The shopping wars are heating up this July as Dollar General and Walmart offer discounts ahead of Amazon's Prime Day

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An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages during its annual Prime Day promotion in New York
Amazon's longest-ever Prime Day has competition from even longer sales from other retailers this year.

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The CEOs of Din Tai Fung think robots would ruin their iconic soup dumplings

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Din Tai Fung's offerings.
Din Tai Fung is leaving dumpling-making to humans for now.

Din Tai Fung

I spend $200 a week on groceries for my family of 5. Staying on budget is difficult, so I swear by these cost-saving strategies.

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The author (not pictured) uses coupons to save money on grocery shopping.

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Sneakerheads and footwear insiders tell us why Nike is on the right track

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Lamar Stewart with his shoe collection
Lamar Stewart has over 100 pairs of shoes in his collection.

Lamar Stewart

A made-in-America apparel brand describes how Walmart helped it produce a more affordable US flag T-shirt

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Bins of apparel at an American Giant facility.

American Giant

Trump's America First tariffs are raining on America's birthday parade

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President Trump pinching the spark out of a firework

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For a decade, Indiana businessman Bob Hamilton has operated six fireworks pop-ups in the weeks leading up to July 4. Most years, it's a great business — he says he brings in about $200,000 for a few weeks of work.

I ranked 4 store-bought barbecue sauces. The best was also the cheapest.

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I ranked four different store-bought barbecue sauces. My favorite was the perfect balance of tangy and sweet.

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The list of major companies laying off staff this year including Microsoft, Bumble, Morgan Stanley, and Meta

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Founder and CEO of Bumble Whitney Wolfe attends Bumble Presents: Empowering Connections at Fair Market on March 9, 2018 in Austin, Texas.

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I took my family's grocery list to Walmart and Aldi. The latter saved me more money, but I'm not sold on going back.

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A composite image of the exterior of an Aldi and the exterior of a Walmart.
My family of four usually spends about $150 a week on groceries. I took the same list to popular chains Aldi and Walmart.

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Walmart workers are sharing photos of price hikes of 38% or more — and some prices are up at Target too

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Walmart shoppers visit a store in Wisconsin.
Walmart CFO John David Rainey recently said that tariff rates remain "too high" and warned that prices will go up.

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