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I compared grocery prices at Costco, Walmart, and HEB for a family of 4. I was shocked Walmart wasn't a better bargain.

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 11:06

Tech Insider : Economy

The author outside of a Costco.
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economy, Retail, heb, walmart, Costco, grocery-store, food-prices

8 loud luxury items sold by designer brands that people actually buy

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 15:08

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Designer brands are still selling loud, logo-heavy luxury items that aren't always made for practical use.

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Retail, quiet-luxury, luxury-products, luxury-fashion, luxury-stores, luxury-shoes, designer-collaborations

Seven Target workers fired after buying Stanley cups say they were caught off guard by the crackdown

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 20:51

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Stanley Cup water bottle — Stanley water bottles are huge – even the regular editions, like this light pink cup.
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Retail, Target, stanley, stanley-cups

A 21-year-old went viral at a 'Shark Tank' casting call for her phone case organizer that viewers called dumb — but here's why she's doubling down

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 17:59

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Screenshots of Abby Rosilier holding up the RoseRack product in Las Vegas and then in what appears to be an office. — Some felt Rosilier's phone case organizer served to answer a problem no one actually had.
tiktok.com/@abbyrosecases

culture, Retail, digital-culture, phone-cases, shark-tank, tiktok, Viral

Self-checkout is alienating shoppers, new research finds

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 15:36

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Customers check out at a Walmart store. — Walmart associates help customers at a self-service checkout.
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Retail, Self-Checkout, Retail, Shopping, Stores, checkout

Bobbi Brown is still living a life of luxury and lipstick — and it's all on her own terms

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 13:48

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Photo portrait of Bobbi Brown. — Bobbi Brown.
Courtesy of Melanie Dunea

Bobbi Brown is standing outside her home in Montclair, New Jersey — a picturesque, artsy suburb less than an hour away from New York. It's Halloween night in 2017, and instead of candy, she's passing out lip glosses to her neighbors.

Retail, bobbi-brown, Makeup, Beauty, makeup-artist, interviews

Sure, why not? Now there's a 'Stanley cup' for babies.

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 12:58

Tech Insider : Economy

a baby toy that looks like a Stanley cup — Goo goo. Gaga. Baby wants Stanley cup. We're teaching 'em young to join the latest trends.
Fisher Price / handout

Retail, economy, Parenting, Target, stanley, stanley-cups, toys

10 African businesses making the world's most expensive products

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 12:15

Tech Insider

In Tunisia, Mohamed cracks and scrapes at snails to make authentic Tyrian purple dye. Farther south in Uganda, Akello pounds and grinds nuts by hand to make silky, luxurious East African shea butter.