Nike did not mention U.S President Donald Trump's tariffs policies that have upended global trade.

Apart from tariff costs, the company has faced a backlash following a decision to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) targets.

It is a major setback for a business that was delivering on chief executive officer Stuart Machin’s turnaround plan.

Engineers often work to simplify products as they mature from research projects to manufacturing, removing parts deemed redundant to cut costs and weight. 

KPMG's survey respondents indicated plans to hold off on some major purchases and scale back in other areas of their lives in order to not accumulate debt.

Despite beating its quarterly earnings expectations, Walmart said customers should still expect to see higher prices by the end of May, and then "much more in June."

FedEx had severed its relationship with Amazon in 2019 because of rising competition between the two companies.

The April average price for a dozen large eggs was 79% higher than the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported for the same month a year ago, when the price averaged $2.86 per dozen.

According to a survey of 1,200 CEOs from consultancy firm EY Parthenon, confidence in profitability dropped from 44% to 31% between December 2024 and April 2025.

By 2030, we will see a growing divide between companies that embraced emissions reduction as a competitive advantage and those that stalled due to short-term uncertainty.