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Walmart has been offering a Birkin handbag dupe for under $100, sparking TikTok buzz.The Hermès Birkin, a luxury status symbol, starts at around $10,000 for the real thing.The “Walmart Birkin” raises questions about accessibility and legality of knockoffs.Attention, Walmart shoppers: You can own a dupe of one of the most…
Shoppers are still buying store brands at the grocery store and beyond to save money.However, many store brands are now as good as the name brands that they’re meant to compete with.Retailers from Walmart to Amazon Fresh have launched new store brands this year.Shoppers are still reaching for store-brand items…
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) – Confronting a broad decline in demand for their usual fare, including $3,000-and-up handbags and $4,000-and-up cashmere jackets, major marketers of designer and luxury merchandise are broadening their product lines to emphasize scarves, belts, wallets and home goods priced at $500 and under. The companies’…
By Siddharth Cavale, Arriana McLymore and P.J. Huffstutter FORT WAYNE, INDIANA/NORTH BERGEN, N.J./RALEIGH, N.C (Reuters) – Brushing snowflakes off her hair, Teagan Hickson walked into a Walmart (NYSE:) Supercenter in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with hopes of picking up a few holiday deals on Black Friday. The first thing the mother…
By Siddharth Cavale and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) – Target (NYSE:)’s exclusive, in-store launch of Taylor Swift’s new Eras Tour book on Black Friday paid off early with lines outside some of the stores. On X, formerly known as Twitter, most images that shoppers shared of Target’s shelves for the…
Luxury sales in Japan surged due to a weakened yen and increased tourist spending.The luxury industry faced a decline in China, making Japan’s market growth crucial.Brands like Hermès are thriving there by aligning with Japanese values of subtlety and quality. If you were looking to shop luxury in Japan this…
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – International companies such as Danone and Nestle have deepened price cuts or are seeking to boost online shopping volumes to win over China’s increasingly reluctant customers, executives said. China’s economy, the world’s second largest, grew at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the…
Halloween spending is forecast to drop by 5% this year, as inflation hits household spending.Spirit Halloween is expanding to Christmas with 10 new stores in the northeast.Winter holiday spending is projected to rise by 7%, per PwC. Halloween shoppers are tightening their wallets this year, but the season’s biggest retailer…
PepsiCo is selling bigger packs of chips to win over inflation-weary shoppers.The company’s snack revenue fell 1% during the third quarter, it said Tuesday.It’s the latest sign that shoppers are getting some relief after years of rising food prices. There’s finally some good news for snackers reaching for a bag…
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. shoppers are expected to spend a record $18.5 billion using third-party buy now, pay later services for holiday purchases in the last quarter of the year, according to projections by data firm Adobe (NASDAQ:) Analytics released on Wednesday. With many Americans recently…
