I visited Target's newly remodeled SoHo store, designed to showcase its style. It was a whole new experience.

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I ventured to SoHo to see the refreshed Target store.

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Forget Target. This year's last-minute holiday shoppers flocked to a lesser-known — but fast-growing — bargain outlet

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Cars sit parked outside of an Ollie's Bargain Outlet store as customers walk in and potting soil sits in bags outside of the front doors. Above the entrance, a red-and-black sign reads:
Ollie's Bargain Outlet plans to more than double its store count in the coming years.

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Gen Z and boomer shoppers are upping their holiday spending budgets despite a tough economy

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Exhausted Christmas shoppers on Black Friday taking a break on massage chairs at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia Friday, November 27, 2015.
Exhausted Christmas shoppers on Black Friday taking a break on massage chairs at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia Friday, November 27, 2015.

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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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I went to Toys R Us. It was strange — and shows what can happen to 'zombie' retail brands after bankruptcy.

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The reporter stands smiling outside of a Toys R Us store in Maryland.
Toys R Us is opening new stores for the holiday shopping season.

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I went to Sprouts Farmers Market. The chain is growing fast, and that might be bad news for Whole Foods.

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Business Insider reporter Alex Bitter wears a khaki-colored coat while standing in front of the entrance to a Sprouts Farmers Market Store in Maryland.
Sprouts Farmers Market is plotting an expansion into the Midwest and Northeast.

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Why the holiday shopping season is longer than ever this year

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Shoppers in crowded mall during holidays 2022
Holiday shoppers at a crowded Roosevelt Field Mall on November 25, 2022, in Garden City, New York.

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Dollar General's secret weapon: selling items that are actually $1

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A customer shops at a Dollar General store.
A customer shops at a Dollar General store on March 17, 2022 in Vallejo, California.

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Costco CEO explains how the chain kept prices low as tariffs and egg costs hit retailers hard

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Customers exit a Costco Warehouse in Pennsylvania.
Customers exit a Costco Warehouse in Pennsylvania.

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'Tip creep' is pushing some customers to leave smaller tips, and driving others to avoid businesses that ask for them

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Tipping culture
Tip requests have popped up at a wide array of businesses.

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