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The Week in Retail, Explained Badly

A weekly satirical roundup of the lead stories from The Daily SKU, each with a plain-language account of what actually happened and a link to the real news. New every Sunday.

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    The Week in Retail, Explained Badly

    Leads: Walmart Stretches Black Friday And Cyber Monday To 14 Days; Actual Friday Asks What It Did Wrong · Home Depot Vows Its Digital Price Tags Won't Change Prices On You; Shoppers Stare At Them Anyway, Just In Case · Instacart Places Itself In Own Cart, Waits To See Who Checks Out · Walmart Will Let Your AI Agent Shop With Its Own Allowance, Freeing Americans From The Burden Of Wanting Things Themselves · Shein Agrees To Pay FTC $100 Million Over Delivery Delays; Check Expected To Arrive In 7 To 21 Business Days · AI Shopping Agent Buys Household 412 Phone Chargers, Notes Each Purchase Was Individually Under Spending Limit