Strong Q3, Wall Street Lifts Price Target: Retail’s Exuberant Analysts raised Intuit’s price targets, citing growth in Credit Karma, Consumer, and GBS segments, tax stability, and AI-driven TurboTax expansion fueling investor confidence.
Navitas Retail Traders Stay Put Despite Stock’s Premarket Dip After Nvidia-Stoked 160% Rally Gene Sheridan, CEO and co-founder of Navitas. “With our wide portfolio range, we can support NVIDIA’s 800V HVDC infrastructure, from grid to the GPU.”
Williams-Sonoma Maintains Annual Forecast After Strong Q1: Retail Investor Upbeat The quarterly report from the home improvement products retailer allays fears of an all-out slump in the retail sector.
Apple Retail Traders Lose Faith As Market-Cap Trails Microsoft, Nvidia Amid 7-Day Losing Streak According to Wedbush’s Daniel Ives, making iPhones in the U.S. will raise their price point to $3,500, making the iconic device less affordable.
Ross Stores Shares Plummet As It Pulls Annual Forecast: Retail Smells Buying Opportunity The off-price retailer said over half ot its merchandise originates from China, where trade relations are strained.
Ralph Lauren Signals Tariff Pressures Aren’t Hitting Its Customers — Retail Investors Cheer Strong Q4 Management said it would raise prices more than planned this year and diversify its supply chain to counter tariff headwinds.
Tax Filing Season ‘Turbocharges’ Intuit’s Q3 Results: Retail Cheers ‘Blowout’ Earnings Report The company said it was becoming a one-stop shop for AI agents and AI-enabled human experts to fuel the success of consumers and small and mid-market businesses.
Southwest Airlines Stock Falls As CFO Tom Doxey Warns Inflection Not Yet Back In The Industry Doxey said that Southwest expects unit revenue to fall more in the second quarter compared to the decline in the first quarter.
Strategy Rallies After $2.1B Preferred Stock Sale Plan: Retail Turns Buoyant The proceeds from the preferred stock offering will be used for operations, liquidity, and Bitcoin purchases.
Vigil Neuroscience Stock Triples Pre-market On Acquisition By Sanofi: Retail Goes Super Bullish Under the terms of the deal, Sanofi will acquire all outstanding common shares of Vigil for $8 per share in cash at closing.
Advance Auto Parts Stock Soars Pre-market On Upbeat Q1 Earnings: Retail Expects Rally Toward $45 Mark The company closed more than 500 corporate locations in the quarter as part of its store optimization program and opened 10 new ones, resulting in 4,285 stores as of the end of the quarter.
More AI To Help You Shop? Amazon Launches Audio Product Summaries For US Users Users will hear “AI-powered shopping experts” discussing key product features, customer reviews, and related information.
Ryan Reynolds-Backed Ad Tech Firm MNTN Prices $187M IPO At Top End Of Estimated Range About 8.4 million shares are being offered by the company, with the remaining 3.30 million shares by selling shareholders.
