Digital screens are covering cooler doors at stores like Kroger and Walgreens, and they're driving TikTokers nuts

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Retailers from Kroger to Walgreens have added screens to their coolers. But some shoppers say they're making shopping harder.

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Costco superfans now have their own warehouse-themed Monopoly game – with tokens like the $1.50 hot dog combo

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Costco Monopoly game
Costco Monopoly features properties that the product listing says were "lovingly drawn by a Costco Super-fan."

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After Instacart's IPO, the CEO will have stock worth $15.5 million. But the company's gig workers just took a pay cut.

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Fidji Simo, Instacart CEO, is seen behind a large bowl of strawberries.
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo

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America is stuck in a greased-pig economy

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America has been living in an economic version of the greased-pig game — and if we lose our grip on inflation, things could get ugly.

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Trying to catch a greased pig is an American tradition that has fallen out of fashion — so you're forgiven if you don't know the rules. 

Fog is the latest tool retailers are deploying to fight theft

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A Density Security Fogger is demonstrated in a big box store
The fog is made with the same chemicals as that used in concerts or theatrical performances, which is considered harmless to humans, merchandise, and property, and dissipates after about an hour.

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People on the internet are split over Tokyo's standing sleeping pods: 'Why did Japan make this?'

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A cafe in Tokyo offered standing sleeping pods for customers to take giraffe naps in.

TikTok user @JapanOnTikTok, YouTuber CDawgVA, and TikTok user @tombotravelsjapan

Chick-fil-A plans UK restaurants opening after previously facing backlash from LGBTQ+ rights activists

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Walmart reduces hours at 5 Atlanta stores after announcing a police workspace in separate area store

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A Walmart employee in the beauty, makeup aisle
Walmart did not clarify whether retail crime or shoplifting incidents were a primary factor in the decision to shorten hours at five stores in Atlanta.

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Glossier founder Emily Weiss loved asking job candidates, 'Why do you work?' new book says

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Emily Weiss stepped down as CEO of Glossier in 2022.

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I was arrested for trying to buy cannabis 15 years ago. Now, I run a multi-million dollar business selling weed.

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Keshawn Warner, Rich Rainone, and Chris Vianello, cofounders of Dazed.

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