Tag: Shopping
What strong Black Friday retail sales mean for holiday spending
Shoppers walk around Twelve Oaks Mall on November 24, 2023 in Novi, Michigan. Emily Elconin | Getty ImagesRetailers are cheering after shoppers spent [...]
Black Friday weekend shopping turnout soars to a record
Shoppers browse for dresses during the Black Friday sale at the Vivo Activewear women's clothing store in downtown Nairobi, Kenya November 24, 2023. T [...]
Stalker harassed Mike Amesbury MP in shopping centre and Costa Coffee
Stephen Cowell waited for Mike Amesbury and also loitered at his office and tried to stop him driving.
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Livestream shopping booms as small businesses hit social media
Last year, Anthony Velez, CEO of Bagriculture, a small business selling pre-owned designer handbags, made up to $100,000 a month across his seven bric [...]
Bankers Shopping FTX’s ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’ Stake in AI Startup Anthropic: Report
At the time of its bankruptcy last November, FTX may have owned as much as $500 million worth of stock in Anthropic, the creator of ChatGPT rival chat [...]
Here’s what’s going on at Warren Buffett’s shopping extravaganza for shareholders
People at the See's Candies display at the Berkshire Hathaway Shopping Day event, May 5, 2023.David A. Grogan | CNBCBerkshire Hathaway's annual shareh [...]
Best Buy lays off hundreds of store employees as shopping trends shift
Best Buy logos and store in South Edmonton Common. Friday, May 20, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBest Buy sa [...]
Inflation? Recession? Starting Black Friday, America plans to spend
Pedestrians view the holiday windows at the Macy's Inc. flagship department store in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 2, 20 [...]
Retailers roll out stricter return policies ahead of the holidays
The holiday shopping season is always closely followed by a spike in gift returning.But this year, it may be harder to bring things back for free or a [...]
How UPS, FedEx are preparing for first ‘post-pandemic’ holiday season
Which consumer will show up for the first "post-pandemic" holiday season in America?By some measures, e-commerce volumes are softening and consumers p [...]
Goodwill helps bring thrifting into the mainstream with online store
Whether consumers are looking to save or are hunting for a buried treasure, the resale business is booming.During the Covid pandemic, secondhand store [...]
Travel has edge over shopping this holiday season amid inflation
Retailers have a new threat this holiday season: wanderlust.Americans are returning to the skies, filling hotels, swarming theme parks — and they're s [...]
Free returns may be over as retailers introduce stricter policies
Policy adjustments 'deter the consumer from returning'With rising costs squeezing margins, many retailers are rethinking their return policies, shorte [...]
Affluent shoppers embrace secondhand shopping
Bargain hunting is certainly not new.But with the Covid pandemic came a surge in "thrifting," or buying and selling pre-owned goods.At first, some fam [...]
The 2022 holiday shopping season has started
Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale may be over, but the discounts have only just begun."Black Friday is here," said Julie Ramhold, a consumer analyst at [...]