Big-ticket home items are taking a back seat to smaller purchases and home improvement repairs in 2026. Experts suggest that belt-tightening will continue this year, with discretionary spending in the home improvement category continuing to show weakness (via Chain Store Age).

Target, Walmart, and other retailers could soon hike prices by as much as 10%. Issues such as inflation, tariffs, and ongoing supply chain strains are largely the basis for these planned price increases, according to experts (via WWLP).

Buffalo Wild Wings may continue to call its boneless wings exactly that after a U.S. district judge dismissed a lawsuit over the matter. The plaintiff had alleged “[boneless wings are just] slices of chicken breast meat deep-fried like wings,” and had indicated that consumers, including himself, would balk at purchasing them if this was made plain (via FOX Business).

Ford has unveiled plans to release an EV truck at a much more affordable price point starting at $30,000. “It’s built around affordability to be able to make long-range electric vehicle travel affordable to more people,” said Ford’s skunkworks team lead Alan Clarke (via TechCrunch).

Amazon has shelved, at least temporarily, its Blue Jay warehouse robot implementation. Sources familiar with the matter cited high cost of deployment, implementation challenges, and complexities tied to manufacturing as instrumental in the decision (via Business Insider).