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.

Come October, Latanya DeVaughn, owner of mobile bookstore Bronx Bound Books, anticipates author events and a permanent spot at the mall.

“As a Black business owner, often I’m asked to share a little bit about my story, or my journey, or my background. And so I get to facilitate conversations around these things while making candles,” said Colina Bruce of Noir Lux Candle Co.

“It’s gotten to the point where the logic of dupes has been sort of flipped on its head,” said Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz. “And people are spending more time and in some cases, more money dupe-hunting than they would if they just bought the original.”

Target, for example, warned investors of price promotions in the pipeline.

It takes more than trends and nostalgia to become popular a second or third time around. It can take years of hard work.

Streaming is still king, but vinyl sales continue to grow.

The company just announced it would cut 1,800 corporate jobs, in addition to 500 it eliminated last fall.