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Why Amazon’s Prime Day is in July
  + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
New York CNN —Amazon Prime Day is back again starting Tuesday. “Step Aside Black Friday - Meet Prime Day,” Amazon (AMZN) said in a press release unveiling the sale. Prime Day helps Amazon draw new members to Amazon Prime, its $139 annual free-shipping program, and bolsters existing customer relationships with the company’s products and businesses, which includes Whole Foods. The vast majority of the company’s offerings on Prime Day in the past are exclusive to Prime members. This will be the first Prime Day with Amazon’s revamped delivery network.
Persons: Doug Anmuth, Amazon’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Amazon, Research, Bank of America, Amazon Prime, Target, Walmart Locations: New York, Detroit, Amazon
Stamp prices are going up starting Sunday
  + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
New York CNN —The US Postal Service will increase prices on first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents. The Postal Service said the hike was necessary to offset a rise in operating expenses. Surging prices have dented business across the globe over the past two years, in many cases pushing up workers’ wages and increasing the costs of doing business. “These price adjustments are needed to provide the Postal Service with much needed revenue,” the agency said in a statement. Domestic postcards will also increase from 48 cents to 51 cents, and international postcards from $1.45 to $1.50.
Persons: General Louis DeJoy, Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Postal Service, Postal Service, Service Locations: New York
Should public buses be free?
  + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
New York CNN —More major cities in the United States are letting public transit riders hop on board for free. Boston is piloting three zero-fare public bus routes, and New York City is expected to test free buses on five lines. Fares made up, on average, 12.5% of transit agencies’ operating expenses in 2021, down from 31.4% in 2019, according to the American Public Transit Association. “By offering free public transport, we are not really attracting car drivers in large volumes,” said Mohamed Mezghani, secretary general of the International Association of Public Transport. “There’s no such thing as free transit,” he added.
Persons: Michelle Wu, , , Lane Turner, Stephanie Lotshaw, American Public Transit Association . Massachusetts Sen, Edward Markey, Ayanna Pressley, Wu, Matt Stone, Henry Bendon, ” Bendon, Fares, Pat Greenhouse, Mohamed Mezghani, Sarah Kaufman, There’s, Boston Mayor Wu, Olivier Douliery, Richard Jarrold, Jarrold Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boston, CNN, Boston Globe, American Public Transit Association . Massachusetts, US, MediaNews, Boston Herald, Getty, Richmond, Agency, American Public Transit Association, Kansas City, International Association of Public Transport, , Rudin Center, Transportation, New York University, Boston Mayor, Getty Images Washington, Transportation Authority Locations: New York, United States, Kansas City, Raleigh, Richmond, Olympia, Tucson, Alexandria, Virginia, Denver, Boston, New York City, America, Tallinn, Estonia, Dunkirk, France, Luxembourg, Washington ,, AFP, Kansas
Over the next three years, it plans to open eight large stores and nine smaller “plan and order points,” where customers can chat with design consultants and order products. “We see endless opportunities to grow” in the US, Tolga Öncü, head of Ikea Retail for the Ingka Group, Ikea’s Dutch holding company, said in a statement at the time. After splurging on home improvement projects during the pandemic, consumers are pulling back. Home improvement retailer Lowe’s lowered its profit and sales outlook for the year in May, saying consumers were spending less on home improvement. Ikea, which is not publicly traded, reported that its retail sales rose by 6.5% in fiscal year 2022, but didn’t post quarterly results.
Persons: , Michael Brown, Spencer Platt, Tolga Öncü, Karl Zimmermann, , Sucharita Kodali, Forrester, “ they’re, Zimmermann, Paul Bersebach, Marisa Ortega, splurging, Ethan Allen, ” Ortega, , Anna Cooban, David Goldman, Nathaniel Meyersohn, Parija Kavilanz Organizations: New, New York CNN, Ikea, Ikea Retail, Ingka, Bain, MediaNews, Orange, Register Locations: New York, Aldi, Long Beach , California
Enter the co-working space, which allows for a bit of everything. From shopping malls to private mansions to hotels and gyms, co-working spaces are becoming more creative in the remote work era — with a boost from startups building platforms to connect companies with spaces for rent. Airstreams and yurtsThe dominant co-working venues for years were WeWork and other communal spaces in downtown office buildings. Gilbreath from Liquidspace said that co-working spaces have expanded outside urban cores and financial districts, and rental spaces are becoming quirkier. “Co-working spaces have usually been centrally located in big buildings,” said Amina Moreau, founder of Radious, which calls its business the Airbnb of office rentals and meeting spaces in residential areas.
Persons: it’s, , , Prithwiraj Choudhury, Nicholas Bloom, Bloom, can’t, Jacob Bates, Mark Gilbreath, WeWork, Liquidspace, Amina Moreau, ” Moreau Organizations: New, New York CNN, Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Companies, US General Services Administration, Mobile, Minneapolis Grain Exchange Locations: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Denver, Montreal, Minneapolis, Portland , Oregon,
New York CNN —ESPN is laying off around 20 high-profile sports commentators as part of a cost-cutting initiative, a source with knowledge of the layoffs told CNN. “Given the current environment, ESPN has determined it necessary to identify some additional cost savings in the area of public-facing commentator salaries,” ESPN said in a statement. But the source stressed that the cuts were simply a matter of cost-cutting, and not related to job performance. Disney (DIS), which owns ESPN, is laying off 7,000 employees. The person familiar with the plans said that ESPN’s layoffs were unrelated to the broader layoffs at Disney (DIS).
Persons: Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy, Jalen Rose, LaPhonso Ellis, Suzy Kolber, , , ” Kolber Organizations: New, New York CNN, ESPN, CNN, ” ESPN, Twitter, Disney Locations: New York
Since Costco has expanded self-checkout, the company has noticed that non-members have been sneaking in to use membership cards that don’t belong to them. “We don’t feel it’s right that nonmembers receive the same benefits and pricing as our members,” Costco said in a statement. Costco members pay either $60 for a regular membership or $120 for an executive card every year to shop at clubs. Any changes to membership growth could hurt Costco. Netflix has also recently cracked down on members sharing passwords.
Persons: ” Costco, Costco Organizations: New, New York CNN, Costco, Sam’s Club, Netflix Locations: New York
New York CNN —Companies are sitting on a lot less cash than they were last year, largely because they’re spending it on share buybacks and corporate dividends. What’s happening: A new report from Moody’s Investors Service finds that nonfinancial companies’ corporate cash declined 12% last year to $2 trillion. But debt was flat year over year, meaning that companies didn’t use much of their cash reserves to pay down outstanding loans. Now that it’s more expensive to borrow, companies in the US should reconsider the amount of money they’re spending on buybacks, he added. Preventing companies from repurchasing their own shares, they argue, would free corporate cash to invest in growth and raise wages instead.
Persons: Emile El Nems, , Ben Lofthouse, Janus Henderson, ” El Nems, Joe Biden, buybacks, , Brian Moynihan, Moynihan, CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Nathaniel Meyersohn, That’s Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN — Companies, Moody’s Investors Service, Moody’s, Federal Reserve, Bank of America, Corporations, , CNN, Commerce Department, UBS Locations: New York, buybacks
Pickleball injuries may cost Americans $377 million in health care costs this year, accounting for 5% to 10% of total unexpected medical costs, UBS analysts estimated in a report Monday. From 2010-2019, 86% of emergency department visits due to pickleball injuries occurred in people over 60 years old, according to the medical study. Around 60% of pickleball injuries are sprains, strains and fractures. The analysts estimated that there will be around 67,000 emergency room visits, 366,000 outpatient visits and 9,000 outpatient surgeries related to pickleball injuries this year. According to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association trade group, pickleball has grown from 3.5 million players in 2019 to 8.9 million in 2022.
Persons: New York CNN —, Pickleball Organizations: New, New York CNN, UBS, Sports, Fitness Industry Association Locations: New York
CNN —New York City has been cleared to implement congestion pricing, a practice that allows the city to charge drivers entering Lower Manhattan, New York Gov. The plan would also mark the culmination of more than a half-century of efforts to implement congestion pricing in New York City. Ultimately, it was the need to improve New York City’s public transit that became the rallying cry for congestion pricing. The stakes of New York City’s program are high, and leaders in other cities are watching the results closely. “It’s good to see New York City’s program is moving forward,” said the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board last month.
Persons: Kathy Hochul, , Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo —, Kate Slevin, Sam Schwartz, Hochul, , US Sen, Bob Menendez, Josh Gottheimer, Bill Pascrell, Jr, Washington, CNN’s Gregory Wallace, Rob Frehse Organizations: CNN, New, Lower Manhattan , New York Gov, Federal, Administration, Central Business District, Federal Highway Administration, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, ” New York Gov, United, United States Each, MTA, Regional Plan Association, , Democratic New, US, London, Drivers, Los Angeles Times Locations: New York City, Lower Manhattan ,, Manhattan, United States, New York, Lower Manhattan, New Jersey, Democratic New Jersey, Holland, Lincoln, Jersey, That’s, Stockholm, London, Singapore, York, Los Angeles
Why cities want to ban new drive-thrus
  + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Magnets of traffic and congestion, drive-thrus discourage walking, public transit use and visits to neighboring businesses. A host of cities and regions want the sprawl to stop: Atlanta lawmakers will vote this summer on whether to ban new drive-thrus in the popular Beltline area. Minneapolis; Fair Haven, New Jersey; Creve Coeur, Missouri; Orchard Park, New York, and other cities have banned new drive-thrus in recent years. Experts say pedestrian safety can be improved by tightly managing access along arterial roads and locating drive-thrus away from them. Cities push backAtlanta City Councilman Jason Dozier proposed a bill this year to block new drive-thrus around the Atlanta Beltline, a pedestrian trail along a 22-mile railroad corridor.
Persons: Creve, , David Dixon, Jack, Wendy’s, Sweetgreen, Taco Bell, Leonard Ortiz, Eric Dumbaugh, David Paul Morris, Dixon, Stantec, Jason Dozier, Dozier’s, , ” Dozier, Marilyn Nieves, iStockphoto, Levi Thatcher, Charlotte, Keba Samuel Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Smithsonian, Companies, MediaNews, Orange, Register, Florida Atlantic University, , CNN, Bloomberg, Atlanta City, Atlanta, Atlanta Beltline, Sugar House, Sugar, Transportation, Charlotte Planning, Charlotte City Locations: New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Fair Haven , New Jersey, Creve Coeur , Missouri, Orchard, , New York, Southern California, Long, Pittsburgh, Mesa , Arizona, , , California, Santa Ana , California, driveways, Atlanta’s, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, WCNC
Taylor Swift is an unlikely public transit icon
  + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
New York CNN —Taylor Swift, public transit savior? Public transit systems across the United States are getting a much-needed, if temporary, boost from Taylor Swift fans flooding trains, buses and subways to her sold-out Eras Tour. As transit agencies scramble to recover from the pandemic, transit experts say all those Swifies taking mass transit offer lessons for policymakers on how to adapt to the post-pandemic world. Philadelphia’s SEPTA system and New Jersey Transit also got a boost from concertgoers taking mass transit to Swift shows. But public transit agencies still have yet to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic.
Persons: New York CNN — Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift’s, Swift, Raymond James, Matthew Dickens, Taylor, , Jim Aloisi, Aloisi, Yanfeng Ouyang Organizations: New, New York CNN, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, Soldier, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Mercedes, Benz, SEPTA, New Jersey Transit, Swift, American Public Transportation Association, Public, MIT, Transportation, University of Illinois Locations: New York, United States, New Jersey, Pittsburgh , Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign
New York CNN —A UPS strike by 185,000 workers 25 years ago brought the logistics giant’s operations to a standstill. Striking employees of UPS in Chicago in 1997, the last major UPS work stoppage. In a worst case scenario, a longer-term UPS strike could cause major disruptions to the US supply chain network. UPS and the Teamsters' union contract expires August 1. Small and medium-sized businesses lower in the pecking order than big-box chains would see the most delays from a lengthy strike, logistics experts say.
Persons: Jeff Haynes, , Cathy Roberson, Richard Drew, ” Roberson, Pitney Bowes, John Haber, , Carol Tome, Sean O’Brien, ” O’Brien, Alan Amling Organizations: New, New York CNN, UPS, US Postal Service, FedEx, Teamsters, Getty, Logistics, Walmart, Target, , Transportation Insight Holding Company, CNN, University of Tennessee’s, Chain Institute, Locations: New York, United States, Chicago, AFP
New York CNN —Kroger and other chains say customers on food assistance programs like SNAP are struggling as aid shrinks. “Budget-conscious households are buying fewer items, particularly as SNAP benefits declined during the quarter,” said Kroger (KR) CEO Rodney McMullen on an earnings call Thursday. Customers are “making significant modifications” such as buying a four-pack of an item instead of a 12-pack. The decrease came with the end of a Covid emergency policy that increased SNAP benefits to the maximum level for every recipient. Dollar Genera (DG)l, Dollar Tree (DLTR), Walmart (WMT) and other chains have also said recently that customers on food stamps are struggling most.
Persons: New York CNN — Kroger, , Kroger, Rodney McMullen, Jeffrey Owen, ” Owen Organizations: New, New York CNN, SNAP, KR, , Budget, Walmart, Dollar, Bureau of Labor Statistics ’ Locations: New York, Washington, DC
New York City is still clawing out of from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The plan would also mark the culmination of more than a half-century of efforts to implement congestion pricing in New York City. Ultimately, it was the need to improve New York City’s public transit that became the rallying cry for congestion pricing. The stakes of New York City’s program are high, and leaders in other cities are watching the results closely. “It’s good to see New York City’s program is moving forward,” said the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board last month.
Persons: Joe Biden’s, , Kathy Hochul, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo —, Yuki Iwamura, Kate Slevin, Sam Schwartz Organizations: New, New York CNN, Central Business District, Federal Highway Administration, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, ” New York Gov, MTA, Bloomberg, Getty, Regional Plan Association, London, Drivers, Los Angeles Times Locations: New York, New York City, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, United States, Stockholm, London, Singapore, New Jersey, York, Los Angeles
As of Thursday morning, air filters were the top gainers in sales for tools and home improvement products on Amazon over the past 24 hours. Searches on Google for air purifiers have increased 16 fold since Monday, according to Google trends. Johnson Controls, which has a number of air filters on the market, has also seen its stock price soar. The air purifier market is poised to grow as climate change increases air pollution and exacerbates breathing difficulties. Climate change will worsen existing air pollution and lead to more dangerous air quality days like the current one in the Northeast.
Persons: humidifier, Johnson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, United States, Carrier Global, Johnson Controls, Economic Co, Environmental Protection Agency Locations: New York, United States,
New York CNN —The past few months of robust grocery store sales would suggest that shoppers aren’t stretched for cash. Fresh eggs shot up 48.2%, milk rose 5%, bread rose 12.7% and fresh root vegetables went up 14.7. The following month, grocery prices continued to fall. But food inflation is still outpacing inflation overall, and grocery prices are still quite a bit higher than they were last year. We are still seeing prices, month over month, they’re still going up — although much less than they were.”— CNN’s Nathaniel Meyersohn contributed to this report.
Persons: that’s, , Alastair Steel, Spencer Platt, they’ve, Steel, “ we’ve, Richard Galanti, Jeff Gennette, , Brandon Bell, Jeff Owen, Ramon Laguarta, it’s, they’re, , Nathaniel Meyersohn Organizations: New, New York CNN, Kellogg, PepsiCo, Getty, Steel, Costco, Aldi, , Dollar, Assistance, SNAP, Consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS Locations: New York
New York CNN —If you follow right-wing media or Twitter, you may have seen a lot of coverage recently about Target’s stock price falling. Fox News aired more than 2 hours of coverage on Target’s Pride Month displays from May 23 to May 30, according to Media Matters, a liberal media monitoring group. Target faced a homophobic campaign that went viral on social media over its annual Pride Month clothing collection. But Target’s stock drop has nothing to do with its Pride Month clothing collection or the anti-LGBTQ campaign. JP Morgan, which downgraded Target’s stock Thursday, said in a report that “we continue to believe that the consumer is broadly weakening while the share of wallet shift away from goods is ongoing.” JP Morgan did not include a word about consumer backlash to Target’s Pride Month collection.
Persons: Matt Walsh, it’s, Locker, Berna Barshay, It’s, JP Morgan, ” JP Morgan, Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox News, Target’s, Media, Target, Pride, Walmart, Shoppers Locations: New York, Thursday’s
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But following repeated violent incidents and federal workplace safety violations at stores, some Dollar General workers and labor advocates are calling for stronger safety and health protections. Since 2014, there have been 49 people killed and 172 people injured at Dollar General stores, according to data from non-profit group Gun Violence Archive. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited unsafe conditions at dozens of Dollar General stores in recent years. Since 2017, the federal agency has proposed more than $21 million in fines against Dollar General. Dollar General workers and their allies are rallying Wednesday outside Dollar General's headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, ahead of the company's annual shareholder meeting.
Persons: Doug Parker, , Kurt Petermeyer Organizations: New, New York CNN —, Workers, Dollar, CNN, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, General, Retail, Violence, Economic Policy Institute, OSHA, United, Funds Locations: New York, America, Goodlettsville , Tennessee, Louisiana, Atlanta
New York CNN —During every Pride Month in June for the past decade, Target has sold merchandise for LGBTQ customers, employees and allies. But this year, Target faced an anti-LGBTQ campaign that went viral on social media. Fueled by far-right personalities and on social media platforms, the anti-trans campaign spread misleading information about the company’s Pride Month products and its business practices. It won’t be worth whatever they think they’ll gain.”The campaign became hostile, with threats levied against Target employees and instances of damaged products and displays in stores. Meeting demandTarget became the focus of the anti-LGBTQ campaign’s ire for its Pride Month merchandise, but the campaign misrepresented Target’s ambitions.
Persons: , Matt Walsh, Kelley Robinson, Bud Light, Yoram, “ It’s, Brian Cornell, Fortune, Erik Carnell, ” Target, Gavin Newsom, Sarah Kate Ellis, Tim Calkins, Ron DeSantis, , Paul Argenti Organizations: New, New York CNN, Target, Twitter, Human Rights, Pride, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Gallup, , Wall Street Journal, GLAAD, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Companies, Nike, Disney, Florida Gov, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodger, Dartmouth University’s Tuck School of Business Locations: New York, California, statehouses
New York CNN —Target on Wednesday said it was removing some products that celebrate Pride Month after the company and its employes became the focus of a “volatile” anti-LGBTQ campaign. Target said it removed from shelves “items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.”For a decade, Target has celebrated Pride Month in and around June. “Pride Month at Target is a time of affirmation and solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community,” the company says on its website. Some people have thrown Pride items on the floor, Target spokesperson Kayla Castaneda told Reuters. The products Target is withdrawing are being removed from all its US stores and from its website, Castaneda told Reuters.
Persons: Target, ” Target, Kayla Castaneda, Castaneda, Erik Carnell, “ I’m, transphobia, Eric Carnell, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Organizations: New, New York CNN, Target, Pride, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Republican, ” Target, Anheuser, Busch, – Reuters Locations: New York
Approximately 2 billion parking spots cover the country, enough to pave over the entire state of Connecticut. Cities have built so much parking through a policy few people know: minimum parking requirements. Mandatory parking minimums helped shape the modern makeup of America cities. More parking spaces mean bigger parking lots. There are an estimated three to eight parking spots for every car in America.
Inflation-weary shoppers flock to Walmart
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
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