fashion Fashion trends at Goodwill Rob Beschizza

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

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

facebook 'GrokNet', the AI behind Facebook Shops, looks for body type, skin tone, location, socioeconomic class in photos Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Wholesale restaurant supply chain opens to the public for the first time — I left with TP, milk, and more (photos/tips) Rusty Blazenhoff

china Footage of empty Beijing mall Rob Beschizza

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

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

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

Business Just like Amazon, Walmart now offers free next-day delivery Xeni Jardin

Audio Listen: Kmart in-store music/announcements cassette from 1989 David Pescovitz

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

picks Give Women Your Money: Shoppable spreadsheet of women-led businesses Krystal Plomatos

shopping Secret Amazon-owned brands "quietly taking over Amazon.com" Rob Beschizza

retro Pre-internet analog Dash Buttons Andrea James

biometrics Canadian mall caught collecting facial recognition data on the sly Seamus Bellamy

computers Confession: You can't trust a junkie with a new laptop Seamus Bellamy

mistakes There are two Amazon results for the search term "healing crystal dildo" Rob Beschizza