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Amazon CEO says shopping agents like Meta’s Muse ‘not great’
Amazon leadership publicly critiques competing AI shopping agents during an earnings call, casting doubt on their effectiveness.
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Starbucks international business disappoints but U.S. stores outperform
Starbucks posts mixed results as strong US sales contrast with softer international demand.
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Crocs Stock Spikes 25%. Its Biggest Headache Just Became an Asset.
Crocs stock spikes 25 percent following third-quarter earnings reports and a notable turnaround for the HeyDude brand.
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EXCLUSIVE: US FTC demands Walmart, Uber, Delta and others hand over data on personalized pricing
20 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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Chipotle earnings miss estimates, but same-store sales increase for third straight quarter
Chipotle reports rising same-store sales and quarterly revenue growth alongside shifting consumer demographics.
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Customers react to Dollar General lawsuit
Federal and state authorities take legal action against Dollar General over deceptive pricing and customer overcharging.
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Horror Bookstores Are (Gasp!) Multiplying
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Dollar General overcharged millions at checkout for years, FTC and 20 states allege
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Halloween candy prices are scary this year. Here's how bad
9 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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London’s most famous shopping street bans cars in bid to revive its fortunes
London's Oxford Street has gone traffic-free in a major pedestrianisation effort aimed at reviving the famous shopping district.
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Halloween candy sales are down. Here's what's driving it
Halloween candy sales are falling as surging prices and chocolate costs create sticker shock for consumers.
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Halloween candy sales reflect how U.S. consumers are feeling
Halloween candy sales are declining as U.S. consumers experience sticker shock over rising prices.
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Wayfair’s fall Way Day sale is back — shop the year’s best deals on furniture, organization and more
Wayfair launches its fall Way Day sale event, featuring widespread discounts on furniture and seasonal home decor items.
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Bath & Body Works Debuts First Feel Good Concept Store, Offering a New Store Experience Designed to Make Fragrance Discovery Easier
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Etsy to restrict AI-generated content in effort to combat seller slop
Etsy restricts artificial intelligence content to combat platform slop and rebuild buyer trust.
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Technology
Where to Buy iPhone Duo Today: Stores, Pickup, and Wait Times
6 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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Looking for a job? These companies are hiring ahead of holidays
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Walmart launches new membership deal, offers nearly $100 in savings
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EXCLUSIVE: EBay to lay off 9% of workforce in push to simplify operations, internal memo shows
EBay is cutting 9 percent of its workforce in a second round of layoffs this year to simplify operations.
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A permanent Pokémon retail store is coming to London, the first of several planned to open outside Asia
A permanent Pokémon retail store is coming to London, marking the first of several planned locations outside of Asia.
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Kroger to cut $5B in its bid to lower prices
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Amazon hiring more than 6,000 workers in Greater Houston for holiday season
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Why these 5 everyday items fluctuate in price at the grocery store
Rising grocery prices and fuel costs drive families to budgets and expert saving tricks.
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Amazon Holiday Beauty Event: Shop up to 40% off Medicube, Tarte, Clinique and more
Major media outlets are tracking Amazon's Holiday Beauty Event featuring discounted cosmetics, skincare, and celebrity-worn products.
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Walmart rolls out new bundle combining Walmart+, Sam’s Club Plus
Walmart introduces a new joint membership bundle combining Walmart+ and Sam's Club Plus for a single price.
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Walmart launches joint membership with Sam's Club as it leans into delivery, gas discounts
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Exclusive: San Francisco’s shuttered downtown mall is being eyed for an AI data center
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Technology
Sam's Club Will Offer 10% Off Disney Gift Cards for Limited Time, Likely to Sell Out Quickly
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So you say you hate ‘surveillance pricing’
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Trader Joe’s announces new stores amid plans to open 30 locations in 2027
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A study of dynamic pricing found half the U.S. changes it recorded were decreases
A new study reveals that half of dynamic pricing changes in the U.S. are decreases, amid rising consumer and regulatory anxiety over AI pricing.
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Halloween Candy Price Check: Walmart, Target, Publix and more
Consumers face record-high candy prices and additional hurdles as Halloween shopping intensifies across major retailers.
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Technology
Apple Retail Staff Told to Warn Against iPhone Duo Walk-In Purchases
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GIANT Food Stores remain impacted by digital shutdown days after problem began
GIANT Food Stores face extended digital shutdowns following an ongoing cybersecurity incident.
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Crumbl closes dozens of stores, including Augusta location
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Golden Corral franchises are closing across the US
Golden Corral franchises are closing across the United States as ongoing restaurant closures prompt regional status updates.
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AI Agents Bring New Headaches to Online Sellers
5 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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Walmart to increase employee benefits with new initiative for 2027
Walmart announces plans to increase employee benefits through a new initiative slated for 2027.
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Sam’s Club expands Thanksgiving meal, keeping cost under $10 a person as inflation weighs on consumers
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Why AI could end the price tag as we know it
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The Nothing Headphone A are half off for the first time
The Nothing Headphone A are currently half off for the first time, leading a wave of discounted audio hardware across multiple tech publications.
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Domino’s Pizza Sales Squeezed by Gas Costs
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Food Lion, Stop & Shop and Hannaford websites face outages after cybersecurity issue
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US grocer Albertsons pulls annual outlook, accelerates turnaround efforts
US grocer Albertsons pulls its annual outlook and accelerates turnaround efforts amid falling profits.
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Investigators hunt French supermarket fridge hackers, no claim of responsibility
10 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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Domino’s Pizza Sales Growth Continued Slowing
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Albertsons Seeks More Than $9 Billion Over Busted Kroger Deal
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Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate roles, memo shows, as it expands AI use
Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate roles while simultaneously expanding its artificial intelligence usage, according to recent memos.
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Kroger to lay off thousands of corporate employees over the next three years
Kroger announces a three‑year plan to cut 3,000 corporate jobs as it accelerates artificial‑intelligence integration.
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Retail giant Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline after cyberattack
Retail conglomerate Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline following a cyberattack, disrupting operations across multiple grocery brands.
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Technology
Apple Plans Major iPhone Duo Retail Showcase, But Supply Will Be Limited
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Nike has a long road ahead to win customers back
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8 seriously annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent
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The States That Spend the Most on Halloween Candy, Ranked
Shoppers across the US face soaring candy prices as publications release rankings on which states spend the most on Halloween sweets.
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Amazon Prime Day might be over, but the deals aren't — score major savings on Stanley, Carhartt, Lego and more this weekend
Online spending during Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days reached nearly ten billion dollars across the United States.
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Seattle mayor signs grocery ‘fair pricing’ into law, bans surveillance
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Walmart’s multibillion-dollar push to replace workers with robots hits snags on dog food, cardboard boxes: report
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Apple Stores Will Add Your Name to iPhone Duo's Startup Screen
Apple Stores are reportedly planning to personalize the startup screen for in-store iPhone Duo buyers.
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Crumbl CEO acknowledges challenges after store closures
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Starbucks Is Spending $1 Billion to Undo Its Biggest Mistake
6 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.