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The one place IRL still matters: luxury shopping

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 05:41

Store clerk handing over a luxury golden shopping bag to a shopper — E-commerce has eaten everything ... except ultra-luxe.
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Retail, Discourse, E-Commerce, Luxury, Retail, online-shopping, amazon

Online prescription providers are more interested in your hairline than your health

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 05:47

Photo collage a man getting sucked in to a computer. — Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Tech, Retail, health, Discourse, Telehealth, hims, Roman

Prices keep changing from day to day, and it's driving Americans nuts

Wed, 07/10/2024 - 05:54

Tech Insider : Economy

Retail sign amidst a pile of clothes, displaying 'Special Prices' with a slot machine effect showing changing prices — Inflation and dynamic pricing are making it so that Americans don't know what anything costs anymore — and it's driving a growing sense of fatigue.
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

economy, Discourse, Retail, Prices, Inflation, dynamic-pricing, surge-pricing

It's official: McDonald's should stick to unhealthy food

Mon, 07/08/2024 - 05:58

Mcdonalds' bag and a salad in a garbage can — McDonald's whole thing is that it is not some beacon of health.
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Food, health, Discourse, culture, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, Discourse

One of the pandemic's biggest booms has finally gone bust

Wed, 07/03/2024 - 05:54

Tech Insider : Economy

Construction worker holding a lumber arrow on their shoulder; the lumber arrow is teetering up and down — Supply and demand were the culprits when lumber prices were soaring during the pandemic, and they've helped fuel the tumble, too.
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Real Estate, Discourse, economy, Lumber, Prices, Housing, real-estate

Crystal ball economics: What psychics can tell us about America's spending habits

Sun, 06/30/2024 - 05:47

Tech Insider : Economy

Photo illustration of a bill floating in a crystal ball. — How much a psychic costs is part business, part ... magic?
Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

economy, culture, Discourse, psychics, Prices, cost, Psychology

Work friends are over and maybe that's actually fine

Thu, 06/27/2024 - 05:47

Tech Insider : Economy

A sad Dog working at a desk with a post it note saying — Work friendships are dying out, and it may be for the best.
Martin Barraud/Getty, claylib/Getty, AndyL/Getty, Mark Weiss/Getty, vauvau/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

Careers, economy, Discourse, Work, work-friends, Careers, remote-work

The latest sign of America's broken work culture: 'quiet vacationing'

Thu, 06/20/2024 - 05:57

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy, Travel

3d illustration of a laptop with pool items on top. — People are going on trips without telling their bosses, and it's a sign of how messed up the American workplace culture can be.
akinbostanci/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Careers, Discourse, Travel, economy, quiet-vacationing, Work, Travel

The year's biggest stock market rebound is a legendarily obnoxious clothing brand

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 05:57

Tech Insider : Economy

Upward trending arrow emerging from an Abercrombie & Fitch shopping bag filled with clothes — Once-struggling retailer Abercrombie is booming, and its stock is even beating out Wall Street darling Nvidia
Getty Images; Abercrombie & Fitch; Alyssa Powell/BI

Retail, Discourse, economy, abercrombie-fitch, Gap, american-eagle-outfitters, Retail

It's not just JLo: Why big musical acts can't sell out concerts anymore

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 05:57

Tech Insider : Economy

A woman singing to empty seats — There are plenty of reasons big musical acts are canceling tours: high ticket prices, overestimating their own popularity, and an overcrowded market.
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

economy, Retail, Discourse, Entertainment, taylor-swift, Beyonce, concert-tickets

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