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12+ hour, 12+ min ago (384+ words) By Newsmax Wires "|" Monday, 24 November 2025 04:58 PM EST Home Depot is pushing back after an activist coalition called for a nationwide boycott over alleged cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The group We Ain't Buying It has accused the home improvement retailer of "allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors" " a charge Home Depot flatly denies. In an email to Newsweek, a company spokesperson said, "We aren't coordinating with ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] or Border Patrol." The boycott call comes as online campaigns targeting major U.S. brands have grown more common since the start of the second Trump administration. Activist groups say such pressure is needed to push corporations on issues like diversity, equity and inclusion and economic policy influence. From Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, We Ain't Buying It is urging consumers to avoid Home Depot, Target and Amazon. The group…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago (376+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping global commerce, with an estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide reporting having used AI tools, and 500 million to 600 million people using them daily, according to data from Menlo Ventures. Additionally, more than half of the study's 330 respondents reported trying new brands because of AI recommendations. Conveo interviewed people in eight markets around the world for its study: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, and India. The company uses AI-moderated interview technology for its qualitative market research. All told, more than 97 percent of the Conveo survey respondents reported that AI has some degree of influence on their shopping behavior, with 38 percent saying it influenced them a lot or completely. An Attest survey of 9,500 working-age respondents in eight countries from March 2024 also found that consumers were using AI when shopping online. Attest found…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago (26+ words) The Greatest News Site On The Internet. Home of CFP Nation. Titanic watch smashes auction record. Posted by Kane on November 24, 2025 2:34 pm...

15+ hour, 48+ min ago (602+ words) One man's garage junk is now an art historian's treasure. A dusty painting sitting under a garage workbench just traded places " straight into the Renaissance big leagues with a price tag fit for a Medici. Without a clue of its origins, the Oxfordshire local who snagged the priceless artwork years ago unknowingly owned a masterpiece by 15th-century Italian painter Pietro Vannucci, better known as Perugino, once considered a contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci. The long-forgotten panel, dubbed Madonna and Child, sparked a frenzy after hitting the website of JS Fine Arts in Banbury, where international collectors jammed the phone lines and sent staff scrambling. When the bidding finally kicked off, the battle was as dramatic as a Vatican fresco reveal: 15 minutes of online, phone, and in-room chaos that ended with a private buyer shelling out "685,000 " roughly $750,000 " and smashing the auction…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago (616+ words) After a strong few years of post-pandemic recovery, American shoppers are finally showing signs of slowing down this holiday season. Long gone are the days of fighting over door busters as people are choosing to pause before they purchase and shop with purpose rather than excess. The result is a season shaped less by impulse and more by intention. What's emerging is a new kind of consumer confidence, rooted in practicality and human centricity. According to JLL's latest Holiday Shopping Report 2025, five key trends are shaping how Americans are approaching the holidays this year. Together, they reveal a great deal about what's next for retail, experience, and spending behavior. 1. Holiday budgets shrink 10% as economic reality sets in Inflation has finally caught up and Americans are adjusting their spending habits. Average holiday budgets are down roughly 10% from last year, with many…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago (333+ words) (Reuters) -Williams-Sonoma sued Quince , a retailer sometimes known as a "dupe" company, accusing it of misleading consumers by selling similar-looking but inferior products and selling them for less. According to a complaint filed on Friday night, Quince engages in false advertising by depicting specific beds, cookware, duvet covers, rugs and other products that Williams-Sonoma never sold, while assuring customers that its products are "Like Williams-Sonoma, but half the price" or "Pottery Barn quality for half the price." Williams-Sonoma also objected to "Beyond Compare" charts that show how much a customer "saves" by purchasing Quince products. It said Quince responded to a request to change its ads by calling Williams-Sonoma's claims frivolous and saying "Quince would welcome a public skirmish." "By brand-washing its ads, Quince creates the false impression that consumers will receive comparable quality and design, when in reality they…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago (306+ words) By Denis Balibouse and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -A large gold coin minted in 1609 for Spain's King Philip III could break records to become the most valuable coin in Europe at a sale in Switzerland on Monday. The unique 339-gram piece has a starting price of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.48 million), the Geneva-based Numismatica Genevensis SA auction house said. "This coin will certainly break the record of the most expensive European coin of all time," its director Frank Baldacci told Reuters. The Centen, or 100 escudos in a former Spanish currency, was made in the central Spanish city of Segovia out of gold brought from conquerors who went to the Americas or "New World". It was made as a show of regal wealth and power, equalling many years' salary, and is the largest in modern European history, auction house founder Alain…...

21+ hour, 55+ min ago (22+ words) If you (er, your giftees) like little extravagances or fancy versions of everyday items, this might be the gift guide for you....

21+ hour, 55+ min ago (1062+ words) If you (er, your giftees) like little extravagances or fancy versions of everyday items, this might be the gift guide for you. If you (er, your giftees) like little extravagances, fancy versions of everyday items, or simply good presentation, without dropping money on total dust collectors, this might be the gift guide for you. For the couple in your life spending their first Christmas as husband and wife, memorialize their wedding stationery by engraving their invitation text onto a serving or catchall tray. This pewter one from Croghan's won't tarnish like silver, but you could also peruse local thrift stores for donated silver platters and take one to a local engraving shop. I ran across this retro airplane-shaped cocktail shaker by Godinger months ago and immediately bookmarked it to include here. You can find it from a variety of retailers,…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago (1072+ words) By the time peak holiday shopping deals land in inboxes this year, a lot of shoppers will already have a digital co-pilot. Some will be asking AI tools to shortlist gifts, while others will be planning Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) repayments before they ever hit "buy." Christmas 2025 is shaping up to be the most digitally assisted festive season yet, with software influencing how people decide what to buy and how to pay for it. What's new isn't just the technology, but the way people are using it. Convenience, confidence, and control now sit at the center of the holiday journey. Shoppers are happy to let algorithms shoulder some of the work'as long as they keep their hands on the steering wheel. That appetite for digital backup isn't hypothetical; it's already showing up in the numbers. Checkout.com's latest research…...