A record 189.6 million Americans went shopping over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, the National Retail Federation said Tuesday, and most of them did their spending online. The new bar represents a 14 percent increase from last year, the industry lobbying group said. About 48 million consumers shopped only in stores, …
NEW YORK — Black Friday hit a record $7.4 billion in U.S. online sales as many shoppers spent the day clicking instead of lining up to buy. It was the second-biggest U.S. online sales day ever, behind 2018 Cyber Monday’s $7.9 billion, according to a survey of 80 of the …
US-inspired tradition branded as a day to grab a bargain — and destroy the planet. The U.S.-inspired sales day that has shops splashing big discounts to bring out the crowds is falling out of fashion in Europe. For many people, Black Friday is the best day of the year to …
A world-renowned sushi restaurant where Barack Obama dined has been dropped from the Michelin gourmet guide. Sukiyabashi Jiro, focus of the 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams Of Sushi, has earned three Michelin stars every year since 2007. But the Tokyo restaurant has been dropped from the 2020 guide because it no …
The shopping mall has had a dramatic fall from grace. Once the veritable town square and a cornerstone of American consumerism, malls have aged into oblivion, replaced by cheaper and more convenient alternatives. Today, these sprawling complexes are mostly ghost towns—dilapidated vestiges of their former selves. In a new episode …
A group of McDonald’s cooks and cashiers is suing the fast-food chain over the company’s handling of what the lawsuit presents as a “nationwide pattern” of customers attacking and harassing workers. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by 17 workers from the Chicago area, alleges that McDonald’s and its franchisees have failed …
Chick-fil-A said it would no longer donate to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army, two groups that have been criticized by LGBTQ advocates. While Chick-fil-A stopped donations to several controversial groups in 2012, it continued to work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army on specific programs for …
Third edition of Thai guide expands to cover Chiang Mai Five restaurants got two stars but none won three stars The latest Michelin guide for Thailand increased the number of starred restaurants in the country but once again none won the top accolade of three stars. Sorn and R-Haan, both of which …
DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese phone salesman didn’t expect “finger lickin’ good” to be so literal. But the grease! He needed three, four, five napkins. And the American portion size left his jaw aching. “Eating KFC exhausts me,” Momar Lissa Ndiaye said. He’d wondered why people were lining up around the block …
NEW YORK (AP) — Soon after calories were posted on fast-food menus, people cut back a little bit on what they ordered. But it didn’t last. Customers at fast-food chains in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas ordered an average of 60 fewer calories per transaction in the weeks after the figures …
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — More than two decades ago when a mega entertainment and shopping complex was being conceived on a vast swath of swamp land in New Jersey, the iPhone didn’t exist, Amazon was only selling books online and malls were where you went for all your shopping …
