Trade
Retailers Suffer From Inventory Bloat as US Consumers End Two-Year Spree
- Walmart, Target reduce orders expecting second-half slowdown
- Shoppers are slowing purchases of furniture and electronics
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US retailers that stockpiled goods to cushion against supply-chain snarls are finding inventory reduction to be challenging and costly as American households start to pull back from a two-year spending spree.