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. Attorneys Steve Haney and Mike Schachter said they've had what the report called “extensive” conversations and meetings with Eastern District of New York authorities.

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