Tag: stores

19 SEP

US Customs stores duplicates of travelers’ phone and laptop contents — including medical records, photos, and calendar appointments — without much oversight, report says

A patch is seen on the sleeve of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer as he uses facial recognition technology in his booth at Miami International Airport to screen a traveler entering the United States on February 27, 2018 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images US Customs preserves data from phones, laptops, and tablets […]

13 SEP

Shoppers earning $100,000 are turning to dollar stores amid soaring inflation, Dollar General CEO says

A Dollar General store in Amenia, New York. Landon Speers for Insider Shoppers earning six-figure salaries are turning to dollar stores amid soaring inflation in the US. Economic uncertainty is pushing some Americans to tighten their pursestrings. Dollar General's "core customer" usually earns under $ 40,000 a year, CNN reported. Shoppers with six-figure salaries are […]

24 FEB

Apple closes two Dallas stores in apparent bid to ward off patent trolls

Enlarge / Apple’s new store will be at the Galleria Dallas. In addition to being a beautiful mall, it’s also outside the reach of the notoriously patent-friendly Eastern District of Texas. (credit: jinjian liang / Flickr) Apple is closing two Apple stores in the northern suburbs of Dallas in an apparent bid to ward off […]

15 FEB

Samsung will open three real stores in the US February 20th

On the same day we meet the Galaxy S10, Samsung is going to “celebrate 10 years of Galaxy” with three new retail locations in the US. While it has previously opened stores around the world, in the US Samsung has preferred to spread its Experience shops as store-within-a-store pop-up shops that mostly exist inside Best […]

09 FEB

Networked freezers at grocery stores are vulnerable to hacking

Security researchers at Safety Detective revealed vulnerabilities in the temperature control systems found in freezers that could allow an attacker to hijack the devices and destroy its contents. The security hole, which stems from weak passwords, affect internet-connected thermostats manufactured by Resource Data Management (RDM). The company’s products are used by grocery stores, hospitals pharmaceutical […]

29 DEC

We compared Trader Joe’s stores in the city and in the suburbs — and the loser was clear

Madeline Diamond Trader Joe’s has hundreds of locations all over the US, including 11 in the five boroughs of New York City. The chain’s largest store on the East Coast just opened on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We visited three Trader Joe’s locations — one in the suburbs of Connecticut and two in […]

27 DEC

The PlayStation Classic got a price cut after less than a month in stores – here’s why $60 could be the right price for one (SNE)

Sony The PlayStation Classic is a miniature version of the original 1996 console — Sony’s response to the wildly successful NES Classic and Super NES Classic released by Nintendo. Sony released the PlayStation Classic on December 3 for $ 99, with 20 built-in games included. Less than a month later, the PlayStation Classic is already […]

13 DEC

Amazon aims to open checkout-free Go stores in office lobbies

The current nature of Amazon’s no-checkout Go stores seems tailor-made for grabbing a quick bite to eat during a break from work, and the company is determined to seize on that opportunity. It just opened a tiny (450 square feet) Go store inside one of its Seattle offices to promote a version of its retail […]

05 DEC

Dead department stores are finding an unexpected new life with U-Haul (M, SHLD, UHAL)

AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall U-Haul is looking to buy 13 former Sears and Kmart stores for $ 62 million, court documents show. These former department store locations will be repurposed into U-Haul storage centers and places to house its fleet of rental trucks.  U-Haul has a policy in place whereby it buys and renovates pre-existing buildings […]