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Joann's second bankruptcy ends with all stores closing
The fabric chain's 2025 liquidation closes roughly 800 stores and removes the last national crafts big-box — what it changes for shoppers.
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Shopping News reports what changes at the till: sale event dates, price increases, quietly reduced package sizes, restocks and shortages. Items are filed ahead of an event where possible, not the morning after it ends. Aimed at readers who plan purchases around the retail calendar.
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How sale seasons are actually structured — and when discounts bottom out
Retail discounting runs on a fixed calendar with four genuine troughs: late November's holiday corridor, January's post-holiday clear-out, the July counter-season events, and the Labor Day window at summer's end.
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Return windows aren't guaranteed by law — here's what stores promise
No federal rule forces a retailer to take an item back. Here's what Target, Macy's, and Nordstrom actually commit to, and how to check any store's real policy before you buy.
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What a “was” price actually claims — and how to check it
A struck-through "was" price is a claim about what one seller recently charged — not a fact about what an item is worth.
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What makes a store's 'was' price legal — and when it isn't
A retailer's "was" price is only a legitimate discount baseline if it was the actual, regularly charged price for a reasonably substantial stretch of time — not a number invented to make a markdown look bigger.
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FTC's Caremark settlement locks in up to $8.5 billion in savings
Announced July 14, 2026, the FTC's settlement with CVS's Caremark is the second major deal with a drug middleman this year — and it sketches how prescription prices might finally drift down.