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Best Buy Plans to Rid Itself of All DVDs

Fri, 10/13/2023 - 13:15

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Mark another notch in the slow demise of physical media. On Friday, massive electronics store chain Best Buy confirmed that it will stop selling all DVDs and Blu-Rays starting in the new year.

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Retailers are using a simple mind trick on you to make their discounts seem bigger than they are

Fri, 10/13/2023 - 06:21

Tech Insider : Economy

A Star Wars fan dressed up as Luke Skywalker during a screening of ''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
Salih Seref/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

economy, Retail, walmart, consumer-spending, Inflation, Recession

Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech

Fri, 10/13/2023 - 05:11

Tech Insider

Collage featuring Walmart employees, and a dome security surveillance system — If the missed-scan detection technology detects a problem a light above the machine illuminates, and it sends a text notification to a handheld device for employees assigned to the area.
Getty Images; Shutterstock; Alyssa Powell/Insider

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Walmart says customers on Ozempic are actually spending more money overall

Wed, 10/11/2023 - 14:26

Tech Insider

A women shoping for pens at Walmart's back to school section. — Analysts found customers taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic gs are spending more in total with Walmart.
Brandon Bell / Getty Images

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Firefox Is Testing a New Feature to Weed Out Fake Customer Reviews

Wed, 10/11/2023 - 10:30

Gizmodo

According to a recent story by MSPowerUser, Mozilla Firefox has recently been testing an experimental feature called Review Checker. This feature is powered by Fakespot, which Firefox acquired earlier this year.