'We thought it was a prank': Girl, six, finds China prisoner plea in Tesco charity card ~news china united kingdom Article 553 words 14 votes
Running the numbers to figure out Amazon's market share: it has about 35% of US ecommerce, but closer to 6% of addressable retail overall ~finance business Article 944 words, published Nov 22 2019 5 votes
A German woman sued a stinky cheese shop. A court ruled that she could continue to express her distaste with the odor vocally, but could no longer display complaint signs. ~food Article 270 words 8 votes
40,000 festive shoppers to hit Swedish superstore – shoppers travel from afar to Gekås Ullared mega-mall, an institution that has its own reality TV show ~life Article 765 words 4 votes
Amazon doesn’t report its warehouse injury rates — but we have an inside look ~tech amazon Article 204 words 13 votes
IKEA's profits have fallen nearly 10% as the world's largest furniture retailer stepped up its spending on renewable energy and its growing online operation ~finance business Article 491 words 14 votes
Behind the Smiles - Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed ~tech amazon Article 5730 words 8 votes
Profile of a fake Amazon reviewer, who has received over $15,000 of products for free in exchange for posting five-star reviews ~tech amazon Article 2919 words 17 votes
IKEA staff in Uppsala, Sweden turned up at work to find a fugitive sleeping in the store's bed department ~news sweden.uppsala crime Article 245 words 6 votes
Harrods was accused of ruining the spirit of Christmas after limiting Santa visits to customers who spend over $2,500 ~news united kingdom.london Article 393 words 11 votes
H&M is the latest fashion brand to test out the concept of clothing rental ~finance business Article 80 words 5 votes
Air ticket booking site uses Math.random for "38 people are looking at this right now" UX dark pattern ~tech internet Link 33 votes
America’s Orthodox Jews are selling a ton of the products you buy on Amazon ~finance business Article 3451 words 11 votes
Jeff Bezos’s master plan - What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us ~finance business Article 11 112 words, published Oct 8 2019 16 votes
One supermarket chain in Finland has an idea to address food waste – S-market has started holding 'happy hours' for products nearing expiration date ~food Link 6 votes
Digital transformation is occurring at varying rates and inadvertently creating a new kind of digital divide in cross-border e-commerce ~finance business Article 516 words 3 votes
Forever 21's bankruptcy shows that teens are outgrowing malls ~finance business Article 517 words 18 votes
Amazon changed its search system to boost more-profitable listings, including its own brands ~tech amazon Article 19 votes
The people who built Etsy dreamed of remaking commerce with their bare hands. Fifteen years later, its sellers are being asked to compete with Amazon. ~tech Article 7046 words 11 votes
IKEA has committed to becoming a circular business by 2030 – by eliminating waste and reusing resources ~enviro sustainability Article 1496 words 8 votes
Amazon has ceded control of its site to third-party sellers. The result: thousands of banned, unsafe or mislabeled products. ~tech amazon Article 14 votes
Finland's grocery giants help consumers track climate impact of food ~enviro Article 580 words 5 votes
An armed man who caused panic at a Walmart in Missouri says it was a 'social experiment' ~news usa.mo law.constitutional politics.usa Article 32 votes
How the ‘IKEA effect’ subtly influences how you spend ~science economics psychology Article 381 words 6 votes
Up to 40% of retail stores in Finland could go bust by 2030 – competition from online retailers will bring major upheaval ~finance business Article 417 words 7 votes
In the flesh: Online brands promise an escape from the conventional logic of consumerism — until they open physical stores ~design advertising Article 1762 words 8 votes
Norway's consumer watchdog has criticised fast-fashion chain H&M for misleading marketing of its sustainable collection ~life.style Article 832 words 7 votes
Is fair trade finished? Fairtrade changed the way we shop. But major companies have started to abandon it and set up their own in-house imitations – threatening the very idea of fair trade. ~food Article 3880 words 8 votes
The world’s last Blockbuster has no plans to close ~finance business Article 856 words, published Mar 6 2019 10 votes
The man who’s going to save your neighborhood grocery store ~food Article 7913 words, published Apr 23 2019 7 votes
Monolithic concrete forms associated with brutalist architecture inspired the interiors of Axel Arigato's Copenhagen flagship store ~design architecture fashion Article 413 words 4 votes
Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads - To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys ~life work Article 3407 words 8 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
What happens after Amazon’s domination is complete? Its bookstore offers clues ~finance business Article 3232 words 11 votes
How the Swedish town of Eskilstuna became the world capital of recycling ~enviro recycling Article 2355 words, published Jun 18 2019 5 votes
Shops full of vitamins, miracle pills 'trashing pharmacists' reputation' ~health medicine Article 557 words 5 votes