Between the pandemic upending shopping habits five years ago and the economy causing consumers to tighten their purse strings in 2025, it’s been a tumultuous half decade for retailers.

As of Thursday’s close, shares of Walmart were up 114% over the past three years, while those of Target have slid 42%. Following their most recent quarterly earnings this week, analysts pointed to a variety of reasons for that gulf — from the practical and financial to the existential.

Walmart Inc. powered through an uncertain economic environment and tariff concerns to deliver solid second-quarter financial results Thursday, showing it keeps pulling in shoppers and outpacing peers like Target.

Federal investigators no longer consider NBA free agent Malik Beasley a target in their gambling probe, Beasley’s attorneys told ESPN.

Malik Beasley is no longer a target of the federal gambling investigation, the NBA free agent's attorneys told ESPN.