Boxed bankruptcy could be blamed on Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, but its problems extend far beyond the bank run

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Boxed CEO and co-founder Chieh Huang started the company a decade ago. Now, it's filing for bankruptcy and shutting down its retail operations.

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I placed my first order on Temu, the Chinese e-commerce app. It worked, but the dozens of marketing emails annoyed me.

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I ordered four items off Temu, including a Tupac ornament and purple electric blender.

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Is this the sneaker Gen Z has been asking for? Nike seems to think so.

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Nike Air Max Pulse
Nike's sneaker for Gen Z

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Nike has slowed hiring, and expects the slowdown to continue into June

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Nike has slowed down hiring.

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Foot Locker to close 400 mall stores as it shifts focus to niche shops for sneakerheads, kids, and higher-income shoppers

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Foot Locker plans to close more than 400 stores.

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3 things plaguing Olaplex that have nothing to do with the hair loss lawsuit

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Olaplex faces multiple challenges, from fending off competitors to getting more stylists to recommend its products to customers, TD Cowen analysts say.

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Zara's crowded stores aren't deterring shoppers. Its sales are skyrocketing.

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A Zara store in Madrid.

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A New York grocery store is using biometrics including eye scanners and voice prints to identify repeat shoplifters. Some shoppers say that's creepy — even if it deters theft.

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New York City grocer Fairway is using facial recognition technology at a Manhattan store in a move to catch shoplifters.

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The Apple Watch SE drops to its lowest price yet, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals

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It's Friday, which means today we put together the best deals in tech we saw this week. It's also St. Patrick's day and we could make a dumb joke about "saving some green" — but we won't.

Zara is opening or revamping nearly 30 stores in the US by 2025 — here's where they're located

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Pedestrians walk past Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara in Shanghai in 2019.

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