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Erika Smith and Bryan Taberski did what any city dweller might do when the coronavirus pandemic closed offices and remote work became the norm.They became examples of the shift in residential real estate as metro Detroiters looking for more space moved to areas with larger lots, bigger houses and a…

We’re eating more meatless meat than ever, but it’s still not much.

People are dressing up again—sort of—as they get vaccinated, venture out to social events and prepare to return to work, and the fashion industry is preparing for a major surge in sales.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, posted record profits on Thursday and signaled that consumers would keep spending in a growing U.S. economy and converts to online shopping are not likely to leave.

The company, Bundled, hires workers with disabilities through the Dearborn-based nonprofit Services To Enhance Potential to create the gift packages.

Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill have nearly doubled in value over the last year, giving the company a market value of $42.8 billion.

Will tax incentives for businesses help?

If the Michelin Group begins rating newsletters, I think they would classify Monday Morning Economist as an exceptional newsletter that is worthy of a subscription.

Five charts that show how dramatically the pandemic affected our spending.

Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are the first to pull a major film from Georgia in response to the state's restrictive voting law.

The post-pandemic beauty boom has arrived.

Could it be that walking around with little white plastic tubes sticking out of your ears has actually become cool?

With the one-year mark of the pandemic passed, Grand Rapids-based Meijer revealed shopping habits and lifestyle changes among shoppers.

Office suppliers and clothing retailers could see more store closures after the pandemic.

The U.S. economy is currently lapping the one-year anniversary of the darkest economic days of the pandemic.

Explore search interest for flights by time, location and popularity on Google Trends

Yield-chasing investors are snapping up single-family homes, competing with ordinary Americans and driving up prices.

Producers have raised prices for corrugated cardboard, adding to supply-chain woes as the economy reopens.

Some experts think rising mortgage rates could cool the market.

Under new President Joe Biden, residential real estate is likely to see positive trends toward first-time home buyers' incentives, updated fair-housing policies and additional moratoriums on homeowner foreclosures due to the pandemic, all efforts that national trade associations and metro Detroit…

After a pandemic-fueled boom, U.S. pizza sales appear to be headed back to earth.Domino's and Papa John's pizza chains both said Thursday that their same-store sales lost steam in the fourth quarter compared to the huge increases they saw earlier in 2020. Same-store sales are expected to continue…

Sales of newly built homes fell more than expected in February, as builders faced higher costs and persistent delays.

Metro Detroit's spring residential real estate market is coming in like a lion, setting a blistering pace for already frantic homebuyers who are willing to wave extra cash at any available house, a scenario where agents and brokers are working long hours to find new listings before rising interest…

Metrics are down across the board since Trump left office

Pandemic has hit cosmetic sales hard, with dramatic shift away from makeup and towards skincare

Investors, who flocked to companies like Zoom as the virus spread, have started to look elsewhere.

As retailers like Urban Outfitters, Gap and Nordstrom prepare for customers to refresh their wardrobes, they continue to face congested ports.