Business owners reveal their biggest hurdles in setting up shop in the US

Business owners reveal their biggest hurdles in setting up shop in the US

From working too many hours to being let down by a vendor and underestimating costs, a new survey reveals the biggest hurdles business owners faced when first starting out. A survey of 1,000 small business owners (SBOs) and freelancers pinpointed the things they wish they’d known from the start. Results showed financial missteps as one … Read more

5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided: ‘You waste so much money’ 

5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided: ‘You waste so much money’ 

Save that coin. With the high cost of, just about everything, these days — with the potential to get even worse thanks to President Trump’s tariffs that went into effect last weekend — now is the time to look for savvy ways to save money where you can. As a supermarket employee, Al Baker noticed … Read more

New NYC coffee shop aims to be a singles hot spot, has its own dating app

New NYC coffee shop aims to be a singles hot spot, has its own dating app

At a new coffeeshop in Chelsea, the house specialty is a single shot — at love. First Round’s On Me, which opened in late March, is looking to attract unattached New Yorkers and help them mix and mingle with free drinks, events, pool tables, communal seating and a personable staff who keep an eye out … Read more

Exclusive | New York’s last typewriter repair shop gets some help from George Clooney to stay afloat, despite sinking industry

Exclusive | New York’s last typewriter repair shop gets some help from George Clooney to stay afloat, despite sinking industry

In New York City, there’s still at least one place left untouched by modern tech. At Gramercy Typewriter Co., there isn’t a screen in sight — the most advanced piece of technology may just be the cordless landline phone propped up on a counter. “I prefer to type someone a letter over an email any … Read more

Edy’s striking change to its products gives ice cream lovers the sundae scaries: ‘We this cheap now?’

Edy’s striking change to its products gives ice cream lovers the sundae scaries: ‘We this cheap now?’

We all scream for ice cream — but not in a good way, this time. A recent change to a fan-favorite ice cream brand is causing quite the sundae stir. People are indignant at the popular Edy’s and Dreyer’s ice cream company rebranding the containers of their sweet treats. In the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit on Reddit, … Read more

Meghan Markle slammed for ‘monetizing the monarchy’ after launching Instagram shop to earn commission

Meghan Markle slammed for ‘monetizing the monarchy’ after launching Instagram shop to earn commission

Meghan Markle has been accused of “monetizing the monarchy” after creating a ShopMy page that allows her to earn commission on affiliate links she posts. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, took to social media Monday to reveal that she will be posting links to her favorite outfits — including those she wore in her Netflix … Read more

Exclusive | NYC noodle shop named best Chinese restaurant in the US for 2024: ‘I just want to scream right now’

Exclusive | NYC noodle shop named best Chinese restaurant in the US for 2024: ‘I just want to scream right now’

Tasteful noods only. NYC is at the tip of the chopstick when it comes to Chinese food in the United States, according to Yelp. The popular review site ranked Queens eatery Maxi’s Noodle number one on a new Top 100 Chinese Restaurants list — thrilling the proprietor, who swapped a corporate job for the rigors of … Read more

Who are the hardest people to shop for during the holidays?

Who are the hardest people to shop for during the holidays?

Americans will spend an average of nine hours trying to pick the perfect gift for the most difficult person to shop for on their list, new research suggests.  According to a survey of 2,000 Americans who celebrate the winter holidays, partners and spouses (21%) were found to be the hardest to get gifts for. That … Read more

Miami’s Bal Harbour Shops celebrates 60 years of making style history

Miami’s Bal Harbour Shops celebrates 60 years of making style history

Topping the list of Miami must-do’s: cruising Ocean Drive in a convertible, sipping a cafe-cito in Little Havana, strolling the Vizcaya gardens and discovering Bal Harbour Shops. The latter is a retail rite of passage in the 305. The luxurious open-air mall is arrayed with more than 100 European and American designer boutiques and eight … Read more

Shop five of Manhattan’s famous multi-brand designer boutiques

Shop five of Manhattan’s famous multi-brand designer boutiques

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Luxury shoppers lamented the closings of Barneys New York, Henri Bendel, Fivestory, Intermix, Opening Ceremony, 10 Corso Como and many other designer emporiums – all victims of Covid-19, changing consumer habits or … Read more

Costco secrets revealed: Cheap rotisserie chicken, hidden sales, ‘clearance’ vs. full price mystery, more

Costco secrets revealed: Cheap rotisserie chicken, hidden sales, ‘clearance’ vs. full price mystery, more

Costco is well-known for good deals and the ability to buy in bulk, but there are some hush-hush store details that could help get you an even bigger bang for your buck. Shopping savant Shivani Khosla (@khoslaa) recently posted a viral TikTok video, titled “Secrets that Costco doesn’t want you to know,” which revealed to her … Read more

Fashionistas descend on Telfar’s Soho flagship opening — waiting in line for hours to shop: ‘A memory to be created’

Fashionistas descend on Telfar’s Soho flagship opening — waiting in line for hours to shop: ‘A memory to be created’

Approximately 300 of New York’s most stylish waited for hours in Soho on Saturday morning to enter the first-ever brick-and-mortar store for Telfar, the Beyoncé-beloved brand with a behemoth cult following. The line, which snaked down Broadway and spilled into the alley, began to form hours ahead of the 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting as throngs of … Read more

Exclusive | Legendary NYC pastry shop Veniero’s celebrates 130th anniversary with nods to customers like Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio

Exclusive | Legendary NYC pastry shop Veniero’s celebrates 130th anniversary with nods to customers like Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio

As New York City bakeries go, this pastry shop takes the cake. Veniero’s Pasticceria is celebrating its 130th anniversary this fall, and its fourth-generation owner dished on the East Village shop’s star-studded clientele — from Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio to Knicks star Jalen Brunson and the cast of “Sex and The City.” Although known … Read more

Telfar’s Broadway flagship, Paris Bar at Le Meridien, more NYC events

Telfar’s Broadway flagship, Paris Bar at Le Meridien, more NYC events

Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.  What’s making our luxury list this week? Telfar’s first brick and mortar store, Houses & Parties super-fun … Read more

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s X launching new one-stop shop NFL portal

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s X launching new one-stop shop NFL portal

NFL fans will have a new tool for centralizing relevant content on X. The social media platform, owned by Elon Musk, and the league have partnered on a new centralized portal that is a one-stop shop for all NFL content, a rep for X confirmed exclusively to The Post. The new portal includes a feed … Read more

Mikimoto x Chrome Hearts collab, Remedy Place in Soho, more NYC events

Mikimoto x Chrome Hearts collab, Remedy Place in Soho, more NYC events

Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.  What’s making our luxury list this week? Remedy Place debuts in Soho, Francesco Clemente sets the table … Read more

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ actor Jonathan Haze dead at 95

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ actor Jonathan Haze dead at 95

Jonathan Haze, the actor who played the role of Seymour in the original 1960’s “The Little Shop of Horrors,” has died at the age of 95. Jonathan’s daughter, Rebecca Haze, revealed to Deadline that Jonathan died “peacefully of natural causes” on Saturday at his Los Angeles home. Haze’s performance as Seymour in “The Little Shop … Read more

Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan’s mother-in-law injured after car plows through tea shop

Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan’s mother-in-law injured after car plows through tea shop

Bill Corgan’s mother-in-law was injured after a car drove through his teahouse, Madame ZuZu’s, in Highland Park, Illinois, on Wednesday. The Smashing Pumpkins singer, 57 — married to Chloe Mendel — shared the announcement on behalf of his wife in an Instagram post shortly after the accident. According to Corgan’s post, his mother-in-law was at the tea and … Read more

People love to shop online for groceries — but there’s a major nutrition downside

People love to shop online for groceries — but there’s a major nutrition downside

Stew on this — a new analysis of 10 grocery websites found that retailers provided nutrition facts and other pertinent information online only 35% of the time. “The government has clearly intended that you should be able to know certain things about your food,” said senior study author and Tufts University professor Sean Cash. “The way … Read more

Director Paul Schrader walked out of ‘Joker 2’ to shop as sequel is set to lose $200 million at box office

Director Paul Schrader walked out of ‘Joker 2’ to shop as sequel is set to lose 0 million at box office

Paul Schrader has nothing good to say about “Joker: Folie à Deux.” The famous director, 78, revealed that he, like many others, walked out of the movie theater when he watched the DC sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. “I saw about 10 or 15 minutes of it,” Schrader told Jeremy O. Harris for … Read more