1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (419+ words) North Carolina officials voted to end job creation tax incentives for a Charlotte manufacturer after the company failed to meet state hiring requirements and announced plans to close its site. The N.C. Economic Investment Committee voted to terminate the Job Development…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (443+ words) The pencil case a kid saw on TikTok last week is suddenly the only pencil case that will do. Parents who once spent an hour in a Target aisle are budgeting like accountants. The 2026 back-to-school supplies season has turned into…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (244+ words) Stage: Building · Momentum: High · Forecast confidence: Moderate The back-to-school rush no longer ends when the first bell rings. New 2026 research shows families are shopping earlier, buying later and treating the entire arc from June through September as one extended season....

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (567+ words) An Ohio-based window manufacturer plans to invest $120 million to build a manufacturing facility that will bring 400 new jobs to a growing suburban county north of Charlotte. ProVia LLC selected Mocksville in Davie County for its primary Southeast U.S. manufacturing hub, the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (785+ words) While some retailers directed federal tariff refunds toward price cuts to lure shoppers, Mooresville-based home improvement giant Lowe’s is taking a different path with its $80 million refund— using it as a financial cushion. The federal government is issuing roughly $166 billion…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (264+ words) Shoppers earning six figures are turning up at dollar store checkouts in growing numbers, and Dollar Tree’s own executives say the trend has accelerated through 2025. Here is what industry researchers and company leaders say is driving the shift. Higher-income households…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (736+ words) If you’ve stared at a Charlotte menu lately and thought, “Wait, when did the burger hit $20?” — you’re not imagining things. And no, your dining-out budget hasn’t shrunk overnight. The wholesale prices behind your favorite plates have been doing some serious…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (389+ words) Okaya, a Charlotte steel tubing manufacturing company, agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million to resolve allegations that it provided false information about the size of its staff to obtain COVID relief funds, federal authorities announced Monday. The business was not eligible…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (609+ words) For the first two months of 2026, the global market narrative was relatively straightforward: Inflation was cooling, and major central banks across the globe were cutting interest rates. Loosening financial conditions were driving a rotation into cheaper, more rate-sensitive areas of…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (759+ words) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but for every dollar you earn, there are a number of different factors eating away at it. There are taxes, for one, not far away with April 15 on the horizon. Then there…...