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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:57:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Federal Law Sets a Five-Year Floor on Gift Card Expiration</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dollar stores grew to 40,000 U.S. locations on small-format cost arithmetic — then hit the ceiling when the low-income customer ran out of money.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Buy Online, Pick Up In Store, Explained</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BOPIS turns stores into fulfillment nodes — cheaper than delivery, faster for shoppers, driven by inventory accuracy. Economics, limits, and what's next.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Retailers Close Stores: The Lease Math</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Grocery Margins Run Thin</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Grocers earn one to three cents per dollar — substitutable staples, weekly shoppers, discounter ceilings. How the 2022 inflation episode tested that.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Online runs about 17 percent of U.S. retail sales, wildly uneven by category. How Census measures the share and where the remaining gains are.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Holiday Sales Get Counted</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The NRF's holiday number counts November-December retail minus cars, gas, and restaurants — about $1 trillion in 2024. Definitions and alternatives.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Store brands took a record quarter of U.S. grocery units in 2024 and kept it as inflation cooled. How the share is measured and why switches stick.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Shrink and Retail Theft Statistics, Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How the Retail Inventory-to-Sales Ratio Works</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Census inventory-to-sales ratio is retail's simplest stress gauge. How it is calculated, why the pandemic broke it, and what swings signal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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