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  "id": 3521336,
  "title": "Bath & Body Works raised its profit forecast — but its stock sank on a weak sales outlook",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/bath-body-works-raised-its-profit-forecast-but-its-stock-sank-on-a",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T14:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/bath-body-works-earnings-profit-outlook-sales-forecast-082626"
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  "summary": "The personal care retailer beat second-quarter sales and earnings guidance but projected a sharper revenue decline for the third quarter",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Bath & Body Works forecasts wider-than-expected third quarter sales decline on weak store traffic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/bath-body-works-forecasts-wider-than-expected-third-quarter-sales",
        "published": "2026-08-26T11:37:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}