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The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, including Meta, Chegg, and AMD

Wed, 11/13/2024 - 15:23

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Chegg and ChatGPT logos — Chegg is cutting 21% of its staff as students rely on ChatGPT and other AI search engines.
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Careers, Tech, Retail, finance, Nike, Intel, Citi

Adults are buying more and more kids' toys for themselves in a quest for nostalgia and escape

Wed, 11/13/2024 - 10:08

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barbie toys for sale — Adults are increasingly buying toys, fueled by nostalgia and releases like last year's Barbie movie.
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Retail, Barbie, toys, adults, star-wars, news-uk

Home Depot says shoplifting challenges aren't getting any easier

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 16:29

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Power tools locked in merchandise cages at Home Depot. — Casual and organized criminals still have their sights on Home Depot.
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Retail, home-depot, organized-retail-crime, Shoplifting

I ate the same meal at TGI Fridays and Chili's. It's clear why only one is thriving.

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 08:42

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chilis cheeseburger and tgi fridays cheeseburger — TGI Fridays just filed for bankruptcy, while Chili's is thriving. Here's a comparison of the same meal at both restaurants.
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Food, Retail, tgi-fridays, rise-and-fall-of-tgi-fridays, chain-restaurant, chain-restaurants, chilis

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says Brian Niccol's back-to-basics plan will fix slumping sales at the coffee giant

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 18:39

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Headshots of Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol (left) and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz — In an interview with Fortune, Howard Schultz (right) said there's no chance he'll return to his role as CEO of Starbucks. Instead, he emphasized faith in his successor, Brian Niccol (left).
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Food, Retail, insider-news, Starbucks, howard-schultz, brian-niccol

Why professional colored pencils are so expensive

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 14:56

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Student-grade colored pencils and professional-grade ones vary drastically not only in their price but how they're made. A set of 120 Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils costs $350, 14 times as much as a similar box of Crayola colored pencils. And some brands price their sets at over $550.