Chris Koerner just started a business selling Buc-ee’s snacks online, and already the orders are coming in at a brisk pace — faster, you might say, than a beaver swimming downstream. Customers from as far away as Alaska, Canada and even Australia are logging in to Koerner’s Plano-based business, TexasSnax.com, […]
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Walmart sells majority stake in Seiyu, nearly exiting Japan
By Ritsuko Ando TOKYO (Reuters) – Walmart Inc is selling a majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu to investment firm KKR and e-commerce company Rakuten for over $1 billion, after years of struggling to make money amid stiff competition. The deal, which values Seiyu at 172.5 billion yen ($1.65 […]
‘Zombie’ Woman Sells Clothes Of The Dead Online
KEY POINTS The 32-year-old is bucking Thailand’s tradition of burning the clothes of the dead Her business leverages on people’s fascination for horror and superstition The clothes she sells include designer wears and branded items Dressed as a zombie, Kannitha Thongnak sells the clothes of dead people online Photo: pixabay Thought […]
Edgar Allan Poe’s letter pleading for $40 from a Philadelphia editor sells 173 years later for $125,000
TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Once upon a year so dreary, while Poe lay dead and the living weary Appeared a quaint and curious letter of forgotten lore. In the middle of a pandemic and a […]
People Are Obsessed With This Online Shop’s Banana Bread That Sells Out In Minutes Each Week
From Delish Pre-pandemic, before everyone and her mother decided to participate in the banana bread’s quarenaissance, Allie Chernick–the baker behind Allie’s Banana Bread–not only managed to make the otherwise-sad loaves look aesthetically pleasing, but also had them selling out online in minutes. Minutes! Like, hungry folks on the internet have […]