More than 4,100 stores and restaurants are closing across the US this year. Here's the list.

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Zara's parent company, Inditex, said it closed 132 stores across its portfolio in 2025.

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Starbucks gift cards dominate the holidays

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Starbucks projects it will sell $60 million in gift cards on December 24th alone, its biggest sales day for gift cards of the year in the US and Canada.

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Starbucks is doubling down on its free bachelor's degree program as enrollment surges 60%

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Starbucks says its free college program boosts promotions, retention — and helps attract over a million applicants a year

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The list of major companies laying off staff this year includes Verizon, IBM, Amazon, Starbucks, American Airlines, and more

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Verizon is one of the latest companies to cut jobs in 2025.

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Cheap coffee is winning in grocery aisles — except when shoppers want Starbucks

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Bargain coffee is booming, but Starbucks beans remain the splurge shoppers won't quit.

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Bernie Sanders and Mamdani joined the Starbucks picket line in Brooklyn — see the photos

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers on a picket line outside a Starbucks store on 4th Avenue near 11th Street in Brooklyn, New York City, on Monday, December 1, 2025.
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Pro-union flyers appear in Starbucks headquarters as some corporate staff quietly support barista strikes

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Zohran Mamdani wants you to boycott Starbucks

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Mamdani lending support to the striking baristas represents an early indication of how he may use the bully pulpit of his office as mayor of New York City.

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Starbucks' labor battle threatens to undermine its comeback plan as strike launches on Red Cup Day

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Starbucks baristas on Thursday launched another work stoppage — their fourth since CEO Brian Niccol took the helm of the company.

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Here's a list of popular coffee shops that have filed for bankruptcy amid rising prices

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Coffee shops seek bankruptcy protection

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