DoorDash will start surveilling delivery workers' driving with an app that tracks how hard they are braking and accelerating

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DoorDash is testing a new feature called "Driving Insights" that tracks "rapid changes in braking and acceleration."

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Dollar General hasn't investigated worker conditions despite shareholders' demands, an investor says in a new letter to company

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Shoppers wait outside a Dollar General store in Maryland. Two of the customers are talking to each other while a third pushes a yellow cart full of toilet paper, a cooler, and other purchases from the store.
Dollar General shareholders approved a proposal to investigate working conditions at the retailer's stores in May.

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Turning a tiny fraction of America's dead strip malls into housing could create 700,000 new apartments

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Transforming old strip malls into housing could help address the retail apocalypse and the housing crisis.

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I shopped Sephora and Ulta to compare selection and experience. There was a clear winner in each category.

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I visited Sephora and Ulta to find out why Gen Z prefers to shop at the two beauty stores.

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Amazon used an algorithm to secretly prompt rival sites to raise prices, FTC alleges in antitrust lawsuit

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An Amazon worker moves boxes on Amazon Prime Day on July 11, 2023 in the East Village of New York City. Amazon holds the annual two-day event, where it offers shopping deals to Prime customers, in the middle of the summer. Amazon Prime Day has brought an estimated 10 billion dollars to the company in each of the last 3 years, as customers look to take advantage of discounts and quick shipping.

Dollar Tree paid $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit from a customer who slipped on a egg

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Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
Dollar stores like Dollar Tree and Dollar General have become more prevalent in recent years.

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The race to unlock generative AI's benefits in retail marketing

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FILE PHOTO: A Carrefour logo is seen on a Carrefour Hypermarket store in Merignac near Bordeaux, France, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Carrefour is using GenAI to create product descriptions.

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An ad showing Christmas party hats burning in a fire was taken down after people compared it to the Palestinian flag

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A Dunkin' customer is getting $3 million after being scalded by a hot coffee at the drive-thru

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A man walks past a Dunkin' store on October 26, 2020 in New York City
A Dunkin' customer says hot coffee fell on her lap at a drive-thru, causing "severe" burns.

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I tried paying with my palm at Whole Foods using Amazon's futuristic scanners. It was scarily convenient.

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Amazon One is coming to all Whole Foods locations by the end of the year.

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