A few years ago, it seemed like Best Buy was nothing more than a poorly decorated Amazon and Newegg showroom, and the business of big-box electronics stores was doomed. Sometimes, though, the popular wisdom isn’t true, and an electronics store that appears to be doomed can make a comeback. [More]
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New Contact Lens Solution Warnings Mean Fewer Users Getting Peroxide In Their Eyes
By 2.26.16
If anyone ever tries to convince you that life isn’t constantly getting better, remember this: only an average of three people each year since 2012 have stuck contact lenses soaked in hydrogen peroxide in their eyes and caused injuries bad enough to report to the Food and Drug Administration. 61 people did from 2010 to 2011. The reason for this medical miracle? Red plastic. [More]
Customers Spot Signs That NYC Nail Salons Are Setting Themselves Apart After Reports Of Bad Work Conditions
By 7.15.15
After a recent two-part report earlier this summer that called out New York City nail salons for unfair treatment of workers and horrible work conditions across the city’s industry, some customers are spotting signs — literally — that there are businesses trying to set themselves apart from those bad actors. [More]
Wal-Mart Unburies Competition
By 12.8.05
Robert Sterling forwarded us this story, entitled ‘Unmarked cemetery found near Wal-Mart’. We offer it to you as a test.
