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Week brief · February 23 to March 1, 2026

Retail news, week of February 23, 2026

In the week of February 23 to March 1, 2026 the Retail desk recorded 50 news events on 7 days. Earnings led with 21.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Feb 24 FedEx sues US for refund on Trump emergency tariffs 14
  2. Feb 25 Reports say Australian livestock sector faces contraction as herds dwindle, costs rise 8
  3. Feb 24 Home Depot tops expectations in fourth quarter 3
  4. Feb 25 Trump State of the Union puts souvenir shop owner tariff fears in spotlight 3
  5. Feb 27 Pr Newswire Apac: “PadUp Ventures and Unicity Labs Partner to Bring Agentic Commerce Infrastructure to Indiwi” 3
  6. Feb 24 Zoopla buys online business newhomesforsale.co.uk 2

Monday, February 23, 2026

  1. 02

    Keurig Dr Pepper Q4 2025 earnings preview

    1 outlet · first: Seeking Alpha Earnings

    Machine summary Keurig Dr Pepper is scheduled to report Q4 2025 results.

    Reported by Seeking Alpha.

    • Keurig Dr Pepper

  2. 03

    Coverage recordSeeking Alpha: “Haverty Furniture Q4 2025 Earnings Preview”

    1 outlet · first: Seeking Alpha Earnings

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by Seeking Alpha.

    • Iovance Biotherapeutics
    • Haverty Furniture

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for February 24, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 00:40 UTC FedEx sues US for refund on Trump emergency tariffs 14
  2. 14:00 UTC Home Depot tops expectations in fourth quarter 3
  3. 01:00 UTC Zoopla buys online business newhomesforsale.co.uk 2

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

8 events. The full rundown for February 25, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 06:30 UTC Reports say Australian livestock sector faces contraction as herds dwindle, costs rise 8
  2. 20:00 UTC Trump State of the Union puts souvenir shop owner tariff fears in spotlight 3
  3. 00:50 UTC thestar.com.my: “HP reckons memory chip crunch will linger next year, warns of PC sales slump” 2

Thursday, February 26, 2026

12 events. The full rundown for February 26, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 01:00 UTC U.S. military developed the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE). 2
  2. 13:00 UTC prnewswire.com: “Cars. com Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results” 2
  3. 16:30 UTC Buy now pay later market projected to reach $212.2bn by 2033 2

Friday, February 27, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for February 27, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 12:40 UTC Pr Newswire Apac: “PadUp Ventures and Unicity Labs Partner to Bring Agentic Commerce Infrastructure to Indiwi” 3
  2. 09:00 UTC Shop Daily Hub reported as building a problem-solving D2C brand for Indian homes 2
  3. 02:12 UTC Vtex reports Q4 and full-year 2025 results 1

Saturday, February 28, 2026

  1. 04

    Coverage recordsecurityweek.com: “Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts”

    2 outlets · first: securityweek.com E-commerce

    Reports ran between 11:50 and 17:52 UTC on Feb 28.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by securityweek.com and securityaffairs.co.

    • Canadian Tire

  2. 05

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy outlines growth plans focused on AI and AWS

    2 outlets · first: nasdaq.com Market trends

    Machine summary Amazon CEO Andy Jassy discussed ideas to foster further expansion, with artificial intelligence a focal point from cloud services to retail, according to a report. The report said most of Amazon's planned $200 billion in capital expenditures is targeted for AWS.

    1. A report says that Andy Jassy, Amazon's CEO, discussed his ideas for helping the company expand further.
    2. Artificial intelligence is a focal point for Jassy from cloud services to retail and beyond, according to a report.
    3. Amazon has touted new AWS agreements with OpenAI along with companies in financial services, transportation, telecommunications, and technology, according to a report.
    4. A report states that AWS is being used by over 500 leading startups in the United States.
    5. Most of the $200 billion in capital expenditures Amazon has planned is targeted for AWS, according to a report.

    Reported by nasdaq.com and fool.com.

  3. 06

    Woolworths says it removed Olive AI scripting after customer feedback

    2 outlets · first: Livemint E-commerce

    Machine summary Woolworths' AI assistant Olive reportedly gave unusual, personal-sounding responses, including references to its "mother", and testing found pricing errors for basic items, according to reports.

    1. According to reports, remarks a Woolworths spokesperson gave the Australian Financial Review indicate that mentions of its purported mother seem to be scripts written in advance several years ago.
    2. Woolworths says it has now removed this particular scripting "as a result of customer feedback", according to reports.

    Reported by Livemint and tribuneindia.com.

Sunday, March 1, 2026

  1. 07

    Costco membership fee income rises 14% in first quarter

    2 outlets · first: kansascity.com Earnings

    Machine summary Costco reported membership fee income of $1.329 billion in its first quarter of fiscal 2026, up 14% from a year earlier, according to the source report. CFO Gary Millerchip said that a September fee increase across the U.S. and Canada was responsible for just under half of that growth, while a bigger member base and additional Executive Membership upgrades made up the rest.

    1. During the last fiscal year, which closed in August, Costco brought in $5.3 billion from membership fees, per data from Fiscal.ai that the source cited.
    2. Costco's net income was $8.3 billion last fiscal year, and membership fees accounted for roughly 64% of profits, per the source.
    3. For the first quarter of fiscal 2026, a 12-week period that concluded on Nov. 23, membership fee income increased to $1.329 billion, a 14% rise compared with the prior year.
    4. CFO Gary Millerchip said on the Q1 earnings call that the U.S. and Canada renewal rate was 92.2%, down 0.1% from the prior quarter, and the worldwide rate was 89.7%.

    Reported by kansascity.com and miamiherald.com.

  2. 08

    1stdibs.com and Calumet, Inc. reported Q4 2025 results.

    1 outlet · first: finance.yahoo.com Earnings

    Machine summary 1stdibs.com and Calumet, Inc. reported Q4 2025 results.

    Reported by finance.yahoo.com.

    • Calumet
    • 1stdibs.com, Inc.

  3. 09

    Entrepreneur Huang Xuanni's fashion brand reported at US$36m in sales

    1 outlet · first: scmp.com E-commerce

    Machine summary The reports state her brand generates US$36 million in sales.

    Reported by scmp.com.

    • Taobao

    Full coverage: every report, when each was published, and who was named (1 outlet)

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

Monday, February 23, 2026

  1. · 2 outletsSupply Chain Dive, Retail Dive

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. Earnings 21
  2. Consumer trends 10
  3. Market trends 10
  4. E-commerce 5
  5. Logistics 2
  6. Payments 1

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).