AI shopping agents have moved from tech-conference talk to real business decisions. In just a few weeks, three stories that, read together, show the whole…
Getting the order is supposed to be the win. For Dakota Sheets, founder of DogSauce, a pourable food topper for dogs made with sweet potato…
Kristen Charpentier’s first clue was that the voice was too nice. She pulled into a Dairy Queen drive-thru in Cary, North Carolina, and the speaker…
Inside a test kitchen in Omaha, Conagra executives huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage, lifting packets of cheese sauce and pouring…
Getting a product onto a Walmart or Target shelf is the part of Place students almost never see. NPR’s Planet Money just recorded it. For…
One note before the story. This article involves compulsive spending, a drained retirement account, and a marriage that ended over it. Compulsive spending and gambling…
Why are grocery prices so high? The Daily, the New York Times podcast, spent 40 minutes inside a grocery store answering that question (“Why Are…
Two recent Wall Street Journal articles offer marketing instructors a timely window into one of the most significant shifts in consumer behavior and retail strategy…
This Sherwood News article, “The ‘kidulting’ economy is still booming as more grown-ups yearn for playtime,” (September 24, 2025), highlights the surging success of brands…