Sales are up at the modern-day bargain basements, as more financially stressed Americans are compelled to shop there.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Amazon’s Monopoly Problem Is Growing
Three years after Amazon caught a federal monopoly lawsuit, sellers say the company’s fees and policies are even worse.
Posted inTAP
The Great ‘Made in the USA’ Gambit
Amazon and Walmart are well equipped to detect deceptive claims about where products are made. Their own AI chatbots describe the choice not to act as a business decision.
Posted inEconomic Policy
New York City Wants to End Surveillance Pricing
States have attempted to prevent companies from using personal information to set prices. New York City wants to give the public a chance to enforce the law.
Posted inWorking in America
Not Enough Workers for the Job
Understaffing has become an epidemic in American workplaces of all kinds.
Posted inWorking in America
The Minnesota Target Workers Who Walked Out Against ICE
The retailer, which gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and has allowed ICE staging and abductions on its property, is feeling pressure from its own employees.
Posted inPodcasts
Organized Money: The New Frontier in Price Discrimination
We talk to Lindsay Owens about Google’s plan to turn its Gemini AI into your personal shopping assistant.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Private Equity Saks Another Retail Outlet
It’s the old story: Load up companies with debt, pull out all the value, and leave them as a dead shell.
Posted inWorking in America
Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union
Like several successful campaigns before it, Step Up organizes workers to improve their jobs, but stops short of calling for a union. The approach, “premajority unionism,” is a natural fit for places like the South, with histories of public hostility to unions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Plutonomy Is Still Going Strong
For the last 20 years, analysts have known that this is an economy by and for the rich.