JPMorgan adjusted its Walmart stock price target after a 9% decline following the retailer's quarterly update, raising broader market concerns, though one retail CEO remains optimistic that the holiday season will prove critics wrong.

GS Retail CEO Huh Seo-hong (left) and chef Edward Lee serve meals to visitors at Anna’s House, a social welfare facility in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. The event, joined by the company’s employee group GS Nanumi and Anna’s House founder Father Kim Ha-jong, was organized to give back to the community following a successful food product collaboration through GS25 convenience stores. (GS Retail)

A report highlights that many retail CEOs earn as much in a single day as their typical employees do in an entire year, with Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber identified as the highest-paid retail CEO last year.

Kajol, Tamannaah Bhatia, Shankar Mahadevan, and India’s Top Retail CEOs Converged at Great India Retail Summit 2026