Tag: Shopping and Retail
As Inventory Piles Up, Liquidation Warehouses Are Busy
PITTSTON, Pa. — Once upon a time, when parents were scrambling to occupy their children during pandemic lockdowns,…
Gen Z Designers Made It Big on Depop. Now They’re Graduating.
On Depop, most of her interactions with customers happened only when they wanted to buy something, Ms. Lopez…
Online Shopping Is Bananas Confusing
The mantra of 2022 should really be: No one knows anything.It’s stunning how little we understand about how…
How Deep Is Our Love for Prime Day?
It and similar summer buying days from big-box stores have carved out a lasting spot in the shopping…
How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet
Consumers have complained to the Better Business Bureau about Wish products that never arrived or were unrecognizable when…
Gas Prices Force Many to Rethink Driving, and Spending
KATY, Texas — Most Americans would gladly pay the $4.29 for a gallon of regular gas Buc-ee’s was…
Retail Workers Increasingly Fear for Their Safety
Assaults at stores have been increasing at a faster pace than the national average. Some workers are tired…
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Becomes a New Way to Pay for Guns
A few years ago, as American consumers were being wooed with “buy now, pay later” loans that let…
Gadgets Were Hot. Now They’re Not.
A lot of companies have been caught off guard by changes in our spending choices this year. Americans…
Capturing the Joyful Spirit of a Montana General Store
My husband probably thought I had found someone else. Why else would I keep detouring off Interstate 90…
Biden to Visit Port of Los Angeles, Casting Inflation as a Global Problem
LOS ANGELES — President Biden is set to use the Port of Los Angeles on Friday as a…
Inside the Apple Store Battle for Union Representation
Apple has hired Littler Mendelson, an employment law firm, to blunt the labor push. It also has furnished…