The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush ...

Big Lots is planning to close stores as it goes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A store in Maryland left BI confused about the ...

It used to be, “Paper or plastic?” but now in Colorado, it’s “How many bags do you want to purchase ... Aurora uses the funds for its shopping cart clean-up initiative and future ...

In October 2024 the retail trade sales were up 0.4 percent from September 2024. Analysts expect spending to increase in slower growth during this holiday season as people are more cautious with ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

Bengaluru's Basavanagudi Kadalekai Parishe is going green this year, with vendors distributing groundnuts in paper bags made from old newspapers. The Zero Waste Collective is leading the ...

29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) A shopper holds multiple bags while outside Macy’s Herald Square, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) People carry shopping ...

Take a break from Black Friday shopping by stopping at one of these chain restaurants to redeem the best deals of the season.

“With the ever-changing landscape of retail shopping bags, it is crucial for all stakeholders — consumers, providers, and policymakers—to work together to reduce environmental ...

vastly useful plastic shopping bags. Perhaps I’ll stand on street corners saying, “Psst… do you want to buy a plastic bag?” They’ ve been replaced by brown paper bags and weird latex or ...