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People will often accept risks posed by things they know — like gas-powered cars — but not things that are new to them. → Read More
A few years ago, the toy retailer closed its U.S. operations and laid off 30,000 workers. Now, it's back to expand department store traffic. → Read More
The digital payments company Square says it will buy Afterpay, an Australian fintech firm that allows installment payments, for $29 billion. → Read More
About 63% of Americans have gotten at least one vaccine dose. The Biden administration wants to get to 70% by July 4. → Read More
The HBCU is naming its reestablished school of fine arts after late actor and Howard alumnus Chadwick Boseman. → Read More
Dress shoe could give us a sense of how the economy is recovering. → Read More
But considering what we're comparing it to (the stimulus-fueled month of March) it's not so bad. → Read More
The commercial landlord agreed to lower mall retailers' base rents for a bigger cut of their sales. → Read More
Verizon is selling the two companies to private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion. → Read More
Dollar General, Taco Bell, McDonald’s and others expect rising demand. For smaller businesses, it's harder to raise pay to attract employees. → Read More
To have the greatest effect, in many cases, it’s better to donate money than a specific item. → Read More
A major international group is trying to prevent companies from shifting profits to countries with low tax rates. → Read More
Case in point: Urban Outfitters says it saw a sudden jump in sales of dresses at the end of February. → Read More
Money can’t buy happiness, but that’s never stopped anyone from trying. → Read More
More than half of Americans are afraid of losing jobs over the next 12 months, according to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll. → Read More
In Tuesday's presidential debate, President Trump and nominee Joe Biden were asked how they viewed our economic recovery. → Read More
With clothing sales way down, there are not a lot of good options. → Read More
Spring is normally a great time for apparel retailers to sell. But COVID-19 has put a pause on that, and retailers have inventory leftover. → Read More
Stores are closed, sales have evaporated and a lot of retailers can’t pay their rent during the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. → Read More
Hanes, Christian Siriano and many small apparel companies are getting into the mask-making business due to rocketing demand. → Read More