Tariff refunds are about to start rolling out. Customers want their cut.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Economy
Cranes for handling shipping containers stand in the far distance as the Statue of Liberty stands in the middle distance as the sun sets near New York City.
Companies from Costco to FedEx have faced lawsuits from customers seeking their share of the refunds.

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Oil shortages are even hitting colored snack bags

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Calbee potato chip packaging: top row colorful original pacaging, bottom row black and white.
Japanese snackmaker Calbee is simplifying packaging as a naphtha supply squeeze hits printing ink.

Calbee

The watch world is split over Audemars Piguet's Swatch collab: It's like a 'Ferrari Civic'

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Audemars Piguet sign
Audemars Piguet and Swatch are teaming up this week.

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Chili's CEO wakes up at 5 a.m., runs daily, and uses that time to generate ideas for the business

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Chili's CEO Kevin Hochman photo collage
Chili's CEO Kevin Hochman starts his day before sunrise, and some of his best business ideas come to him during his morning run.

Kevin Hochman/Chili's Bar & Grill; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

You can spend either $4 or $8,500 to own one of the world's hottest bags right now

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Pooja Gandhi carries a Trader Joe's tote bag.
Trader Joe's tote bags first went viral in 2024.

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Restaurant employees, meet your new AI coworker: It has every recipe memorized and may tattle to your boss

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A Starbucks logo appears on a phone in front of an illuminated illustration of AI.
Starbucks' Green Dot Assist is one of many AI "assistants" designed to help in-store staff with recipes, policies, and guest interactions.

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Poppi's cofounder on why she put $5,000 in each of her children's investment accounts

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Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer at Poppi Allison Ellsworth attends the Poppi Mart Launch Party on January 26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth said she's teaching her children how to value and grow their money.

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Costco is a big winner of the gas price chaos

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Travel
A fuel pump at a Costco gas station.

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This '90s stoner trend is now the latest Gen Z obsession: the hacky sack

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Style
group playing hacky sack
Hacky sack, the Gen X campus staple, is making a comeback with Gen Z.

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Chili's CEO says its comeback comes down to 2 simple principles

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
chilis ceo kevin hochman
Chili's is defying a casual-dining slowdown with growth driven by viral menu hits, a focus on value, and a back-to-basics strategy.

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