2024: The Year in Business
We’ve expanded our consumer reporting, diving deeper into the world of work, real estate, and shifting industries
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Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted
Counterfeits and junk fees are cheapening what you buy—and draining your wallet
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The Existential Dread of Shopping for Groceries
I have lost all sense of what food should cost
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Facial Recognition at Checkout: Convenient or Creepy?
I don’t want to pay for things with my face
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The Scourge of Self-Checkout
The technology promised to make shopping easier. It has done the opposite
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Goodbye Body Shop? Buying Body Butter Can’t Save the World
After the company announced widespread closures, I visited a store for the first time in decades
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Roots’ Race to Make Hoodies and Sweatpants Sexy
The legacy brand has hired fashion provocateur Joey Gollish to breathe life back into it. Will Gen Z even notice?
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Yes, It’s Okay to Throw Away a Book
We love acquiring, hoarding, and displaying books even more than we love reading them
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Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company
The grocery chain is now involved in pharmacare, financial services, and real estate—with no signs of slowing down
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Why Sunrise Records Is Still Spinning
It survived Napster, iTunes, and streaming. Now the chain is expanding its horizons overseas
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