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Many popular toys may sell out long before the holidays, thanks to ongoing pandemic-related disruptions. This could be a disaster — or a great opportunity...
Fifty years after Pike Place Market was spared from the wrecking ball, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented this sprawling Seattle institution with another, even more...
To the list of unlikely winners of the pandemic add Japan’s hundreds of thousands of capsule vending machines. Called gachapon, they dispense toys at random....
The most desirable new vehicles are selling before they even hit dealerships. Used-car prices are through the sunroof. With dealer lots cherry-picked and sparse, many...
Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in September even while facing sticker shock in grocery aisles, car lots and restaurants as snarled global...
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation targeting Amazon's marketplace amid reports that say Amazon swipes product information from sellers to bolster...
Warehouse jobs were expected to offer opportunites and reshape the workforce. But the industry is facing an unexpected problem: Far too few people are willing...
Consumer prices rose 0.4% last month, slightly higher than August’s gain and pushing annual inflation back to the highest increase in 13 years
The White House says it has helped broker an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation
Lego, the world's largest toymaker, says it will eliminate gender stereotypes from its products — including labeling toys as "for girls" or "for boys." Lego's...
