Shopping

2022 - 10 - 8

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Polestar to open a store at Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre (Drive)

Polestar – owned by Chinese conglomerate Geely, which also owns Volvo and Lotus – has announced it will open 'Polestar Space' at the end of this year, with a ...

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A broke college student's guide to shopping sustainable fashion (The State News)

Visiting a local thrift store is one of the most popular ways to shop sustainably. Thrift stores provide access to large selections of secondhand clothing for ...

Remember to do your research before trusting that a brand is environmentally friendly. Natural fibers to look out for while shopping includes cotton, bamboo, silk and wool. Nowadays, it's easy to shop secondhand from the comfort of your home. spandex, nylon, stuff that isn’t going to last as long. “I really like (to thrift) because it’s not only super affordable, but it’s also really good for the environment,” environmental engineering sophomore Serena Westcott said. Psychology sophomore Nikki Vawter said her favorite thrift find is a pair of vintage Levi jeans.

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Cash and carry stores: can buying in bulk cut your shopping bills? (The Guardian)

Chains such as Costco and Booker are attracting more shoppers as living costs rise – here's how their deals stack up.

Conclusion A disappointing result – it was cheaper to buy in Asda and Morrisons, with no requirement to bulk-buy. Booker is owned by Tesco, so it is surprising that Tesco were the most expensive for this item. It would appear that growing numbers of people are signing up to Costco to see if it can save them money. [@CostcoUK](https://twitter.com/CostcoUK) in [#traffordpark](https://twitter.com/hashtag/traffordpark?src=hashtag_click) on a Sunday lunchtime. Indeed, Booker’s price lists include a figure for POR, which stands for profit on return and tells the retailer what margin they will make if they sell the item at the RRP. The packs sold at Booker came with a prominently displayed recommended retail price (RRP) of £5.49. But if you really want to save on anti-dandruff shampoo, you would buy the non-branded option, such as Cien at Lidl, for less than half the price. It is fair to say we found plenty of bargains: Andrex toilet paper 30% cheaper than Tesco; bottles of Heineken beer priced 20% less than Asda and Morrisons; a giant Samsung TV for almost half the price charged by John Lewis. Buying less but more frequently is probably a better way to save on fresh food. Makro and Booker appear to have near-identical terms and conditions. So is it time to fill up your car boot with multipacks to beat the cost of living crisis? To get a Booker card, you have to be a VAT-registered business, self-employed or a registered charity.

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Amazon Can Hook You in Even When You Aren't Shopping on ... (CNET)

Amazon is already the "everything store." Now it's reaching its tentacles into other places you shop online.

With the in-store pick-up option, which is still in its early days according to Amazon, shoppers who want to get something from a nearby store today can look for it on Amazon without having to browse individual businesses' websites. Amazon already uses your shopping information to recommend other products and place ads in your search results, for example. "They would theoretically get access to a bunch of data," Kodali said. "Amazon can say: Maybe not everybody wants to be on the marketplace, but we have all these logistics offerings and payment offerings," Saunders said. But such data has the potential to be "very valuable," Saunders said. In addition to getting involved in more purchases, the Amazon features can funnel more data about your shopping habits to the mega-retailer. Sellers can also use an official badge to advertise Buy with Prime in their own marketing. Buy with Prime makes sense in light of another feature announced last year: [Local Shopping](https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/today-amazon-accelerate-amazon-launches-new-local-selling), which lets third-party sellers offer curbside pickup from their storefronts on Amazon's online marketplace. Both are also examples of how Amazon is leveraging its logistics prowess for other retailers. [Buy with Prime](https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-unveils-buy-prime-expanding-prime-shopping-benefits/)" program that lets sellers add a button onto their own websites. [more than 37 percent](https://www.statista.com/statistics/274255/market-share-of-the-leading-retailers-in-us-e-commerce/) of the US e-commerce market last year. In April, Amazon revealed a "

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