Companies including Macy's, Levi Strauss, Warby Parker, e.l.f. Beauty, J. Jill, Kimberly-Clark and Genesco say they will use tariff refunds to boost marketing spending. Analyst Brian Wieser cautions the announcements may be 'tariff washing' rather than real incremental budget increases.

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