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Dick's Sporting Goods raised its dividend by 10% on Thursday as the company posted its largest sales quarter in its history and projected another year of growth.The company's shares jumped more than 15% in intraday trading. CEO Lauren Hobart said on an earnings call Thursday that Dick's sales growth came from bigger tickets — either higher prices or more expensive items — as its transactions were flat.Many retailers benefited from a 53rd week in fiscal 2023, but Dick's said it still broke records during its fiscal fourth…

Traders Association Singer Market, Kano, on Monday, pledged to reduce and stabilise prices of essential commodities in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chairman of the association, Ibrahim Danyaro, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Kano. He said this shortly after meeting with the Chairman of Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado. The commission had on Sunday burst and sealed 10 warehouses that allegedly hoarded assorted food items…

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M3 Max) MSRP $1,999.00 “The MacBook Pro's upgrade to the M3 Max ensures that it remains the best in class.” Pros Space Black is the new king GPU performance gets big upgrade XDR display is even brighter Speakers are fantastic Decent webcam Cons…

Supermarkets are missing out on untapped revenue from selling food that's about to expire, as store workers waste hours searching for short-dated products and discounting them by hand. At least that's the pitch from Too Good To Go, an eight-year-old Danish company that cut its teeth addressing restaurant food waste and is now turning to grocery stores' soon-to-expire goods. Starting this month, TGTG is selling an artificial-intelligence-powered solution that assists supermarkets with expiration dates, which are a major…

Wayfair is cutting 13% of its global workforce as the digital home goods retailer continues its efforts to trim down its structure, cut out layers of management and reduce costs after going "overboard" with corporate hiring during the Covid pandemic, it announced Friday. The company plans to lay off around 1,650 employees, including 19% of its corporate team, with a focus on people in management and leadership positions, Wayfair said. The restructuring – the third Wayfair has implemented since summer 2022 – is expected to…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Digital goods are products or services that can only be purchased, transferred, and delivered online (e.g., e-books, downloadable music, online games). Such goods can generate significant benefits for consumers, but because most of them are free, the benefits are largely unmeasured in national accounts such as gross domestic product (GDP) and productivity.…

November 23, 20233 min readGluten’s unique chemistry gives foods like bread and rolls their airy, stretchy texturesBy The Conversation US & Kristine NolinGluten is in a variety of breads and baked goods − it helps them rise and gives bread its characteristic texture. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Within the bread, rolls and baked goods on many tables this holiday season is an extraordinary substance – gluten. Gluten’s unique…

A Dick’s Sporting Goods store stands in Staten Island on March 09, 2022 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesShrink who? Sales and profits at Dick's Sporting Goods bounced back in the third quarter, leading the retailer to raise its full-year guidance Tuesday after it shocked investors earlier this year when it slashed its outlook over theft concerns.Dick's beat Wall Street's estimates on the top and bottom lines for the period. In a news release, the company said it's "excited" for the holiday season after seeing…

Andi Yu / ABC: DP World Australia, the country's second largest port operator, shuts down after a cyber attack, impacting the movement of goods in and out of the country — Australia's second largest port operator has shut down because of a cyber security incident, impacting the movement of goods in and out of the country. Andi Yu / ABC: DP World Australia, the country's second largest port operator, shuts down after a cyber attack, impacting the movement of goods in and out of the country …

While cargo ebikes can be used to haul goods around town, a pedal-powered small van would better suit inner-city delivery businesses. Germany's Antric has just launched a four-wheeled cargo box that's rated to haul a full Euro pallet per trip.Antric began in 2015 as an e-mobility project at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and evolved into a spin-off company from 2020 to bring "an auto-grade four-wheeled e-cargo bike" to production. The startup partnered with Cenntro Automotive Europe in 2022 to…