Many were hardware merchants, shopkeepers, even doctors who had bought an early automobile to make house calls and decided to try selling a few more on the side, taking a good horse for $100 trade-in value and moving a couple of Fords a year.
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Eric Moskowitz,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
There is the Basilica of Saint Mary of Minerva, and children playing ball, shopkeepers chatting on the doorstep of their stores, flushed tourists dragging their suitcases all around.
Participating merchants generally must fill out a refund document, and will need the traveler’s passport (or, sometimes, a photo of the passport) to do so, Steves wrote.
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Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
Authorities also reported identifying and citing multiple merchants for selling tobacco products to minors during the current state grant funding cycle.
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Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
Credit card companies and financial institutions currently charge retailers a fee when consumers use cards — based on the total transaction, including goods, taxes and tips.
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Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Last week denim retailers published their results for Q1.
Compounding the challenge, shipping costs have risen steadily in recent years, squeezing sellers between the pressure to stay price-competitive and an ever-growing cost base.
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Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
With inventory rising and prices stabilizing, sellers are more open to negotiation than in recent years.
At the time, traders on the prediction market site Kalshi were placing millions of dollars worth of bets on who would attend.
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Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 June 2026
On the economic front, traders will also watch for the ADP private payrolls report for May, as well as April’s final durable goods and factory orders on Wednesday morning.
The fair’s growing Parisian footprint remains one of its defining features, with major local dealers including Mennour, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Galerie Lelong, Perrotin, Almine Rech, Crèvecœur, mor charpentier, galerie frank elbaz, and Galerie Christophe Gaillard all returning.
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Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
Lotus is taking orders for the variant now through dealers and expects deliveries to begin in August.
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