Brick-and-Mortar vs. Internet Sales While the pandemic led many consumers to shop online, don’t write off brick-and-mortar stores just yet. A 2021 study by Deloitte found that more than 60 percent of shopping still takes place in stores. What has changed is some of the categories consumers...

As climate change has dramatically accelerated the threat of natural disasters, we all need to take steps to increase the odds that our families and homes are safe By Kylie Ora Lobell On October 8, 2017, a major wind event started the North Bay wildfires in Northern California....

Here’s what you need to know By Sheryl Nance-Nash There hasn’t been this much buzz about inflation since the 1980s. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in June that inflation was 9.1 percent, that was its highest level since the 12-month period ending December 1981, when it was 8.9...

Business travel is slowly heading toward pre-pandemic levels. But for some, the cost savings in video meetings may lead to a new normal. By Sara J. Welch Leslie Shannon, the Silicon Valley–based head of ecosystem and trend scouting for Nokia, has visited 70 countries for business. Until...

The pandemic may have had one small silver lining: it gave working women permission to kick off their heels and trade business suits for yoga pants as the work-from-home era launched. But as you venture back into the office, don’t shove those sweatpants to the...

By Giulia Pines Boston, the consummate college town and one of America’s great cultural meccas, survived a year and a half without students during the pandemic. But the city’s respected universities, grand museums, eminently walkable streets, and classic baseball stadium were never going anywhere. With roots dating...