Phoenix retailers are approaching a deadline to comply with a new ordinance aimed at preventing stray shopping carts. The ordinance, enacted by city leaders in September, requires retailers to equip ...

Like most people, Sylvan Goldman wanted to make more money. The businessman knew what it was like to lose it all. He had lost what most folks would call a fortune in the stock market crash, but ...

San Jose's strategy to tackle the scourge of abandoned shopping carts might roll out to cover the whole city by next summer, provided that the officials can find a way to fund the program. A ...

Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot program aimed at ...

As part of a year-long effort to rein in San Jose's problem with abandoned shopping carts, the city has been reviewing proposals to hire a company to retrieve and return carts to grocery stores. A ...

As part of a year-long effort to rein in San Jose’s problem with abandoned shopping carts, the city has been reviewing proposals to hire a company to retrieve and return carts to grocery stores. A ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Dec 15, 2025 at 7:41 ...

That shopping cart sitting in the middle of the parking lot isn't just annoying, it's revealing something about human nature most of us would rather ignore. Last weekend at the Whole Foods near Venice ...

HILLSBORO, Mo. – A Jefferson County judge signed an arrest warrant for a St. Louis County man accused of stealing a motorized shopping cart from a grocery store. According to a probable cause ...

Artificial intelligence is here to help you shop for groceries in New Jersey. Grocery stores across New Jersey are adopting AI-powered Caper Carts, but before you use one, you will need to know ...

Early one Saturday morning, psychologist and behavioral scientist Hannah B. Waldfogel arrived at a parking lot to find a crime scene of sorts. “One cart was wedged into a curb, another sat toppled ...

After a long grocery trip, the last thing anyone wants is an extra chore. The return corral is far, the wind is biting, and the parking lot is packed. So … do you always return your cart?At the Stop & ...