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☆ These consumer products are most likely to be impacted by the port strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Dominick Reuter | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US port workers are on strike following the expiration of their labor contract Monday night. The work stoppage at Eastern and Gulf Coast facilities will impact a host of consumer products. AdvertisementUS port workers with the International Longshoremen's Association are on strike following the expiration of their union's contract Monday night. In the latest development of the ongoing labor dispute, the work stoppage at Eastern and Gulf Coast facilities is expected to impact a host of consumer products. Continental Tire, Michelin, and Goodyear are all top importers through East and Gulf Coast ports, Pacula noted.

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☆ The Best Home and Kitchen Deals to Shop This Prime Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Madeline Diamond | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

It performed the best out of all the models we tried out when searching for the best air purifier—in our test, it cleared out 98.6% of smoke in just 30 minutes. It normally has a hefty price tag, but it’s marked down by 30% for Prime Day. For Prime Day, the vacuum is 40% off (that’s $400 in savings), which is the lowest price we’ve tracked this year. It’s nearly 30% off for Prime Day, so you might even want to stock up on a few. It normally goes for $130, but during Prime Day you can score one for $47 (that’s a 65% discount).

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This week, we’ve got an Amazon Alexa device for your car, a stand mixer from Instant, new cast iron cookware from Made In and more. Made In expanded its Enameled Cast Iron Collection with its new 11-inch round Enameled Cast Iron Skillet. The skillet’s cast iron cooking surface retains heat well and distributes it evenly, making it particularly helpful for searing, sautéing and making stir-fry, Made In says. Stitch Fix is calling the program Travel Style Insurance. Those interested in the program can contact Stitch Fix via email (Travel-Style-Insurance@stitchfix.com) and provide proof of their lost luggage from a flight taken between Dec. 5 and Jan. 5.

NEW YORK, NY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Ghost of Christmas Past haunts U.S. store shelves, sales floors and stockrooms this year. Retailers were sitting on $548.8 billion of inventory in July, a 21.6% increase from last year, according to U.S. Census data. Even with retailers slashing prices by up to 40%, shoppers so far this year are hesitant to make major holiday purchases. Increased markdowns and slowed consumer demand may hurt companies' gross margins, said Cowen retail analyst John Kernan in an October note. Analysts are expecting gross margins to shrink for each of the companies next quarter, according to data from Refinitiv.

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