A sales forecast is an important component of any business plan. For the sales rep, as well as the entire organization, a sales forecast aims to predict future sales and is used as the basis of ...

Every company that uses sales forecasts... For example, the expert might estimate the probable demand for a product the company will introduce in one regional market based on his review of ...

The U.S. housing market has shown signs of a slowdown as the number of existing home sales fell short of expectations. The actual number of sales came in at 4.00 million, a figure that didn’t ...

Fannie Mae upwardly revised forecasts in its May 2025 Economic and Housing Outlook, reflecting modest improvements in economic growth expectations, as well as mortgage rates and home sales ...

Lowe's on Wednesday stood by its full-year forecast, as growing sales among home professionals helped offset slower demand from do-it-yourself customers. The home improvement retailer came in just ...

On the winning side Wednesday was the hardware store chain Lowe’s, which hit Wall Street’s sales and profit targets and kept its forecast for the year unchanged. Oil prices rose close to 1% ...

Target said it now expects a low-single digit decline in sales for 2025 and adjusted earnings per share to be anywhere from $7 to $9. When Target reported its fourth-quarter results in March, it ...

Target has slashed its annual forecasts amid a pullback in discretionary spending due to tariff-driven uncertainty and a backlash against shifts in its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy.

Wall Street was headed lower early Wednesday after a major U.S. retailer blamed its grim forecast on tariff concerns and oil prices rose on a media report that Israel may be planning an attack on ...

Nasdaq futures are down 0.2%. Home Depot rose more than 2% in premarket after the hardware store chain beat Wall Street sales targets and reaffirmed previous sales growth projections despite an ...