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I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. First, international economic sanctions on Russia and the meeting in Alaska later today between President Trump and Putin.

In Anchorage, Steve Rosenberg, Russia editor with our newsroom partners, the BBC, says the state of the Russian economy may be part of the timing here.

The budget deficit is increasing. Oil and gas revenues are decreasing. Many branches of industry are approaching recession.

The Russian newspapers write about this all the time, even in a very

controlled media landscape. It's very difficult to hide that. So I wonder whether this is the

moment that Vladimir Putin has decided, well, the economic situation isn't great. Perhaps there's

less money. Perhaps this is the moment to make concessions, to make compromise.

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg. Target stores, and Alta Beauty have announced the corporate equivalent of what you might call a conscious uncoupling.

Their store within a store partnership goes back to 2021, but within one year, the 600 mini-Ultta shops inside Target will go. Marketplace's Matt Levin has that.

When Target and Alta announced they were shacking up together, not so long after the pandemic hit, it was one of those couples that made sense on paper.

Target was gaining a major brand in the beauty and wellness space that could bring higher-end

products to its shelves. And also was broadening its geographic footprint with a brick-and-mortar

behemoth whose sales were soaring. But just like people, companies change. We saw Target at the

height of where they were at. they're not at their place anymore.

Olivia Johnson is a retail professor at the University of Houston.

When your partner starts to gain a little way or their hair line starts to receive,

you start to wonder, do I sign up for this forever?

Inflation and political controversy have caused lackluster sales at Target the past couple years.

Neither Target nor Ulta agreed to an interview request.

Jenny Lou at the Yale School of Management says, while the Alta Target marriage was built on the idea of convenience,

Alta customers often go to stores for haircuts or a consultation with a

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