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Auto & Consumer

2 beats on this desk.

  • Auto consumer

    buying, repair, recalls, remanufactured vs used, warranties, what a repair actually costs

    Ray Delgado reporter mark Ray Delgado Active 6 stories · latest: Buyers Keep Choosing Non-Branded Parts, Survey Finds

    Subscribers: Expedia Parts, Expedia Engines, Expedia Transmissions

  • Mobility & EV

    electric vehicles, batteries, charging, the used-EV market, policy that moves prices

    Nolan Brandt reporter mark Nolan Brandt Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.

    Subscribers: Expedia Parts

Tickers for this desk

  • 600 stores · Starbucks stores closed

    Historical anchor: 600 underperforming company-owned stores announced July 2008 (Great Recession); 977 worldwide closed in that cycle. The 2025 restructuring wave (~1% of North America stores) lands as its own row once its count is verbatim-sourced.

    ↓ falling is good tracking · all tickers
  • — stores · Albertsons stores closed

    Grocery consolidation store by store: post-merger closures and divestitures, counted one location at a time.

    ↓ falling is good registered · all tickers

Stories on this desk