Is This How Amazon Ends?
An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped Amazon take over the world. It also might guarantee Amazon’s eventual obsolescence.
Material World
This Is What Happens to All the Stuff You Don’t Want
I ventured into the belly of the holiday-returns beast.
It’s Too Easy to Buy Stuff You Don’t Want
Online shopping is too fast for good decisions.
The Junk Is Winning
TikTok’s experiment in shopping has quickly become another place to hawk products.
Your Sweaters Are Garbage
The quality of knitwear has cratered. Even expensive sweaters have lost their hefty, lush glory.
Millennials Have Lost Their Grip on Fashion
Ballet flats are back. Are you old enough to know better?
Retailers Bet Wrong on America’s Feelings About Stores
The internet was supposed to kill in-person shopping. But have you been to a Bass Pro?
Bama Rush Is a Strange, Sparkly Window Into How America Shops
Here’s my cute $20 Shein dress. And here are all of my $400 David Yurman bracelets.
Make the Collabs Stop
The world does not need Blue Bottle sneakers or Harry Potter spatulas.
Drinking Water Is Easy
Just add stuff to it.