I visited Costco on my vacation to Japan last year. I was surprised to find a 48-piece sushi platter and bulgogi bake — and I even got a free sample of booze.

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Visiting Costco in Kyoto Japan
Costco has 33 warehouses in Japan. The groceries, food court, and appliances are a bit different from what shoppers in the US are used to.

Richard Truong

Parents are using Target's unusually generous returns policy to exchange outgrown or worn-out Cat & Jack kids clothes for cash

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A Cat & Jack clothing display at a Target store.
Target introduced its Cat & Jack line in 2016 and quickly reached $2 billion in annual sales. It now represents over $3 billion in sales per year.

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McSki in Sweden is McDonald's only ski-thru restaurant, where you can grab a Big Mac to take down the slopes

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The exterior of the McSki location in Sälen, Sweden
McDonald's Ski-Thru restaurant in Sweden.

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I visited a McDonald's test kitchen to try its biggest menu overhaul in a decade. The burger patties are a big improvement, but the new Big Mac is too sweet.

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Two Big Mac burgers side by side. On the left is the new version, on the right is the old version.
The new and the old Big Mac burgers.

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2 people were arrested on suspicion of stealing a Stanley Starbucks cup from Target in January

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A Starbucks cup rests on a table inside a Target store.
The incident occurred in a Target store with a Starbucks café in Cupertino, California.

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Throwback photos show what shopping at the Disney Store was like in its heyday

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People shop inside a New York City Disney Store on June 18, 1997.
People shop inside a New York City Disney Store in 1997.

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How one Maya chef is preserving one of the oldest forms of barbecue

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Rosalía Chay is one of the few chefs in Mexico who still cooks using an underground oven called a pib to make cochinita pibil. Maya people in the Yucatán Peninsula have prepared it this way since at least 400 AD.

I'm a beauty reporter and these are the basic makeup products under $50 that I regularly buy

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Reporter Amanda Krause and her beauty products.
As a beauty reporter, I rarely go a day without my favorite makeup products.

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A woman has made a career out of bedazzling Stanley cups, which she can sell for over $1,000 each

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Ashley Kosko and one of her Stanley cups.
Ashley Kosko and one of her Stanley cups.

Ashley Kosko

This robot barista can make you a coffee in minutes, but it wants to be tipped for it

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The robot barista at MUJI
Jarvis, the robot barista, can be found in four Muji stores in North America.

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