Retail
As the indoor amusement center's owners sold the company to a Kentucky chain, they took steps to shed the property at Brunswick Marketplace in a sale-leaseback deal.
From Bloomberg: The largest U.S. jewelry retailer, which is based in Akron, had already been forecasting a slowdown in consumer spending. But the drop has been sharper than executives were anticipating.
Sales in May rose 14.6% from the like month of 2022, according to sales data from more than 280 auto dealers in a 21-county region. As a result of the strong month, sales for the year to date are up nearly 3%.
About 81% of Signet Jewelers CEO Virginia Drosos' eight-figure compensation package in the past fiscal year came in the form of stock.
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