“Socioeconomic status is a good predictor of loneliness,” says Nick Keppler, writing for Slate. “In fact, you can even keep track of how much income will buy you a few extra hours with other people per day.”
David Pogue’s sister received an odd email from someone who had their grandmother’s photo album. It exposed him to a world of people buying and selling lost family albums.
Seven stadiums that normally use artificial turf switched to grass for World Cup matches this summer, but have now reverted to turf for the NFL season. The issue could factor into upcoming union negotiations.
Dick’s Sporting Goods, which acquired Foot Locker last year, lowered its outlook for the shoe store, citing “challenging conditions in the athletic footwear marketplace.”
![“Buying yet another color or version of a shoe that they already have in their closet is not something [consumers] are willing to add to the basket these days,” said Bryan Eshelman at Alix Partners.](https://img.apmcdn.org/1ab19529081f04aff44f35c1c4692863be57b5c3/widescreen/bef5a7-20260826-a-man-shops-for-sneakers-webp2000.webp)
