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reporter: last year, customers returned $600 billion worth of products according to the national retail federation. the trend is even more pronounced with online sales. more than 20% of merchandise was returned in 2021. >> my advice to consumers would be to shop as mindfully as you always have and try not to over return. you might find that retailers are little bit more generous right now than they have been in the past. i think it is at the discretion of the retailer. >> reporter: it also has a big impact on the environment. 60 million tons of carbon dioxide. walmart said it's return policy depends on a variety of factors that will lead to the best possible customer experience. customers do not have to bring our ship the item back. >> i got some chairs from wayfarer. one of them had a d on it. i let them know and they said to keep it and sent to replacement. >> reporter: skeptics say for obvious reasons, companies will not ever advertise to get a refund but keep the product. >> people are going to take advantage of the system and get things they say they want to return even though they want to ke

the national retail federation says organized retail crime gangs and workplace violence are growing concernsrd it organized retail crime gangs. how are these baristas supposed to brew a lot at a with one hand and hold up stick-up artists with the other. i'm glad you asked. starbucks is going to now start having their baristas do active shooter training. the kind of training that secret service agents get. it's like a third world country like there in these democrat run cities. but, besides the shootouts at the cash register the bathroom is also in the line of fire, so to speak. last year starbucks kicked out some homeless guys from their bathroom and got some bad headlines so they decided to open their bathrooms to anyone in the entire city who wanted to just walk right in. boy did that backfire. starbucks bathrooms make a chinese wet market look pristine now. so now you have to buy a cup of coffee like a customer to sell heroin in the bathrooms. so it's no wonder companies like starbucks are starting to take matters into their own hands. the streets are violent. you can just be strolling do

now a survey by the national retail federation, nearly half of consumers said that because of risinghey were switching to cheaper alternatives. marlboro, the best-selling brand is seen as lead shrank at discount. cigarette sales rise. people are always looking the brand loyalty is a little hard to shake for folks, they're always asking for for cheaper alternatives. and when it comes to beer, non premium brands have seen a big boost in sales from june 4 through july. second sales of economy beer increase 5.4% from the same period last year. bush light ice house in milwaukee's best had the biggest gains by comparison last year. retail stores, sales of economy, beer fell nearly 11%. give him some of the pressures that that we're all facing the past couple years. i'm seeing a little bit of uptick, actually in general smoking. >> i think folks are leaning on their bases a little bit more. now. that was kelsey kernstine reporting for us. not all beer drinkers are going for the cheaper brands, though michelob ultra doing better than ever despite murillo >> are albro market shares 90% of the

now a survey by the national retail federation, nearly half of consumers said that because of rising prices, they were switching to cheaper alternatives. marlboro, the best-selling brand is seen as lead shrank at discount. cigarette sales rise. people are always looking the brand loyalty is a little hard to shake for folks, they're always asking for for cheaper alternatives. and when it comes to beer, non premium brands have seen a big boost in sales from june 4 through july. second sales of economy beer increase 5.4% from the same period last year. bush light ice house in milwaukee's best had the biggest gains by comparison last year. retail stores, sales of economy, beer fell nearly 11%. give him some of the pressures that that we're all facing the past couple years. i'm seeing a little bit of uptick, actually in general smoking. >> i think folks are leaning on their bases a little bit more. that was kelsey kirstein reporting not all beer drinkers are going for the cheaper brand. you have michelob ultra that. >> doing better than ever. and despite malls berle losing some market sha

reporter: last year customers returned $760 billion worth of products according to the national retail federation in 2021 >> my advice to consumers would be shop as mindfully as you always have and try not to overreturn but you find might retailers are more generous now than in the past. >> should you expect it? >> i don't think so. i think this is at this point at the discretion of the retailer. >> all that shipping out and back also has a big impact on the environment. 16 million tons of carbon dioxide. and an astounding 5.8 billion tons of return packaging winds up in land fills amazon said it's not changing its return policies but that some no return refunds do happen policy depends on a variety of factors that will lead to the best possible customer experience adding in some cases they may not have to bring or ship the item back. >> i bought chairs from way fair, one of them had a ding on it i let them know and they said just keep it and sent a replacement so now i have an extra chair. >> reporter: skeptics say for obvious reasons companies won't ever advertise get a refund yet keep the prod

lauren: we don't have exact numbers, the national retail federation will look how much the average family the supplies for their kids. stuart: 50% of adults are concerned about affording school supplies. is anybody going to say i am not concerned? lauren: they cut back another areas. stuart: what say you? >> how can they afford the labor. running out of money because they can't run for gas the way they are i would love to know how school districts are dealing with rising in summer recess. stuart: look at this. gum as in chewing gum, the key to fighting covid? medical chewing gum could reduce the transmission of the covid virus. doctor marty makary will speak to that. should nancy pelosi change course about her trip to taiwan? bret baer is next. ♪♪ stand by me ♪♪ stand by me ♪♪ ♪♪ neil: stuart: we are showing a big tech. microsoft is the only winner among big tech stocks up 16 bucks, another two today. looking at alpha better and apple, apple and amazon down at the moment, they report after the bell, an important report could move the market depending on what they report. president biden d

according to the national retail federation almost half of consumers are switching to cheaper brandserald storch hads with us this morning. by the way the wall street journal has a story about people buying cheaper cigarettes and beer. i could understand it but i guess that that's a trend not going away, is it? >> no, people are really starting to feel the bite of inflation, and while the fed is raising interest rates, keep in mind the only way the fed is going to change the inflation trajectory is by putting a stake in the heart of the american consumer. they aren't able to do both at the same time. it's like somebody can't bat their head and play with their belly or whatever. the rising interest rates will eventually knock down the consumer, and knock down inflation at the same time, but then we're in a recession so that's the choice we have. stuart: okay, macy's going to open more of the small format stores, opening them outside of the malls. why are they doing that, gerald? >> well they are trying to deal with the fact their core business, which is giant mammoth behemoth departme

inflation cuts into spending as walmart plunges and the federal reserve gets set to raise interest rates once again. the nation's largest retailernd full year profit guidance last night. walmart warning that inflation is causing consumers to pull back on spending. the company marking down items left on shelves and warehouses in an effort to cut down inventory. the stock down 9 and a quarter percent right now, taking the market down with it. retail under pressure across the board on the walmart warning. amazon, target, tjx, costco, ross stores, all down 3% on average. meanwhile, markets are down as well, down 139. we are getting mcdonald's earnings right now as the federal reserve begins a two day meeting on interest rates, expected to raise rates by 75 a basis points. lauren simonetti on mcdonald's right now. >> we have a miss on their revenue. it came at $5.72 billion versus the estimate of $5.81 billion and the stock is trading down by half of 1%. i have the not adjusted eps, that did come in at $1.60 a share. in terms of their global same store sales, they say they did increase and by almost double digits, nearly 10% with gro

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the national shooting sports foundation, a lobbying organization representing gun makers, distributor's, retailers and upon whose board of governors mister daniels sits, spent $1 million on federalobbying in the first 3 months of 2,022. we also know that in 2015-16 ruger gave the nra 12 million in cash payments which is a staggering sum and these sums of money have their effect. a very pernicious effect on our democracy. you are a gun owner and former firearms exec of, do you agree the views of the nra as an organization where they put their lobbying dollars not necessarily every rank-and-file member because they are responsible gun owners among that group but the nra as an organization their views do not represent the views of the majority of americans including the majority of responsible gun owners like yourself, would you agree with that? >> i certainly agree with that. >> thank you. 60% of gun owners support raising the age for americans to purchase ar 15s from 18 to 21. the nra doesn't speak for the majority of americans or even a majority of owner -- ordinary gun owners. ever since the supreme court's devastating decision in citizens united groups like the nra have been e