Alina Selyukh

1 week ago | wqcs.org | Alina Selyukh |Scott Horsley

Many American small-business owners have been riding a rollercoaster of tariff-related feelings: worry, confusion, anxiety, frustration. This week, there are new emotions. "I feel a lot of relief and hope," says Sarah Wells, whose Virginia company sells breast-pump backpacks and other maternity accessories. In March, she had to find an extra $15,000 to receive her shipment from China – the last for now – which was traveling to the U.S. when the White House first raised tariffs.

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Alina Selyukh |Scott Horsley

Many American small-business owners have been riding a rollercoaster of tariff-related feelings: worry, confusion, anxiety, frustration. This week, there are new emotions. "I feel a lot of relief and hope," says Sarah Wells, whose Virginia company sells breast-pump backpacks and other maternity accessories. In March, she had to find an extra $15,000 to receive her shipment from China – the last for now – which was traveling to the U.S. when the White House first raised tariffs.

3 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Alina Selyukh

Athletic retailer Dick's Sporting Goods plans to buy Foot Locker, the seller of shoes in many a shopping mall, for about $2.4 billion. Dick's is the largest sports retail chain in the U.S. It's been on strong financial footing, but it doesn't have reach outside the country. Foot Locker, for its part, has struggled as a mall-based chain, but it has a massive footprint of stores — about 2,400 across 20 countries. Dick's says Foot Locker has a broad range of shoppers to bring to the chain.

1 month ago | kuow.org | Alina Selyukh

A customer shops for groceries at a Chicago supermarket. AP The companies that make our food and home essentials are officially sounding alarms about what lies ahead for the U.S. shopper. "Relative to where we were three months ago, we probably aren't feeling as good about the consumer now," PepsiCo's Chief Financial Officer Jamie Caulfield told investors on a call Thursday.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Alina Selyukh

The companies that make our food and home essentials are officially sounding alarms about what lies ahead for the U.S. shopper. "Relative to where we were three months ago, we probably aren't feeling as good about the consumer now," PepsiCo's Chief Financial Officer Jamie Caulfield told investors on a call Thursday. The largest consumer conglomerates are cutting their financial forecasts for the year, predicting lower sales and profits than before.