Francesca Fontana
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586 appearances
22 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 10 Jan
Francesca Fontana’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The government shutdown and the temporary loss of SNAP food assistance benefits also impacted sales.
That sent P&G shares falling Tuesday.
Ultimately, they dropped 1.1% for the day.
And on a weekly basis, the stock notched a 3.2% loss.
Then on Thursday, supermarket chain Kroger swung to a quarterly loss and said it was working to cut costs as it tries to manage consumer sensitivity to rising prices while also addressing its own rising expenses.
Kroger shares dropped 4.6% Thursday and on a weekly basis fell 6.8%.
So price-weary shoppers are taking a toll on those stores.
But discount chains like Dollar Tree and Dollar General said this week that their sales are still going strong.
In a nutshell, more higher income shoppers are looking for bargains at the dollar store, in addition to lower earning ones.
Both Dollars General and Tree saw the trend as their new customers skewed more affluent.
Some numbers to give you an idea of the scale.
Dollar Tree said roughly 3 million more households shopped at its stores this last quarter versus a year ago.
And of those shoppers, approximately 60% came from higher-income households, a.k.a.
those earning over $100,000 annually.
So unlike Kroger and P&G, investors were cheering their updates.
Dollar Tree shares rose 3.6% Wednesday, while Dollar General shares surged 14% on Thursday.
On the week, Dollar Tree gained 10.5%, while Dollar General jumped 21%.
Last but not least, Netflix struck a $72 billion deal to buy Warner Brothers once it splits from Discovery, beating out Paramount, Skydance, and Comcast, and shocking Hollywood.
It's a deal that stands to reshape the entertainment and media industry.
And it's Netflix's largest acquisition and one of the biggest in M&A so far this year.
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