Kohl’s has created a new chief customer officer role within its c-suite, with chief digital officer Arianne Parisi being moved into the role. “Bringing marketing and digital together under one leader will help foster a greater focus on the full customer lifecycle and how Kohl’s shows up across customer touchpoints. Arianne always starts with the customer – making sure that how we position ourselves as a brand and how we execute as a business both deliver on our customer promise,” said CEO Michael Bender (more).

Dick’s Sporting Goods shares fell by as much as 30% August 25, with a slight 4% recovery on August 26 in morning trading, following a less-than-stellar Q2 earnings report. As part of the sluggish sales movement, Foot Locker continues to be weighing down on the company’s fortunes following a 2025 acquisition by Dick’s (more).

As more and more shopping malls now charge a premium fee for prime parking spots, American consumers are reacting negatively. “In today’s economy, when you talk about people being pushed and tipped over the edge for everything right now, this is yet another level of capitalism,” said one critic, YouTuber Jay Reed (more).

U.S. consumer confidence fell to its lowest reading (89.4) in seven months in August, down from 90.2 in July. The Conference Board data suggests that write-in responses were more negative than previous (more).

Lego delivered a 21% revenue bump for the first half of 2026, alongside an operating profit increase of 22%. Sales remain strong at both ends of the pricing scale, and CEO Niels Christiansen was enthused about the future. ″[New partnerships] bring in those who have not necessarily seen their passion point really that well represented in the Lego brand before. So I think that has recruited new consumers. We’ve also seen that we retain consumers really, really well, and we’re selling more to those we have,” he said (more).