“Horrifying” Racist, Sexist Costumes Cause Halloween Backlash
This Halloween season there is an offensive offensive, with groups pushing retailers to stop selling costumes that they consider racist, insensitive, inappropriate, or unnecessary.
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New Way to Save Downtown: Open-Air Public Drinking, Longer Bar Hours
Bourbon Street, or something sorta like it, may be coming to a city near you. To create more vibrant nightlife scenes and bring faded downtown districts back to life, cities around the U.S. are drunk on the concept of pedestrian …
Simple Secret to America’s Most Loved Companies
There’s nothing complicated about the results of a new study: Consumers prefer brands featuring products, services, pricing, and other policies that they can actually understand.
Audi and Mercedes Are Playing Chicken Over ‘Affordable Luxury’ Cars
Not too shabby.
In Many NBA Arenas, the Cheap Seats Are Truly Cheap This Season
You Have No Prayer of Getting a Cheap Flight for the Holidays
Everyone knows that booking early is the only hope travelers have to avoid paying through the nose for holiday flights. This year, the price of booking at the last minute may be higher than ever.
Why Investors Should Root for the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series
Call it the Cards Championship Effect: Historically, when the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series, the stock market tends to go through the roof the following year.
The Shutdown Is Over But Could Still Ruin Holiday Shopping
The lingering effects of the federal shutdown, combined with a general lack of confidence in both the economy and the ability of our nation’s political leaders to avoid gridlock, means that retailers are looking at a …
Better Add Extra Box of Printer Paper to Your Cart, Because Amazon Just Made It Harder to Get Free Shipping
On Monday, Amazon very quietly made a policy change, pushing the minimum requirement for free standard shipping from $25 to $35. The tweak is likely to cause some shoppers to think twice about placing orders at Amazon. But …
Shoppers Snatch Up $250 Boxes Without Knowing What’s Inside
Would you cough up $250 to a luxury retailer without knowing exactly what you were getting? Plenty of Neiman Marcus shoppers found just such a deal — which supposedly has a value of $600 — too tempting to pass up.
The Indie Beer Business Is About to Boom
After a popular American craft brewer sold out to the “devil,” some are wondering if more mergers and acquisitions will inevitably follow. And what might that mean to the thriving, vehemently independent craft beer scene?
Hey, Thanksgiving Shoppers: Macy’s Isn’t the Only One to Blame for Ruining the Holiday
Macy’s has been getting a lot of grief for announcing that the store will open its doors to shoppers on Thanksgiving for the first time ever. But because its retail competitors are doing the same — and because our …