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Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores.

Gap Inc. is moving away from the nation’s malls. The San Francisco-based brand was for decades a fixture at shopping malls around the country. Now it says it’s closing 220 stores by early 2024. The parent company is also shuttering 130 Banana Republic stores.

U.S. shoppers are making more trips to the dollar store. They’re stocking up with items from stores’ private label brands more than usual and cutting back on snacks and sodas at convenience stores. Those emerging data points, captured by market research firm IRI in recent weeks, may preview the next wave of grocery shopping during the coronavirus pandemic. They...

President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Americans to not “buy so much,” referring to long lines and empty shelves at stores around the U.S. “Just relax,” he said. “It all will pass.”

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the tech giant’s retail operation outside of China is going online-only for two weeks as part of efforts to fight the global viral pandemic

Americans are expected to shell out $184 billion dollars this holiday shopping season, according to a recent report from online financial website, NerdWallet.com. According to the report, the average American will spend $825 on gifts this holiday shopping season, up $50 from last year and more than $300 from just five years ago. And while shoppers will soon be queuing…

Current and former students struggling to pay their loans are not the only ones impacted by loan debt.

Defendants allegedly sold thousands of stolen phones for top dollar in Mexico and other foreign countries.

Juul is immediately suspending sales of it popular fruity e-cigarette flavors ahead of a Trump administration policy that is expected to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from the market, the company announced Thursday. Juul last year stopped selling its flavored e-cigarettes in retail stores amid pressure from the Food and Drug Administration. Customers could only get the flavors — creme, mango,...

Growing up, Gina Holzer used to sit at the dinner table and wish her family of entrepreneurs would talk about something other than business. Though interested in starting her own company, it wasn’t until she discovered the power of collagen that ideation turned into action. Holzer struggled with her skin throughout her teenage years and wore makeup any time she...

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk has yet another trick up his sleeve: brewing craft beer.

Earth, meet Polo. Polo Ralph Lauren on Thursday launched a version of its iconic polo shirt made entirely of recycled plastic bottles and dyed through a process that uses zero water. David Lauren, the youngest son of the company’s founder and its chief innovation officer, told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement that the new shirt is part of...

Kingston Pharma is recalling bottles of children’s cough syrup sold at Dollar General stores nationwide over concerns that the medicine could make babies sick. The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that the Massena, New York-based company is recalling 2-fluid ounce bottles of DG health NATURALS baby Cough Syrup + Mucus because it could possibly be contaminated with Bacillus cereus...

Tesla is walking back plans to close most of its showrooms worldwide and announced price hikes for most of its electric vehicles.

State lawmakers will introduce five bills Wednesday aimed at reducing the consumption of soda or other sugary drinks in an effort to eliminate what they think contributes to a host of health problems.

Children’s clothing retailer Gymboree announced this week it is filing for bankruptcy protection for the second time and will soon begin to close all of its stores across the nation, including locations in San Diego County.

This week marks the first anniversary of California’s legalized recreational marijuana industry.

The global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.

Despite thousands of petition signatures and outcry from the North Park community, a beloved dinosaur mural on the corner of University Avenue and Ray Street has been painted over.

Attention Jimmy Dean sausage lovers: check your freezer because your links might be under recall due to possible metal contamination. Kentucky-based CTI Foods LLC has recalled more than 29,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat pork and poultry products that may be contaminated with metal pieces, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said on Monday.