Plus, we’ll look at the how gas prices can affect elections and do the numbers on the new COVID vaccine in this week’s newsletter.

Dollar stores were expanding just a few years ago. Now, they’re closing locations.

Brands are tasked with coaxing more inflation-weary parents into spending.

Business is strong for Samantha Wallace. But she’s dealing with complicated import rules and seeking the right varieties of domestic honey.

As consumers become more thoughtful about spending, many are turning to used goods when they need to shop.

Many consumers are more comfortable buying furnishings in person. Several online-native brands have recently expanded into physical retail.

With sloping, concrete floors and huge, windowless rooms, movie theaters are not the easiest properties to convert.

If you’ve recently dug through the racks of a Goodwill and found a lot of lower-quality fast fashion, you’re not alone, says Kelsey Vlamis of Business Insider.

99 Cents and Dollar Tree are facing inflationary pressures and competition. Their customers aren’t doing that well either.

Some regions provide a form of tax relief, but under special circumstances, while others actually tax cities for commercial vacancies.