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Retail

As Americans continue to feel the pain from tariffs and inflation, Lidl launches holiday meal deal for less than $4 per person

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December 16, 2025
Co-owners Dean Smith, left, and Joanne Farrugia pose for a photograph in JaZams, one of their toy stores Friday, June 27, 2025, in Princeton, N.J.
Retail

Small businesses say Trump tariffs are hurting this group of consumers this holiday season—here’s what is getting more expensive

By Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
December 15, 2025
millennial
Commentary

Meet the 2025 holiday white whale: the millennial dad spending $500+ per kid

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December 12, 2025
Instacart may be jacking up your grocery prices using AI, study shows—a practice called ‘smart rounding’
Retail

Instacart may be jacking up your grocery prices using AI, study shows—a practice called ‘smart rounding’

By Dave Lozo and Morning Brew
December 10, 2025
Photo of a sign reading New Price in front of a home for sale
Real Estate

The ‘Great Housing Reset’ is coming: Income growth will outpace home-price growth in 2026, Redfin forecasts

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December 6, 2025
U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Retail

U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

By Jeena Sharma and Retail Brew
December 5, 2025
cyber monday
Retail

Cyber Monday to set record with up to $14.2 billion of online spending, the biggest shopping day of the year and ever

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
December 2, 2025
Cyber Monday
Retail

Adobe sees Americans spending $14.2 billion online during Cyber Monday, last call for holiday shopping binge

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
December 1, 2025
Black Friday
Economy

‘Black Friday has really turned into like a full week event’: America spends Thanksgiving week cruising for deals amid $18 billion spending explosion

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
November 30, 2025
Black Friday
Economy

‘The economy is bad, but you still have to celebrate’: Black Friday shoppers attack stores with a vengeance, some sipping champagne

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Cathy Bussewitz, Stephen Smith and The Associated Press
November 29, 2025
Cecile van Steenberge is Pinterest’s Vice President of International Enterprise Sales
Retail

Beyond the scroll: how visual search is redefining the future of retail

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November 28, 2025
K-shaped economy and ‘collective holding of breath’ about the AI bubble both appear in Fed’s temperature check
Economy

K-shaped economy and ‘collective holding of breath’ about the AI bubble both appear in Fed’s temperature check

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November 27, 2025
tariffs
Economy

‘It wasn’t worth the $10 tariff for a $27 purchase’: American shoppers find maybe they just won’t buy that small thing from Canada or England this year

By Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
November 26, 2025
Black Friday
Economy

U.S. consumers dial back in sign of anxiety heading Into holidays

By Molly Smith, Julia Fanzeres and Bloomberg
November 25, 2025
Dunkin' Donuts is receiving customer backlash for the leak of an alleged drink pour and ice policy.
Retail

Dunkin’ customers outraged after anonymous Facebook user leaks display showing tariff shrinkflation costing you less coffee in your cup

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November 19, 2025

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