Anne D'Innocenzio

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Shoppers exit a Claire’s accessories store advertising sales ahead of Black Friday and the Thanksgiving holiday, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Miami. Retailers are ushering in the start of the holiday shopping season on the day after Thanksgiving, preparing for the biggest crowds since 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Black Friday set for a slowdown as inflation stalks American shoppers

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press

Times Square shoppers

Personal Finance

Inflation is ruining the holidays. Last year you couldn’t find anything and this year you can’t afford it.

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Cora Lewis, and others

Alyssa Burns, 24, is photographed at a park on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. It has always been difficult to be pregnant on the job and to raise a child, but especially so for low-wage workers. They are more likely to work in physically demanding roles with fewer labor protections and less flexibility than higher-wage jobs. When Burns, a warehouse worker earning $16 an hour, learned she was pregnant she came to the agonizing conclusion she couldn’t go through with it. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Low-wage workers suffer the most financially from abortion bans and restrictions in post-Roe U.S.

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Alexandra Olson, and others

After weeks of review, Adidas concludes it ‘does not tolerate anti-Semitism’ and cuts ties to Kanye West—with a $246 million hit

By Alexandra Olson, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

Daniella Malave, a recruiting analyst for Chipotle, poses for a photo at a Chipotle restaurant in Sea Girt, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. While working full time for the chain, Malave completed two years of community college with annual stipends of $5,250 from Chipotle. After that, she enrolled in the company’s free online college program, through which she earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Wilmington University in 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Companies like Starbucks and Chipotle are paying hourly employees’ college tuition. One graduate keeps asking, ‘Is this real?’

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

retail sales

Retail sales were flat in September, reflecting a ‘shopper that is becoming more discerning and cautious’

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press

FILE – A road is completely filled with a tall pile of debris from destroyed beachfront homes and businesses, two days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Sept. 30, 2022. Florida’s home insurance market was already on shaky ground. It now faces an even mightier struggle after the damage caused by the hurricane. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Hurricane Ian piles up to $47 billion of misery on a Florida home insurance market already struggling against rampant litigation and fraud

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

People wearing masks and gloves wait to checkout at Walmart.

Walmart deal with Paramount gives members streaming perks

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press

Retail shopping

Retailers were on a hiring frenzy during the pandemic. As worries of a recession grow, they are recruiting fewer workers

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Haleluya Hadero, and others

Abortion rights demonstrators march during a protest in New York, US, on Friday, June 24, 2022. A deeply divided US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and wiped out the constitutional right to abortion, issuing a historic ruling likely to render the procedure largely illegal in half the country. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Roe’s overturn thrust companies into a divisive arena at a time when they’ve become increasingly reliant on women to fill jobs

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Haleluya Hadero, and others

Juneteenth Commercialization

From controversial ice cream flavors to t-shirts, retailers are cashing in on Juneteenth

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press

In this image provided by the Northern Illinois Food Bank, Kisha Galvan and her grandchildren, pose for a photo after stocking up on food items from the Northern Illinois Food Bank on May 26, 2022, in Rockford, Ill. Galvan was able to stock up on groceries for the week and buy extras like clothing and shoes at Walmart for her children last year. (Haley Overbeek/Northern Illinois Food Bank via AP)

Personal Finance

The wealthy splurge, the poorest pull back as inflation divides: ‘I shop meal to meal’

By Christopher Rugaber, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

Dan Gabel, right, and fellow musicians perform in downtown Boston, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Gabel has canceled Netflix and other streaming services and tried to cut back on driving as the costs of gas, food, and other items, such as the lubricants he uses for his instruments, has soared. In the photo, from left to right, are Eric Baldwin, banjo; Ed Goroza, sousaphone; Josiah Reibstein, trombone; and Gabel, trumpet. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Consumers defy inflation to support economy. For how long?

By Christopher Rugaber, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

This photo provided by Brooks Brothers shows a model showing a Brooks Brothers casual office wardrobe. Going back to the office, many don’t want to return to structured looks like suits, zip-front pants and pencil skirts from the pre-pandemic days. But they also don’t want to look unprofessional. So they’re experimenting with new approaches, forcing retailers and clothing brands to respond with colorful blazers in knit or sweatshirt fabrics, pants with drawstrings or elastic bands, and new casual twists on the collared button-down dress shirt. (Matt Albiani/Brooks Brothers via AP)

WFH comes to the office as workers don polo shirts and drawstring pants in post-pandemic dress code

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press

Balsam Hill Outlet sales associate Rickey Haynes, right, listens to manager Kelly Bratt during training in Allen, Texas, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Retailers, restaurants and others are grappling with increasing demands in the last few months from hourly workers for more flexible schedules, going beyond a better salary and bonuses. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Hourly staff fed up working nights and weekends seek flexible schedules

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press