Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song twinned in festive holiday sweaters while enjoying a magical day at Disneyland. The Home Alone actor, 45, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody alum, 37, sported matching ...

The company's pricing strategy is grabbing headlines at a time affordability has become a major issue for U.S. consumers. Instacart customers are unknowingly participating in widespread algorithmic ...

I experienced sticker shock when I visited a nursery to buy a holiday tree this year. A 10-foot tree would have cost me $370 if I'd gone ahead and bought it. I remembered being happy as a child in the ...

Floridians can purchase real Christmas trees at major retailers like Walmart and Home Depot, as well as local tree lots and farms. The price for a real Christmas tree typically ranges from about $50 ...

The dollar store is getting closer to becoming the "dollars store" as the discount chain continues to inch up its prices, online discount enthusiasts have noted on social media. Dollar Tree appears to ...

Dollar Tree is expanding its assortment to include items at a variety of price points beyond its $1.25 base. Not all stores have the same prices, as the company is rolling out different store formats ...

Omar Villafranca is a CBS News correspondent based in Dallas. He joined CBS News in 2014 as a correspondent for Newspath. Before CBS, Villafranca worked at KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth, at KOTV-TV the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Once the fall and winter seasons roll around, you'll start seeing cups and dishes for sale that are patterned with all manner of holiday motifs, from fun Halloween pumpkins to images of the Coca-Cola ...

Forget the Grinch — this year, it’s tariffs that could try to steal the Christmas tree. Artificial Christmas trees will cost an estimated 10% to 20% more this season than they did last year because of ...

Dollar Tree’s multi-price strategy is starting to show strong results, and the discount retailer is now using AI-based technology to sort multi-price products and maximize profit. At its annual ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...