Some essentials — notably food — may may maintain their price strength. Appliances and furniture may come down quicker.

As inflation hits and consumers abandon pandemic spending habits, Target and others have the wrong kind of stuff on their hands.

For some, it’s about consumers spending less. For others, it’s about other businesses spending less.

Business is up at a North Carolina shop, but managing inventory and costs are headaches.

Rebranding can be risky, but Annie Lang Hartman, owner of Compass Paper thinks it’s “definitely going to be worth it.”

Storefront prices were too high, so Latanya DeVaughn of Bronx Bound Books used savings, a grant and a bus to realize her dream.

Irene Kesselman, owner of Ali Cat Toys, said her store’s inventory is high leading up to Easter — partly because she wants to avoid future inflation.

Rising inflation will change the calculus for some apparel wholesalers.

E-commerce is driving the stores-within-stores trend.

Services like Affirm and Klarna charge interest for allowing consumers to pay for their purchases in installments.