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Walmart is trying to lure Amazon shoppers with a half-price membership ahead of Prime Day

Mon, 07/08/2024 - 13:35

Tech Insider

Walmart signage at a redesigned store — Walmart is offering new Walmart+ memberships for $49 a year, or half off the usual $98 fee.
Walmart

Retail, Tech, walmart, amazon, walmart-plus, amazon-prime, prime-day

I ate at the world's biggest Starbucks. The meal was tasty, and the setting was super cool, but it wasn't worth the $43 I spent.

Mon, 07/08/2024 - 07:43

Tech Insider

Avocado toast at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago — I got a meal from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago.
Grace Dean/Business Insider

Food, Retail, Starbucks, Chicago, starbucks-reserve, tiramisu, avocado-toast

A Cracker Barrel hostess reveals how the restaurant tries to sell you more food

Sun, 07/07/2024 - 06:38

Tech Insider

Cracker Barrel sign — A Cracker Barrel hostess said that seating and serving busloads of diners are one the biggest challenges of the job.
Mary Meisenzahl/Insider

Retail, cracker-barrel, restaurant, Food

I tested Walmart's new Bettergoods brand against Target's more established Good & Gather. I couldn't pick a winner.

Sun, 07/07/2024 - 05:27

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Bettergoods croquettes on the left and Good and Gather lobster mac and cheese bites on the right. — The similarities between Walmart's Bettergoods brand and Target's Good & Gather brand were surprising.
Dominick Reuter/Business Insider

Retail, walmart, Target, private-label, store-brands, Groceries, consumer-prices

Don't let 'upflation' fool you into spending more on beauty products

Sat, 07/06/2024 - 06:18

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

A shelf in a store with personal care products like shampoo, deodorant, and more. — Prices for personal care items have trailed overall inflation since 2020, despite new upflated razor and shampoo products.
Hitra/Getty Images

economy, Retail, Inflation, Consumers, personal-finance, Shopping, Beauty

The status symbols that men are obsessed with in 2024

Sat, 07/06/2024 - 05:58

Tech Insider : Style

Photo collage of man with various products in the background. — Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Retail, men, Style, Fashion, status-symbols, Shoes, Wellness

Critics roasted LVMH for spending big on Tiffany. 4 years later, the bet doesn't look so bad.

Sat, 07/06/2024 - 05:17

Tech Insider : Economy

Photo illustration of Audrey Hepburn inside a crystal ball. — Four years after it became LVMH's biggest acquisition ever, Tiffany & Co. is bouncing back thanks to upgraded products and store renovations.
Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Retail, economy, Luxury, tiffany, LVMH, tiffany-co, bernard-arnault

Gen Z's latest hot club is Costco

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 16:45

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A Costco Wholesale store in Colchester, Vermont, on November 13, 2023. — Costco and Sam's Club have become destinations for Gen Z shoppers who want to save money.
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Retail, Costco, sams-club, store, Shopping, Groceries, Inflation

How Champagne celebrations became a Formula 1 tradition and a coveted sponsorship deal

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 13:09

Tech Insider : Sports

An F1 driver in a red suit holding a large bottle whose label says — The drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz of Ferrari celebrate on the podium after the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix.
NurPhoto/Getty Images

Sports, Retail, formula-one, formula-1, F1, Champagne, sparkling-wine

Costco had 100-gram gold bars for $7,600. They sold out in less than a day.

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 11:48

Tech Insider

The 100-gram gold bar on Costco.com — 100 grams is a lot of gold, and Costco sold out of these bars in less than a day.
Costco

Retail, Costco, Gold, precious-metals

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