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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I tried Walmart's self-checkout to see if it was as frustrating as some shoppers say. Here's what I found.

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I tried unsuccessfully to make Walmart's self-checkout kiosk mad at me.

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The warped financial logic fueling America’s ‘doom loop’

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Landlords could help reverse the Retail Apocalypse by lowering rents and extending leases — but their lenders won’t let them.

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Walmart Spark delivery drivers are sick of customers asking them to bring deliveries into their homes

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Walmart Spark drivers often get asked to bring groceries inside customers' homes.

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Walmart managers are going to extreme lengths to get customers to complete the retailer's checkout survey. It's confusing shoppers and workers.

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The checkout survey at Walmart.

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I went to Costco for the first time. Here are 12 things that surprised me.

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I visited Costco's store in South Croydon, London.

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Unilever is selling Dollar Shave Club after 7 long, awkward years of trying to make it work

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Unilever is selling Dollar Shave Club to private equity firm Nexus Capital Management, a shift for the brand that was once the posterchild for direct-to-consumer startups.

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Dollar General must pay $1 million after charging customers too much at checkout

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Dollar General has reached a settlement with the State of Ohio after the state's attorney general said that the chain overcharged customers at some stores.

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How Seamless Omnichannel Payments Drive Sales

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Americans are planning to spend way more on holiday shopping this year

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Americans plan to spend more and make bigger purchases this holiday season.

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