Cosmetics
Customer Kenta Yamazaki, a 24-year-old hairdresser, looks at beauty products at @cosme TOKYO, a store selling a selection of cosmetics and makeup products including men's cosmetic, in Tokyo's Harajuku district Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic has been pushing businesses to the edge in Japan, but some in the men's beauty industry have seen an unexpected expansion in their customer base. Japanese businessmen in their 40s, 50s and 60s who had little interest in cosmetics before the pandemic are now buying makeup. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japanese businessmen brighten makeup industry amid pandemic

By Chisato Tanaka Apr. 20, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020 file photo, a shopper leaves the Target Store on 34th St. with supplies as carpenter board up the Sephora story in New York. Target Corp. said Friday it will give a $2 an hour wage increase to its 300,000-plus workers who have been scrambling to help customers. The pay bump will be effective at least through May 2. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Sephora to take over cosmetics in Kohl's stores

By Anne D'innocenzio Dec. 01, 2020 10:08 AM EST

FILE - In this May 5, 2020, photo, China's online celebrity Zhang Mofan, right, introduces fresh mangos to her online clients and fans through the live-streaming at her house in Beijing. Livestream selling, already popular in China, is taking off in the U.S., ushering in a new way for Americans to shop online. Instead of searching for what they want, they pick up their phones, sit back, and click to buy if they like what they see.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Lights, camera, sell: Retailers want you to watch and shop

By Joseph Pisani Nov. 25, 2020 10:39 AM EST

Cashier Druhan Parker, center, works behind a plexiglass shield Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, as he checks out shoppers at an Ulta beauty store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The pandemic has forced people to spend more time with themselves than ever. Along the way, it has reshaped and broadened the way many think about and prioritize how they treat themselves — what has come to be called self-care. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
In pandemic era's isolation, meaning of 'self-care' evolves

By Anne D'innocenzio And Sophia Rosenbaum Nov. 24, 2020 03:04 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, women walk to an Ulta Beauty store in Schaumburg, Ill. The nation’s largest beauty chain has a deal to place shops in more than 100 Target stores by mid-2021. Ulta Beauty and Target said Tuesday, Nov. 10 that the shops will be located next to Target’s existing beauty sections. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Ulta to open beauty shops at 100 Target stores in 2021

By Anne D'innocenzio Nov. 10, 2020 08:06 AM EST

La Tanya Autry, a curatorial fellow at The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, poses outside of the museum in Cleveland on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Museums are being called on to examine what's on their walls amid a national reckoning on racism. Among 18 major U.S. museums, 85% of artists featured are white, while 87% are men, according to a 2019 study conducted at Williams College. Autry helped start an initiative called Museums Are Not Neutral. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Museums face calls to better represent people of color

By Christine Fernando Nov. 06, 2020 10:09 AM EST

Vannak Anan Prum, who was double trafficked, points to his illustration of an abusive former boss, a palm oil estate owner, in his graphic novel depicting his life as a slave on a fishing boat before being sold onto a Malaysian palm oil plantation, at his home in Pursat, Cambodia, Saturday, March 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks

By Margie Mason And Robin Mcdowell Sep. 24, 2020 12:31 AM EDT

In this photo provided by American Eagle Outfitters, social distance markers are shown at Cranberry Mall American Eagle Store in Cranberry, Pa. (Ross Ribblett/American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. via AP)
Stores focus on cleaning to get shoppers back to spending

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 06, 2020 06:00 AM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

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In this Wednesday, June 10, 2020, photo, Sharon Chuter poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. After hitting the streets to protest racial injustices last week, Chuter was disillusioned by the number of corporate brands posting “glossy” messages spouting support for black lives. The 33-year-old founder of Uoma Beauty, a cosmetics company that caters to black women, launched the #pulluporshutup campaign on Instagram to push brands to reveal the racial makeup of their corporate workforce and executives, and the hashtag has since gone viral. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Companies touting Black Lives Matter face workforce scrutiny

By Sally Ho Jun. 11, 2020 01:00 AM EDT

Patrolman Elliot Landrau keeps watch at the West Side Market, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Cleveland. There were fewer shoppers this year before the Easter holiday than in previous years due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Virus puts brakes on US economic engine: consumer spending

The Associated Press Apr. 10, 2020 11:20 AM EDT