A slugfest between Wall Street and Main Street took an unexpected turn late on Wednesday after moderators of a stock trading forum that has helped fuel massive rallies in the shares of GameStop temporarily closed its doors. Shares of GameStop and other companies tumbled in extended trading after Wallstreetbets, a discussion forum popular with retail […]
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GameStop, other retail darlings dented after Reddit group briefly shuts doors
A Giant US Retail Corporation Just Filed a Patent For Autonomous Robot Bees
Like an episode out of Black Mirror, Walmart has filed a patent for autonomous robotic bees, technically called pollination drones, that could potentially pollinate crops just like real bees. The drones would carry pollen from one plant to another, using sensors and cameras to detect the locations of the crops. First spotted by […]
Thousands More Stores Are on the 2018 Retail Apocalypse DEATH LIST: Are your local stores on the list?
Every year, it seems like more and more retail outlets are going out of business, resulting in the loss of jobs and local supplies. Last year, hundreds of stores closed, and this year, even more shops are scheduled to shut their doors for good. The 2018 Death List This year, in an effort to […]
Internet’s largest porn site opening retail store in New York City
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The Economy Is Okay? U.S. Retail Store Closings Hit A New Record High As West Coast Homelessness Soars
If the U.S. economy is doing just fine, why have we already shattered the all-time record for retail store closings in a single year? Whenever I write about our “retail apocalypse”, many try to counter my arguments by pointing out the growing dominance of Amazon. And I certainly can’t deny that online shopping is on […]
‘Retail Apocalypse’ Causing More Than 3,500 Stores to Close: What You’re Not Being Told
By Carey Wedler In the latest blow to traditional retail sales, this week Toys R’ Us filed for bankruptcy, following in the footsteps of an increasing number of other brick-and-mortar chains. But the giant toy outfitter is not the only company suffering losses, as a recent report from Clark.com, a consumer analysis site details. Though separate statistics show that more stores will open in […]
Toys "R" Us Files Chapter 11: Second Largest US Retail Bankruptcy In History
Toys “R” Us Inc., the largest US “brick and mortar” toys retailer, filed for bankruptcy late on Monday night, as a result of a crushing post-LBO debt load and relentless competition from warehouse and online retailers, the “latest blow to a retail industry reeling from store closures, sluggish mall traffic and the gravitational […]
‘About Half of All U.S. Retail Jobs Could Vanish Due to Computerization’
‘About Half of All U.S. Retail Jobs Could Vanish Due to Computerization’ June 1st, 2017 Via: Kansas City Star: Consider this before you assume you can have a long or lucrative career in the retail industry: Up to half of all current jobs in […]
Amazon is annihilating so many local retailers that when the SHTF, the local retail infrastructure will be long gone
(Natural News) The younger generation may or may not know this, but at one time there were hundreds of video stores across the country called Blockbuster. On a Friday or Saturday night, it was common for people to go to Blockbuster and rent a VHS movie in a way that was similar to how one […]
RT targeted by massive DDoS attack during attempted Turkey coup
The channel was able to resume streaming, but the servers were attacked again after some time. Biggest attack on RT.com: Website hit by 10 Gbps DDoS “We received a major DDoS attack when the Turkish coup started, second one from when we started streaming RT; this time HTTP headers were infested with some new code […]
The Pentagon’s Military Doctrine: Russia and Vladimir Putin, America’s Greatest Threat
How many times have we heard US officials and go-along media accuse Putin of “Russian aggression,” “hybrid” or non-traditional warfare, “cyberwar,” invading Ukraine using (nonexistent) “little green men,” and engaging in other destabilizing, hostile acts. Obama earlier called ebola, Russia and ISIS America’s greatest threats, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter saying Moscow is a “very, very […]
‘Creepy’ Path Intelligence retail technology tracks shoppers
News.com.au Shopping centres will monitor customers’ mobile phones to track how often they visit, which stores they like and how long they stay. The technology, brought to Australia by a UK-based company, has prompted a call for privacy or telephone intercept regulators to investigate. One unnamed Queensland shopping centre is next month due to become […]
Henningsen: “Retail Riots” Are Not a Political Revolution
Russia Today Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Independent journalist Patrick Henningsen says the original demonstrations in Tottenham were hijacked by criminal opportunitists and turned into “retail riots”. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later […]