Monolithic concrete forms associated with brutalist architecture inspired the interiors of Axel Arigato's Copenhagen flagship store ~design architecture Article 413 words 4 votes
How a grocery store's plan to shame customers into using reusable bags backfired ~enviro sustainability plastics Article 360 words 14 votes
Mississippi is forbidding grocery stores from calling veggie burgers “veggie burgers” ~food meat Article 1399 words 21 votes
Don’t know which toaster to buy? There’s a website for that: When did recommendation sites become such a central part of the online economy? And are they changing the way we shop? ~tech internet Article 5845 words 8 votes
Walmart unveils an AI-powered store of the future, now open to the public ~tech Article 747 words 6 votes
The IKEA effect: how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification ~design Article 1109 words, published Apr 18 2019 6 votes
'We need to keep our language alive': Inside a Uyghur bookshop in Istanbul ~books Article 1826 words 10 votes
'Something needs to change': Woolworths drops $1-a-litre milk in Australia ~food drinks Article 474 words 5 votes
Online grocery shopping has been slow to catch on - We shop online for almost everything. Why not food? ~tech amazon internet Article 2753 words 11 votes
On the experience of entering a bookstore in your forties (vs. your twenties) ~books Article 1746 words, published Jan 3 2019 8 votes
And then there were two: Morley Blockbuster one of the last in the world ~finance business Article 765 words 4 votes
As a grocery chain is dismantled, investors recover their money. Worker pensions are short millions. ~finance business Article 3482 words 12 votes
Readers rejoice as shop finally sells book that sat on shelf for twenty-seven years ~books Article 509 words 9 votes
Iceland supermarket chain to let loose animatronic orangutan after Christmas ad ban ~enviro conservation Article 9 votes
How mail-order catalogues subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow ~humanities.history Article 1391 words 8 votes
Thanks to Sears, the musicians who gave America the blues had an ax to grind ~music blues Article 671 words 6 votes
The long, long history of long, long CVS receipts ~finance business Article 1119 words, published Oct 10 2018 11 votes
Whole Foods workers are moving to unionize ~finance business Article 889 words, published Sep 6 2018 15 votes
Whole Foods workers seek to unionize, says Amazon is ‘exploiting our dedication’ ~finance business Article 413 words 13 votes
Where even Walmart won’t go: How Dollar General took over rural America ~finance business Article 2488 words 8 votes
Where even Walmart won't go: How Dollar General took over rural America ~finance business Article 2488 words 13 votes
Target’s CBGB tribute draws backlash, followed by an apology ~finance business Article 550 words 3 votes
The last days of Blockbuster Video - The stories of three closing Blockbuster locations in Alaska, some of the last ones in the country ~movies Article 9286 words 7 votes
A critic sells books down by the seashore - A bookstore in the village of Wigtown, Scotland, allows people to run the shop while renting an apartment upstairs ~books Article 1565 words 7 votes
Whole Foods starts discounts for Amazon Prime members — but only in Florida ~finance business Article 284 words 5 votes