Black Friday hot sellers: US consumers are expected to spend $11.7 billion online. Here's what's set to go fastest.

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Consumers are expected to spend $11.7 billion online.

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Shoppers brace for a tighter holiday season as gift prices keep climbing: BofA survey

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Some consumers are frustrated that they're spending more this holiday season only to get less amid rising prices, new Bank of America survey results show.

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5 beauty and style CEOs, from ELF to Ulta, share their go-to gift

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Anastasia Soare, Michelle Peluso, Tarang Amin
Their gifts ranged from beauty supplies to experiences.

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Every major store that's open on Thanksgiving — and 20 that are closed

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Costco, Walmart, and Target will be closed on Thanksgiving this year. Here are the stores that will be open.

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Read the 8-page pitch deck a founder backed by Slow Ventures is using to try to solve retail's $25 billion a year return problem

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Adarsh Alphons
The CEO of Adarsh Alphons pivoted his peer-to-peer rental platform into Postmoda, which sells designer returns.

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Instacart is betting on AI shopping carts that suggest what you should buy as you shop

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One of Instacart's Caper Carts, with a green label on the side, sits next to a display of produce and some cases of bottled water at a grocery store.
Instacart already offers its Caper smart shopping carts at multiple grocery store chains.

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Amazon and Perplexity are beefing over AI shopping

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A composite image of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas
A composite image of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas.

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Inside my Olive Young skincare and K-beauty fever dream

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An image of Olive Young Seongsu's storefront.
Olive Young's Seongsu outlet is a multi-story beauty and skincare paradise. I went in with a budget and shopping list to keep me on track.

Cheryl Teh

I compared Costco in the suburbs and the city. The layouts were the same, but the experiences felt completely different.

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The first Costco in Manhattan opened in 2009.

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Dollar stores are filling a surprising niche in your weekly grocery shopping routine

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Two men ride by a Dollar General store on electric scooters while holding plastic bags
Dollar General is looking more like a corner store to many shoppers.

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