Bill Peters

Shares of MongoDB Inc. jumped after hours on Thursday after the data development, storage and management platform raised its full-year outlook, as it attracts new business and invests in upgrades and artificial intelligence.

Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. rallied after hours on Thursday after the cosmetics chain offered up a slightly more upbeat full-year sales forecast, saying efforts to counterbalance a slowdown in demand and steeper competition were showing signs of “gaining traction.”

Costco Wholesale Corp. on Wednesday reported November sales growth that slowed from the prior month, as lower gas prices weighed on consumers and e-commerce sales took a hit due to a shift in the timing of some big online holiday deals.

The five-day period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday saw fewer shoppers than a year ago, a major retail-industry group said Tuesday, due in part to the later timing of the holiday this year and an avalanche of deals through October.

As a shorter holiday-shopping home stretch this year kicks into gear, more retailers — including Foot Locker Inc. and Victoria’s Secret & Co. — report this week, likely offering more detail about consumer spending appetites as analysts narrow their focus on individual successes and failures from chain to chain.

Kohl’s Corp. on Monday said Tom Kingsbury would step down as its chief executive in January and that it would bring aboard a digitally-focused veteran of Walmart Inc. and Michaels to lead the department-store chain, as it deals with enduring consumer wariness over higher prices.

With Black Friday and the holiday shopping sprint just days away, quarterly results from retailers like Macy’s Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. this week will help set the tone for the rest of the season, as inflation-squeezed shoppers continue to zero in on discounts.

Many of the companies that make or sell the products Americans buy — including big names like Walmart Inc. and Nike Inc. — don’t see tariffs in the same positive light as does President-elect Donald Trump.

Shares of Gap Inc. rallied after hours on Thursday after the clothing retailer pushed its full-year outlook higher and said the holiday shopping season was “off to a strong start.”

Lyft reported third-quarter sales that beat expectations while offering an upbeat demand forecast, after the ride-hailing platform earlier in the day announced an autonomous-vehicle partnership with Mobileye Global Inc.