Funny Every item scanned as "Mr Potato Head" in glitch at department stores David Pescovitz

design The lost Apple Store design of the 1990s David Pescovitz

shopping Visiting what may be the most remote and expensive supermarket in America David Pescovitz

retail Woman "accidentally" spent the night in a mattress store David Pescovitz

crime Tip: Don't shoplift when store is holding 'Shop With A Cop' event David Pescovitz

drugs Amazing, spaced-out 1982 TV commercial for a headshop David Pescovitz

Games Thousands sign up to play unauthorized hide-and-seek game at Ikea, police called in David Pescovitz

shopping The Mall, footage from a dying mall in 1994 David Pescovitz

Business Arbitrage nomads are stripping the carcasses of America's dying big-box stores and moving the choicest morsels into Amazon warehouses Cory Doctorow

b-side Woman banned from Walmart for eating half a cake and then trying to pay half-price for it David Pescovitz

Business Helium shortage deflating Party City's business David Pescovitz

music Mallwave: nostalgic synth music for imaginary and abandoned shopping centers David Pescovitz

Business Blame Big Data for CVS's endless miles of receipts Cory Doctorow

Technology Watch thousands of robots pack groceries in a warehouse Andrea James

Business "One price to all" has been the default since 1840, but online retail is sneakily killing it off Cory Doctorow

fashion TV commercial for JCPenney's Pee-wee Herman kids fashion line (1989) David Pescovitz

happy mutants Waterstones, the UK's national bookstore, came back from near-death by transforming into indie, local stores Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A heartwarming story about a comic clerk who helped a "baby gay" teen customer come out through Supergirl comics Cory Doctorow

retail No Aloe Vera in "Aloe Vera" sold at Wal-Mart, Target, and CVS David Pescovitz

electronics Why Circuit City abandoned its 700 stores Andrea James