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Everyone hates high prices. So why are we all still spending like crazy?

Sun, 04/21/2024 - 05:57

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Photo illustration of a 100 dollar bill. — America has become a nation of hate spenders. We're sick of high prices, but it's not stopping us from shopping.
Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

economy, Discourse, Retail, Spending, economy, surge, bi-graphics

AI is helping Amazon send fewer small items in comically large boxes

Sun, 04/21/2024 - 04:51

Tech Insider

Amazon uses an AI model that does a smarter job of selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each of the millions of unique items sold through the company's warehouses.

Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty Images

Retail, Tech, AI, amazon, E-Commerce, Sustainability

Pink takes legal action against Pharrell Williams over his 'P.Inc' trademark

Sat, 04/20/2024 - 14:50

Tech Insider

Pink And Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton Ready To Wear Fall-Winter 2006-2007. — Pink and Pharrell Williams.
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Entertainment, Retail, celebrity-lawsuit, pink, pharrell-williams, Trademarks

People are really annoyed about the price of fast food

Sat, 04/20/2024 - 07:20

Tech Insider : Economy

McDonald's happy meal frowning — Fast food is pricey now.
McDonald's, Tyler Le/BI

Retail, economy, tyler-le, bi-illustration, trending-uk, weekend-bi-uk, fast-food

Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have transitioned to their spring looks

Sat, 04/20/2024 - 06:28

Tech Insider : Style

Composite image of Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Bill Gates — Business Insider spoke with style experts to learn what the elite are wearing this spring.
Getty Images

Retail, Billionaires, mark-zuckerberg, larry-ellison, phil-knight, silicon-valley, silicon-valley-style

I lost everything I owned in a fire. This is how it reframed my thinking about owning material things.

Sat, 04/20/2024 - 05:52

Tech Insider

Helen Chandler-Wilde lost everything in a fire.
Helen Chandler-Wilde

Retail, weekend-bi-uk-feature, materialism, sentimental, as-told-to

Why less snow is threatening Japan's expensive Kanzuri chile paste

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 16:53

Tech Insider

Kanzuri is a traditional fermented chile paste that is exclusively produced in Myoko in Japan's Niigata Prefecture by the Tojo family. Before the family started selling the condiment in 1966, it was only made in small batches for household use.