Small gas stations and convenience stores with pumps are steadily losing ground to warehouse clubs and larger competitors with lower pricing as oil prices continue to rise. Add-ons such as chips, pop, energy drinks, and candy bars are no longer as assumed to come along with said purchases as before (more).

Shein executive chairman Donald Tang will soon be retiring from his post, handing the reins back to CEO Sky Xu. Tang will remain on in the role of chairman as Xu leads the company through the “investor roadshow” as Shein prepares for its Hong Kong IPO (more).

Fast casual favorite Chipotle announced it would be opening its first location in Mexico later this week, in the Monterrey area. “We are entering Mexico with deep respect for the country’s culinary heritage and a commitment to delivering the Chipotle experience with excellence,” CEO Scott Boatwright said (more).

More than 3,000 upvotes were registered on the Xbox Player Voice Portal in support of ending the mass layoffs being enacted by Microsoft’s gaming division. “The layoff of 3,200 workers at XBOX (across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, Obsidian, id Software, and XBOX Game Studios) is unacceptable,” read the post in question (more).

U.S. shopping malls showed traffic growth across the first half of 2026, with open-air malls seeing a 4.7% improvement, indoor malls 1.9% traffic growth, and outlet malls up 1%. “The category’s combination of retail, dining, entertainment, and one-stop convenience may be helping malls resonate with a broader audience in an environment where consumers remain selective about discretionary spending,” the Placer.ai report authors stated (more).