Shopping
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Competing Brands That Are Owned by the Same Company
Think you’re choosing between rivals? These major companies own multiple competing brands through savvy multibranding strategies.
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Store-Brand Products That Shoppers Are Addicted To
If you’re still under the impression that store-brand products are inferior to their name-brand counterparts, it’s time to get with the program. Many retailers’ in-house brands are earning shoppers’ adoration for everything from reasonably priced groceries to home goods. Some…
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Taco Bell’s Crispy Chicken Tacos Are Buy One, Get One Free For a Limited Time Only
For the next two weeks, Taco Bell enthusiasts can buy one Cantina Crispy Chicken Taco and get another free, at participating locations nationwide. Taco Bell’s $2 Crispy Chicken taco features a choice of either creamy chipotle or avocado ranch sauce…
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The 10 Best Stemless Wine Glasses for Swirling and Sipping
The internet is full of posts asking if stemless wine glasses are gauche or tacky. Some advice: Ignore pinky-in-the-air wine snobs who only drink from $100 crystal glasses. Stemless wine glasses are beautiful, and they’re here to stay. Don’t get…
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I Stopped Shopping on Amazon and This Is What Happened
It took some time to recognize it, but … I’m an Amazonaholic. I had an addiction to clicking “Buy Now” in my spare moments. For many of us, the pandemic exacerbated the tendency to go to Amazon for anything and…
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Toilet Paper, Hot Sauce, and Other Pandemic-Era Shortages
If you were brave enough to venture out to a grocery store early on in the pandemic, you probably couldn’t believe your eyes. Displays were swept clean of tons of products we normally take for granted, from the infamous (toilet…
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These 10 Aldi Products Are Customers’ Favorites
Aldi asks customers to pick their favorite products annually, with more than 360,000 customers weighing in since the survey began. Here are some customers have praised most from 10 categories…
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Things You Didn’t Know About Mushrooms
It’s neither plant nor animal, it can glow in the dark, and it can be deadly. No, not aliens. We’re talking about mushrooms — those strange, mouthwatering morsels that grow…
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Cheaper Alternatives to Popular Products That Won’t Disappoint
Don’t pay top dollar for big brand names like Birkenstock or Yeti when there are competitors making products that are just as good but cost far less.
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We Tried 19 Kinds of Beef Jerky and These Are the Best (And Worst)
Beef jerky is odd. Like a lot of other dried food, it thrives as a snack, and when you’re in the snack game the competition is fierce. There are so…
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The Surprising History of Aldi and the Family Behind the Empire
From Rubble to Riches On the heels of World War II, brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht returned to their war-torn hometown Essen, Germany, and transformed their mother’s corner store into…
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The Best American-Made Watches
Two countries come to mind when people think of watches: Switzerland and Japan. But the United States has a notable watchmaking history, too, with early companies like the Waltham Watch…
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The Vehicles Most Likely to be Stolen
Is your car more likely than others to disappear? Possibly — if you drive one of the cars on this list, at least. The National Insurance Crime Bureau crunched the…
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Target Is Selling Its Own $5 Version of Ikea’s Famous $1 Bag
Nobody is safe from 2022’s wave of inflation — not even shoppers at Target, with all its great deals, and not even when the retail giant is trying to do…
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20 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Costco
Costco seems to have a magnetic pull for shoppers and business experts around the world. For those who study retail, analysis of the company’s strategy has become something of a cottage…
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Walmart-Exclusive Bike Helmet Recalled Due to Head Injury Risk
Walmart customers who purchased a Tony Hawk Silver Metallic multi-purpose helmet have been warned to stop using it immediately. The Walmart-exclusive helmet is being recalled because it doesn’t comply with…
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The Best Places to Buy Plus-Size Swimsuits Online
In This Article: Swimsuits For All Penningtons ModCloth Torrid Meet.Curve Alexiss Swimwear Where to Buy Plus-Size Swimsuits While plus-size clothing has been around since the 1920s, it was only recently…
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The Best Countertop Ice Makers at Every Price Point
Before the days of freon and Frigidaire, American refrigeration was powered by ice. Across the coldest regions of North America, harvesters would clean, measure, and carve the frozen gold out…
