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Veterans Day, a federal holiday observed each November 11, will fall on a Wednesday in 2026. As in past years, government offices like the USPS and financial institutions such as banks and stock markets typically close, while major retailers including Walmart and Costco generally remain open.
Costco is selling the digital remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for $54.99, a $5 discount off the standard price, available to its members. The deal comes after other retailers had already offered preorder discounts on the Switch 2 exclusive title before its release.
Little Giant Ladder Systems is recalling about 3.6 million ladders sold at Lowe's, Costco and Amazon after reports that the ladders can unexpectedly retract while in use. The company says the defect has caused injuries including broken bones and brain injuries. Consumers are being urged to stop using the affected ladders and seek remedy details from the manufacturer.
Erica Groussman grew her protein bar company, Trubar, from a tray of samples at local store checkouts into a brand now sold at roughly 32,000 U.S. retail locations, including Costco and Whole Foods. The company shipped nearly 46 million bars in 2026 and generated about $100 million in revenue in 2025, and Groussman sold the business earlier this year for $173 million while remaining as CEO.
KFC has become the latest major brand to begin serving Coca-Cola products instead of PepsiCo beverages, joining other large chains that have made the switch. Marriott hotels and Costco food courts have also moved to Coca-Cola in recent years, continuing a shift away from Pepsi at high-profile foodservice accounts.
Columbus Day, observed alongside Indigenous Peoples' Day, falls on Monday, October 12, 2026, and is recognized as a federal holiday. Banks, the U.S. Postal Service, and stock markets such as the NYSE and Nasdaq are expected to close, while many retailers including Costco and CVS plan to remain open on normal schedules.
Many major retailers are reducing their investment in self-checkout technology due to its inefficiency and operational issues. Companies like Walmart, Costco, and Kroger have increased staff at these lanes, while Dollar General and Target have limited or removed kiosks entirely. Amazon also exited its cashierless store model following reports of remote checkout management.
Costco's chief financial officer confirmed on a late-September earnings call that a fan-favorite food court menu item is returning. The announcement came during the company's quarterly earnings discussion rather than a dedicated food court update.
Researchers critiquing a series of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health studies say they replicated and expanded the same statistical methodology used to link nuclear power plants to elevated cancer rates. Applying that methodology to other landmarks, they found it also attributes huge numbers of cancer deaths to Costco warehouses, private colleges, Harvard itself, and even Major League Baseball stadiums. The critics argue this shows the method produces spurious correlations regardless of the landmark chosen, undermining the original nuclear-cancer papers published in Environmental Health, Nature Communications, and other journals between December and this year.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that small business owners spend too much time studying successful founders' personalities and routines instead of the underlying systems that produce results. The writer describes adapting a large partner company's employee philanthropy program by creating a smaller version that tracks volunteer hours and rewards team members for community involvement.
On a Thursday earnings call, Costco CEO Ron Vachris said the company has returned tariff-related cost savings to members by lowering prices on both food and non-food items. The update came as part of Costco's fourth-quarter earnings report.
DoorDash announced it will now deliver from every Costco warehouse in the US starting Thursday, requiring customers to link an existing Costco membership in the app. The move follows Uber Eats' announcement a day earlier that it's expanding Costco delivery from 17 states to all 47 it serves.