Market Mad House

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Grocery Wars

Best Grocery Hacks for 2017

Use Kroger ClickList. Many Kroger supermarkets now offer ClickList a service that lets you order items online then pick them up at curbside. The big advantage to click list is that Kroger’s employees will do the shopping for you. All you to do is to pay and pick it up.

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The Death Spiral

Is Staples Close to Death?

Two interesting buyers would be Walmart and Amazon. Walmart would buy Staples for its brand and online market share. Amazon might be interested in Staples’ 1,600 brick and mortar locations as pickup points for merchandise. It needs such points to counter Walmart which has already opened 600 such pickup points.

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Grocery WarsThrift

Items to Buy on Jet.com

You should be shopping on Jet because it offers much better prices on items like laundry detergent than sites like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). It is also fast and provides a better level of service than some sites.

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Grocery Wars

Citi Sends Costco Members False Cancellation Message

This is certainly an opportunity for Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which owns Costco’s biggest competitor Sam’s Club. Sam’s Club now takes American Express in an attempt to lure Costco members.

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Thrift

Items You Should Buy From Amazon

Buy direct from merchants through Amazon. Many merchants sell directly through Amazon rather than the fulfillment centers. The big advantage to buying direct is that many of these sellers offer free shipping on all items. Office supplies in particular are far cheaper purchased this way.

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You Missed It

Some Big News Stories you missed

Only around nine percent of Americans cast votes for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the presidential primaries, New York Times writers Alicia Parlapano and Adam Pearce noted. That means less than 10% of the US population decided who the presidential nominees for the two major parties would be.

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