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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.
Reporting on sale events, launch dates, price rises, shrinking package sizes and stock shortages, filed early enough to be useful rather than afterward.
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How sale seasons are actually structured — and when discounts bottom out
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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
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What makes a store's 'was' price legal — and when it isn't
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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.
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Prime Day moved to June and still set a spending record
Amazon's four-day June 23–26 event drew $26.4 billion in US online spending, up 9.3 percent, per Adobe data reported by Reuters on June 27 — proof that the calendar matters less than the discounts.
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Walmart came out ahead in the year of tariffs
Reuters' May 19, 2026 analysis of the biggest US retailer's tariff year shows scale, online growth and new loyalty fees carrying it through cost pressure its rivals passed straight to prices.
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April inflation was the broadest price rise in three years
The April CPI, released May 12, 2026, showed consumer prices up 0.6 percent in a single month — the largest annual gain in three years, and this time the increases were spread across almost every category.
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FTC and Maryland win refunds over car dealer add-on fees
An April 2026 settlement with Lindsay Automotive Group forces full refunds for buyers charged more than $75 million in add-ons above advertised prices — the clearest junk-fee case in car buying yet.