Like most breakthroughs, says Priceonomics’ Zachary Crockett, the shopping cart was the result of several factors converging. By the 1930s, home refrigeration meant that shoppers could buy more at ...

If you lead a car-free lifestyle, then you likely have to transfer your groceries from the store's shopping cart to your own hand cart or bicycle trailer in order to get them home. Austrian ...

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So listen, when I was a kid, I loved going to the grocery store, and it was entirely to ride around on the back of a shopping cart. But the modern shopping cart as we know it didn’t always exist, ...

Today more than ever, perhaps one of the least desirable parts about shopping in crowded, closed spaces is the shopping experience itself. Here’s an older concept that could serve as an answer to a ...

The City of Phoenix has implemented a new "shopping cart ordinance" to hold businesses accountable for abandoned shopping carts on the streets because they pose a serious public safety hazard ...

The modern shopping cart — as we know it — didn't always exist, which meant it had to be invented. The How Curious podcast explores the history of the shopping cart. So listen, when I was a kid, I ...

Shopping carts are surprisingly expensive. Prices range up to about $300 for a cart, which may seem like a lot, but they have to be pretty rugged and are made to work for decades. Plastic carts are ...