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Erik Carter / The Atlantic Of Course Instant Groceries Don’t Work
Obstacles include: space, time, reality.
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Colin Clark / The New York Times / … Nothing Is Cooler Than Going Out to Dinner
Why it’s so hard to get a restaurant reservation right now
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Richard Kalvar / Magnum Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?
There are no good solutions to the problems of closet clean-out.
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Shein Fashion Has Abandoned Human Taste
Stores are stocked with copycat designs. It’s a nightmare.
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Getty; The Atlantic This Is Peak Subscription
Forking over another $5 a month is getting pretty old.
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Getty; The Atlantic Do You Want a Boring Floor Lamp or an Ugly Floor Lamp?
The internet has everything—except the one thing I need.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Great Shoplifting Freak-Out
Why is it so hard to figure out if America’s enormous surge in theft is real?
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin The Package Is the Message
American consumers can’t resist the lure of a well-designed container.
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Photo illustration by Anthony Gerace Stop Shopping
America needs you to buy less junk.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants
What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?
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Matt Chase Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is
Behind shipping delays and soaring prices are workers still at mortal risk of COVID-19.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin How Netflix Made Americans Care About the Most European of Sports
I never gave much thought to the champagne-soaked world of Formula 1. Then I watched Drive to Survive.
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Dick Whittington Studio / Corbis / Getty ; … People Liked Malls
Amazon appears to have discovered that the fastest, freest shipping is picking stuff up in person.
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Alec Soth / Magnum American Shoppers Are a Nightmare
Customers were this awful long before the pandemic.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs
The only thing getting me through my 30s is a cranky, agoraphobic chihuahua named Midge.
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin Burn All the Leggings
What do you wear to the reopening of society?
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Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin Americans Are Turning Spare Bedrooms Into Giant Closets
As stores disappear, shopping in your own wardrobe becomes the ultimate luxury.
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Photograph by Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin What Your T-Shirt Says About You
How merch became a staple of the pandemic
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Giacomo Bagnara Why Is There Financing for Everything Now?
Are the new online services that allow you to buy jeans or shampoo in installments—interest-free—too good to be true?
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Giacomo Bagnara America’s Most Hated Garment
Not even a pandemic will silence the sweatpants scolds.
