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Best Buy Launches Marketplace Amid Tariff Concerns; Five Below Soars

8/29/2025

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Best Buy launched a third-party marketplace to diversify offerings, facing price increases from tariffs. Q2 2026 net income fell to $186 million, while comparable sales rose 1.6%. The company remains cautious about full-year revenue due to tariff uncertainties.
Five Below reported Q2 sales of $1.03 billion, a 23.7% increase year-on-year. Adjusted EPS reached $0.81, exceeding estimates, prompting an increase in full-year revenue guidance.

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Best Buy launched a third-party marketplace to diversify offerings, facing price increases from tariffs. Q2 2026 net income fell to $186 million, while comparable sales rose 1.6%. The company remains cautious about full-year revenue due to tariff uncertainties.
Five Below reported Q2 sales of $1.03 billion, a 23.7% increase year-on-year. Adjusted EPS reached $0.81, exceeding estimates, prompting an increase in full-year revenue guidance.