Supply & Demand

When it comes to retaining customers, two—or three, or four—heads are better than one.

Honey Bins, a store selling overstock items from major retailers, opened earlier this fall on Plymouth Road in Livonia.

Holiday shoppers could struggle to find the tech giant's new iPhone as COVID-19 surge in China hampers production.

AbbVie is bracing for a Botox sales hit as a recession looks inevitable.

Dynamic pricing or not, Ticketmaster can pretty much charge whatever it wants for concert tickets.

A 1938 law created "exploitative and discriminatory" job programs and should be phased out, marking a new milestone in the debate over "sheltered workshops," the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says.

Wage transparency is on in New York, but what will it mean for jobseekers and job postings?

Home prices rose nearly 20% last year, in large part because the U.S. is several million homes short of demand. Builders say the pandemic is partly to blame, but the problem goes deeper than that.

It could have sold 3 million tickets to the game.

Subscription Service Statistics and Costs 2022 From Netflix to Stitch Fix, subscription services have changed the way consumers get their entertainment, apparel, food, etc. Convenient payment options through recurring monthly charges are one of the driving factors that attract many consumers to use subscription services.

Despite inflation concerns, Americans are less likely to cancel streaming services than cut spending on food and clothing, a recent report found.

This chart shows the monthly subscription price and latest price increases of selected video streaming services in the U.S.

What’s a few thousand dollars for a statement tree?

Soaring demand and a shortage of manufacturers during the pandemic have pinched national paper stockpiles, leaving little room for error.

Some experts say it never really broke.

Apple is hiking fees for the Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscription services for the first time. In the U.S., the cost of Apple TV+ for new and existing subscribers will increase to $6.99 per month…

The number of ships waiting to unload at the Ports of LA and Long Beach have dropped from 109 to four.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides insight into 2022's peak season.

Ikea has hiked furniture prices by up to 80% since last year, an investigation by Retail Week has found.

Local nonprofit Sharing Excess will give away thousands of avocados for free at FDR Park this week after supply chain issues result in a massive surplus at area food banks.

Generally favorable weather and replanting of old trees have boosted yields in the country's Central Highlands.

A local nonprofit is giving away over 2,000 pounds of the fruit, calling it “Avogeddon.”

Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition.

If it seems like there are more sales lately, it’s because there are. General retailers are shedding excess inventory. Why? Just blame the bullwhip effect.WS...

The differences between a lab-grown and natural diamond are very minimal, and mostly have to do with how they are made and how much they cost.

An estimated 1 billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared from Alaskan waters in two years, officials said.

Millions of people rely on the prescription stimulant to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Mourners also left jars of marmalade for Britain's longest-serving monarch, who once told Paddington Bear in a skit she kept a stash of the sandwiches in her handbag.