Retail

Vinyl records are everywhere now. What was once considered a niche hobby just a few years ago, when records started to make a comeback, are now widely available again, even at major retail stores like Target and Walmart. Record sales are up…

Spokespeople for the retailers Billa and Hofer declined WIRED’s request to comment. Nicole Berkmann, a spokesperson for Spar, says the grocery store has supported the Austrian competition regulator with “detailed…

And yes, the old Overstreet Comics Guide is still around and in print, but getting pricing information on their online platform, Overstreet Access, costs $3 a month or more.You'll want to have an idea of the condition of the comics or…

About once a fortnight, David Ermes gets an email from a journalist or fact checker along the lines of “Boys have to dress up as girls in queer week at school, is it true?”“Of course I can say it’s not true—it isn’t even lawful, since we…

It was just after New Year's when Jonathon Ervin began to feel that Amazon was turning the screws on him. Ervin owns one of 3,500 small businesses that exist solely to deliver packages for the retail giant. Since launching his company,…

For the second time in 24 hours, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a major cryptocurrency exchange. Yesterday, the regulator filed charges against Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, with accusations of…

PDD’s push into the US with Temu is costing it a lot, and angering some of its suppliers, but it’s born of necessity. As Chinese customers spend less, other giant ecommerce companies are pushing into Pinduoduo’s core markets, selling…

Photo: Carolyn Franks (Shutterstock)Seeing your favorite store close is always a blow, and the current economic uncertainty we are facing is seeing many of our favorite companies close some locations, tighten their belts, and bracefor…

Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)Like the rest of the world, colleges have gone digital, though the change is a fairly recent one. When I was an undergrad in 2013, almost all of my assignments were handed in on paper, but in grad school in 2023,…

Photo: AlpakaVideo (Shutterstock)You go to college to secure an education that will earn you a degree that will get you a better-paying job in the future. The problem is, college is really expensive while you’re there, as is just living…