From retail to restaurants, 2025 wasn't exactly kind to several notable chains spread throughout the U.S. Some chains closed down for good. Party City went away in February. Arts and crafts store ...

Walmart is fairly lenient when it comes to making returns without a receipt, unless you have one of these 17 items. Sorry, you might just have to keep that unwanted ...

Some years seem to come and go with relatively little drama. 2025 was not one of those years. With much of society — across all ages — glued to their phones, every moment seemed to be lived in real ...

It's been a rough few months for nearly every sector, especially retail. Several big-name chains have already announced store closings as they look to shed underperforming stores. Not even the biggest ...

A long-time player in the chain restaurant scene throughout the late 80s and 90s is about to make its return following a catastrophic foodborne illness outbreak and bankruptcy nearly 20 years ago.

If you're a parent (or just a kid at heart) chances are you've used a bubble wand. And chances are you used it wrong. Here's a life hack for parents whose arms are worn out from entertaining those ...

At one time, you would be hard pressed to find a strip mall without some sort of discount retail store. That has rapidly changed in recent years multiple chains have either been bought out or closed ...

Kohl's closing locations follows the pattern of other similar department stores in the first quarter of 2025. Macy's shuttered as many as 65 underperforming stores to open the year. JCPenney wasn't ...

Sam's Club will reportedly undergo changes in the coming months, and some shoppers are voicing their displeasure on social media. What Is Changing At Sam's Club? If you haven't noticed, Sam's Club has ...

I was recently speaking to the owner of a local bakery and the topic of "leftovers" came up. With small businesses running on such tight margins these days, I could only imagine that there would have ...

The cost of living keeps getting higher and higher, and with that, what it takes to be considered upper middle class in America continues to grow more out of reach. Middle class is where most ...

Do we dare talk about Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic, The Birds? Except right now, I'm talking about real life and the creepy fact that crows never forget a face. It all started with a study ...