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We know when Walmart or Dollar General are doing well, those are not good signs for the health of the consumer economy, particularly when it’s higher income shoppers suddenly appearing in bigger numbers. But when that hard hit traffic starts spilling over to the local pawn shops, it’s a whole other level. Canaries and coalmines. …
Americans reporting the Mall of America in Minnesota is now completely dead because of ICE raids It looks like everyone’s hiding from ICE “It's like a ghost town in here. Usually it's packed. That is crazy” Americans can’t even comprehend the real number of illegals in America pic.twitter.com/ruFqHwuyZF — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 15, …
Affordability crisis rattling mom-and-pop shops… “Surging import costs. Mounting payroll and healthcare expenses. A shortage of affordable loans. And a stressed-out workforce. Small businesses are facing mounting pressure from America’s affordability crisis. Doug Scheffel, owner of a family-run ETM Manufacturing in Massachusetts, laid off about a quarter of his employees in April as the Trump …
Stephen Miller: “The relief for small businesses is going to come in the form of the largest tax cut in American history. A tax cut, by the way, that every single Democrat is planning to vote against… this will be the most pro-small business tax bill in American history.” Stephen Miller: "The relief for small …
This is the rebbery on Kilburn High Road, London on 21st November 2024, The mets flying squad arrest four males in the EE shop after they held up staff and shoppers and forced staff to empty the safe of High value devices and accessories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVM9VPUxThE
Two people were killed and hundreds injured, shops were looted and public buildings torched during a second night of rioting in New Caledonia, authorities said Wednesday, as anger over constitutional reforms from Paris boiled over. What began as pro-independence demonstrations has spiralled into three days of the worst violence seen on the French Pacific archipelago …
The Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. As big box retailers get ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, many are reminding shoppers not to forget Small Business Saturday as a way to support smaller shops. The Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, …
via MSN: CVS is set to close hundreds of stores across the country as it undergoes a complete retail overhaul – as more outlets move towards online sellers amid rampant increases in crime. The major drugstore chain is coming to the end of a policy launched in 2021 which will see 300 stores closed each …
High street stores are being turned into fortresses amid a shoplifting epidemic – with everyday items from duvets to washing powder put under lock and key. The problem has even led to the Co-op warning some communities could become ‘no-go’ areas for shops. And a Sainsbury’s in south London, which was once the chain’s biggest …
Pawn shops too (probably because they deal in silver and gold coinage and bars and jewellery. Shutting access to cash) AC