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Wall Street kicked off the third quarter with mixed results after a blockbuster first half for stocks.

Legacy apparel brands including VF Corp., Levi's, and Columbia are investing more heavily in women's products and marketing.

Jersey Mike's has nearly 3,300 locations, making it the second-largest hoagie sandwich chain in the U.S. behind Subway.

Gas station chains led by Buc-ee's are coming closer to rivaling America's big box stores in size, and Dolly Parton is getting in on the retail trend.

CNBC's Jim Cramer said investors should use the latest market rotation to buy some of the biggest winners they may have missed.

The results are unlikely to improve Nike's standing in the portfolio ...

Nike is expected to report another quarter of declining sales as the sneaker giant struggles to regain strength under its turnaround strategy.

The auto industry is selling fewer cars--one forecaster says this is a fundamental change, and it is going to get worse.

"We're selling [almost] as much protein cold foam as we do flat whites," Starbuck's EMEA Manager of Beverage Development Sam Henderson told CNBC.

Kohl's went from a household name to a plunging stock as it lost relevancy and its core customer. Now, the company is trying to turn itself around.