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If you’re shopping online, make sure the website you are using says “https” in the URL. Here are other tips to save you money and keep you safe, whether you are shopping online or in person.

How much shopping did Americans do over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend? Here’s how busy it was, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.

Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday much differently than how it entered the pandemic.

Just because something is discounted on Prime Day doesn’t mean it’s the best deal you’ll see anywhere, or even all year.

The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for “free.”

Reading the fine print means you could save money, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law.

More than a third of bridges need repairs, and over 43,000 are “structurally deficient,” says the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.

“I don’t bother with online reviews anymore,” says NBC Bay Area consumer investigative reporter Chris Chmura. A recent investigation found Yelp reviewers, even those called “Yelp Elite,” have admitted to posting fake reviews for payment. Other reviewers are just leaving the same review over and over and it’s easy to tell they’re suspicious. Chmura joined LX News to talk about...

A successful entrepreneur must have a playbook for how to scale their business, according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery.

It’s a sobering statistic: Consumers in 2021 lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year.

A successful entrepreneur needs dedication and should be “armed with information,” according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery.

A rise in returns is filling Liquidity Services warehouses with unwanted goods from Amazon and Target and growing liquidation to a $644 billion market

Shipping is a key component of U.S. trade but America has some of the least efficient ports in the world, according to a World Bank and IHS Markit study.

Returns are at a record high as online shopping booms. Now Amazon is trying to destroy less inventory with new options to refurbish, resell and liquidate items.

A screen-savvy New Jersey toddler somehow managed to order close to $2,000 worth of furniture online from Walmart.

The tie-up marks a significant step up in China expansion for Shopify and is another step in JD’s internationalization efforts.

JD.com’s entry into Europe with physical stores marks the start of a potential challenge to U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.

Sales in click and collect are expected to jump by 21% to an estimated $101 billion in 2022, according to the market research firm.

In 2021, store openings may top store closures for the first time in five years, according to a tracking by Coresight Research.

A strong wave of early shopping, warmer weather and new anxiety about the coronavirus variants will influence how consumers shop and what they may buy.