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This isn’t your grandmother’s Black Friday

The traditional post-Thanksgiving shopping spree called Black Friday has undergone some huge shifts in the past couple of decades as younger consumers are simply less

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The business of Halloween

Today may be Halloween, but it’s never too late to brush up on your Halloween knowledge and prepare to write some follow-up stories on the

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What’s in your shopping basket?

Here are two food industry stories to inspire you to think about the business of food the next time you’re filling up your cart at

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The booming business of women’s sports

As a Forbes headline stated this summer, “Women’s Sports Are Profitable” – but only when brands, media and broadcasters buy in. With more companies choosing

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Are you kidfluencing me?

In August, Illinois became the first state in the United States to enact a law aimed at protecting minors who are featured in monetized online

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Public record resources

It can be difficult to get information from a private company, but all businesses have to interact with the government in order to operate, so

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