3 days ago · Data from Placer.ai indicates that foot traffic has increased at retailers known for discount prices. This week's earnings reports suggest the same.

5 days ago · In 2020, returns accounted for 10.6% of total U.S. retail sales, nearly double the prior year, according to the National Retail Federation data. By 2021, that had climbed to 16.6%.

5 days ago · The retail giant, still struggling to regain ground after customers opposed its rollback of DEI policies, just reported another lackluster quarter.

4 days ago · Grassroots movements are urging Americans to refuse to shop this Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday to protest the country’s widening wealth gap.

3 days ago · Layoffs have continued to pile up—raising worker anxieties across sectors.

3 days ago · Agentic referral and procurement will shift the market ecosystem.

2 days ago · This week, politics, memes, and protest movements kept colliding with the economy, turning everything from Black Friday shopping to stock charts into a referendum on power and attention.