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  • Hillsboro, OR, USA - Jan 18, 2021: A Target shopping cart is seen outside a Target store in Hillsboro, Oregon.

    Target Employees Reveal Customer Behaviors They ‘Hate’

    The fact that there’s a popular support group called “Retail Hell” on Reddit should tell you all you need to know about the industry. Service workers have to contend with some of the rudest people all while keeping a smile…

  • Fairfax: People with shopping carts filled with groceries goods, products walking out of Costco store in Virginia in parking car lot

    Costco Superfans Reveal the Retailer’s ‘Best Deals’

    While most retailers tack on 25-50% extra on products to make a profit, Costco keeps its markups lower than 15%, ensuring that its members pay low prices. And some deals are even better. Here are Costco’s “best deals,” according to…

  • Mary LaRocca offers a sample of Libby's Vienna Sausage in a Costco Wholesale store March 8, 2002 in Niles, IL

    Here’s What It’s Like To Be a Costco Sampler

    Beyond boosting sales as high as 2,000%, grocery store samples can turn shopping into a fun, food-filled pastime. That’s certainly the case at Costco, where sampling is part of the warehouse store’s DNA. That said, it’s rare that members get a…

  • Walmart Thanksgiving Convenience Basket

    Walmart Holds the Line on the Cost of Its Thanksgiving Meal Baskets

    Walmart is saying no to higher prices for holiday meals. The mega-retailer is selling its Thanksgiving meal baskets at the same cost as last year. The baskets feature traditional Thanksgiving fare, including turkey, ham, potatoes, and stuffing, as well as…

  • Two-Buck Chuck display for Charles Shaw wine in a Trader Joe's

    Here’s Why Trader Joe’s ‘Two-Buck Chuck’ Is So Cheap

    Producing a single glass of wine takes gallons of water, hours of labor, hundreds of shiny stainless-steel storage tanks, and miles of gas-guzzling transport. So how is it that a single bottle of vino can cost just a few dollars?…

  • Christmas Keg Stand from Miller Lite under a Christmas tree with wrapped presents

    Hold My … Tree? Miller Lite Combines Beer Keg and Christmas Tree Stand Into One

    The phrase keg stand may conjure up images of a frat party of drunk bros holding an upside-down pal’s legs straight up while he chugs beer directly out of the keg. Well, Miller Lite’s new Christmastime contraption isn’t quite like…