Shariq Siddiqui spent nine years at Amazon, the last bit bringing Alexa on as an identity for brick-and-mortar stores. It was while doing that he was involved in some of Amazon’s initiatives, for ...

So listen, when I was a kid, I loved going to the grocery store, and it was entirely to ride around on the back of a shopping cart. But the modern shopping cart as we know it didn’t always exist, ...

The modern shopping cart — as we know it — didn't always exist, which meant it had to be invented. The How Curious podcast explores the history of the shopping cart. So listen, when I was a kid, I ...

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We live in a world shaped by shopping carts. The ubiquitous, unloved contraptions are a key feature of US economy. (Yes, really.) The birth of shopping carts in the early 20th century helped usher in ...

Do you mind if I ask you a personal question about your shopping cart? Are you a returner? Are you a never returner? Or are you a convenient returner? I want you to consider your answer carefully and ...

Supermarkets are pushing customers to be more considerate shoppers. An American who moved to the UK has gone viral after sharing their experience with grocery shopping across the pond, which they ...

Shopping carts are surprisingly expensive. Prices range up to about $300 for a cart, which may seem like a lot, but they have to be pretty rugged and are made to work for decades. Plastic carts are ...

We've all been there: you go to the grocery store, the shopping carts are all scattered hither and yon, blocking parking spaces and making some poor employee have to wrangle them all in the summer ...