Starting today, your local Walmart will look slightly different inside during the mornings

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Walmart TV's displaying a message about the store's sensory-friendly shopping hours
During the sensory-friendly shopping hours, Walmart's TVs are set to silent and display a message about the store creating a "calmer shopping environment.”

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San Francisco's retail crime may not be as bad as you think

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A police cruiser outside a boarded-up Fendi retail store in San Francisco in November 2021
A police cruiser outside a boarded-up Fendi retail store in San Francisco in November 2021.

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Most Americans don't tip baristas. These services have the stingiest customers.

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Americans say they're being asked to tip more often than they were five years ago.

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A virtual restaurant brand run by robots is operating inside Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens. Here's how it works.

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Better Days by Remy Robotics wants to scale its wellness brand to 500 locations in five years.
Better Days by Remy Robotics wants to scale its wellness brand to 500 locations in five years.

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Instacart says most of its retailers charge more through its app than in stores, confirming what gig workers and shoppers have suspected for years

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Why American-made Martin acoustic guitars are so expensive

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Editor's Note: In the video we say spruce is used for the bottom of the guitar, but Martin Guitars typically uses rosewood for bottoms.

Martin acoustic guitars are some of the most popular and well-known high-end acoustic guitars in the world.

A rare blue diamond just sold for $44 million at a Christie's auction

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The Bleu Royal diamond, set in a ring
Christie's said that the 17.61-carat diamond was "amongst the rarest to have been unearthed."

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I'm a stylist who dresses tech workers, executives, and surgeons. Here's how to get the quiet luxury look.

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Michelle Sterling is a corporate image consultant.

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Walmart, Amazon, and others lost millions of dollars to an organized online refund fraud scheme

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An Amazon workers pull a cart of packages for delivery
Delivery drivers are often the ones to bear the brunt of customer complaints about missing or damaged shipments.

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Burger King closes 6 more restaurants amid plan to shut down up to 400 locations this year

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Burger King is targeting aging and low performing stores for closures. .

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