The sad, lonely secret behind America's never-ending wave of Marvel movies and Disney reboots

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A conga line of franchise characters.
Media companies are in the business of selling nostalgia — and it's because Americans are lonely.

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Amazon says bottles allegedly containing delivery drivers' urine listed as energy drink on its website was a 'crude stunt'

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Oobah Butler said he listed Amazon drivers' urine on the site.
Oobah Butler said he listed Amazon drivers' urine on the site.

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Residents of a New Mexico ski town oppose a planned new Starbucks. The construction site has caught fire twice.

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Starbucks' Grande Caramel Apple Spice.

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Walmart shoppers say they are fed up with the store's self-checkout system

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Customers check out at a Walmart store.
Walmart began rolling out a missed-scan feature for its self-checkout lanes starting in 2019.

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6 retail leaders innovating the customer experience with AI

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Kim Kardashian's $4 billion Skims empire is selling body-hugging boxers and briefs to men

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Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr. models Skims' new menswear collection.

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I visited the viral tinned fish store in NYC's Times Square that sells $19.60 cans of tuna and $44 hand-deboned sardines with edible gold flakes

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NYC tinned fish store
The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine is located in NYC's Times Square.

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The Cost of Doing Business

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The large enterprise’s guide to keeping transaction expenses in check

Dollar General took back job offers from applicants with high blood pressure and poor eyesight, a federal agency lawsuit claimed

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Dollar General rescinded job offers to some applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, the EEOC claims.

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Lonely Instacart and DoorDash gig workers are leaning on YouTube influencers to help them feel connected

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DoorDash drivers hope to earn more tips with the app's new post-checkout tipping feature
Contractors for DoorDash, Instacart, and other gig-work apps turn to their favorite YouTube creators for information and stories that they can relate to.

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