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Independent home improvement chains face intense competition from major big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s, which has resulted in the smaller competitors having financial distress and, in some cases, filing for bankruptcy. Home Depot dominated the home improvement sector, capturing 28% of the market in 2025, with Lowe’s owning 17% of the market and Amazon generating 11% […]

The string of airline bankruptcies that began following the U.S. strike on Iran and subsequent spike in jet prices is not over yet. While the most prominent collapse occurred at the start of May when well-known low-cost airline Spirit Airlines canceled all of its flights and shut down for good despite much industry hope for a last-minute

GoPro built its name on one simple idea: a rugged little camera that could go anywhere you could. Surfers strapped them to their boards. Skydivers mounted them on their helmets. Parents clipped them to youth soccer goals.  For years, that was more than enough to sustain a business. But on June 1, 2026, the company

Your eyes weren’t deceiving you the last time you opened your car insurance bill — auto insurance premiums are the highest they’ve ever been. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, between September 2020 and September 2025, auto insurance premiums rose by a whopping 64%, which is 25% more than the rate of inflation. This

For two years, the question surrounding Tesla’s long-term value has been less about electric vehicles and more about one specific project that Elon Musk says could become the company’s most valuable business. That project has been moving closer to production with limited serious competition from the names that matter most in AI. That changed on

TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Nothing’s more enjoyable in the summer than spending time on your patio during a backyard barbecue. However, doing so while the hot sun is not quite as appealing a prospect. That’s

Owning a home has long been considered a central tenet of financial freedom. In the modern economic environment, however, whether it makes more financial sense to buy a home or continue renting is far more nuanced than it once was. Historically, a common method for determining when to buy a house was to examine your

For the past year, many big retailers have been battling to attract the cash-strapped American consumers. Then there’s Target, which also faced a set of challenges of its own, stemming from several controversies and boycotts over its Pride collection and the scaling back of its DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives.  However, those days of

TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. More people are spending significant portions of their day at the desk, whether they’re working remotely, attending classes online, managing a business, or just playing games. While a traditional desk offers

Money runs on trust, not on metal or paper. A dollar buys what it buys because enough people agree it will, and because the country standing behind it has spent the better part of a century being the safest bet in the room. For most of your life, that safest bet had a specific address.