Retail

Discount placards stand in the window of a clothing store as last-minute shoppers finish up their Christmas gift lists.

Top retailers deflate hopes for record-breaking holiday sales

Joe Williams · January 10, 2019 9:53 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, photo, a shopper takes a selfie as crowds pour into the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York. The government reports on sales at U.S. retailers in November on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Retailers clock best holiday shopping season in six years

Joe Williams · December 26, 2018 4:29 pm

The transaction would be valued at $66 billion.

Aetna to keep insurance business separate from CVS as federal judge reviews $69 billion merger

Joe Williams · December 19, 2018 4:15 pm

Pedestrians on Fifth Avenue are reflected in the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's Christmas display, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in New York.

Washington Secrets

Holidays put many in debt, $4,200 in NYC

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2018 1:52 pm

FILE- In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo people shop at the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Va. The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, says it expects sales in November and December to rise as shoppers continue to be in a spending mood in a stronger economy.

Beltway Confidential

Resist the ‘resistance’ by being careful where you shop

Beth Bailey · December 19, 2018 1:30 pm

DC judge flexes antitrust authority in another sting to Justice Department

Joe Williams · December 14, 2018 6:37 pm

The Fake Payless Store

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2018 6:54 am

A CVS Pharmacy is open, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain reach deeper into customer health care and protect a key client, a person with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.

CVS to try new drug pricing strategy amid new federal pressure over Aetna deal

Joe Williams · December 5, 2018 3:08 pm

This is a CVS Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.

CVS and Aetna’s $69B merger faces new obstacles from federal judge

James Langford and Joe Williams · December 3, 2018 11:17 pm

Fact Check: Slaves to Black Friday

Holmes Lybrand · November 29, 2018 5:23 pm

The transaction would be valued at $66 billion.

CVS completes $69 billion Aetna deal

Kimberly Leonard · November 28, 2018 4:10 pm

A 20-year-old quit his job at Dick's Sporting Goods over the store's announcement that they will no longer sell firearms to those under 21 years of age.

Dick’s Sporting Goods admits suffering gun policy backlash as sales slide

Joe Williams · November 28, 2018 3:56 pm