Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports October Sales Results

IntuIdeas' John Parsons, who co-authored "Introduction to Graphic Communication" with former Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department Head Harvey Levenson, describes release of the first textbook to use Ricoh's Clickable Paper technology. Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy on its high-speed Ricoh Pro VC60000 inkjet press, the four-color book combines print and multimedia engagement, including access to related digital media content and reader-to-reader interaction. Click Read More below for additional information.

The Guardian Long Read Magazine will collect some of the publication’s best long stories into a print product that is sold on UK newsstands, NiemanLab reports. The first issue appeared on Nov. 11. It wasn’t known at deadline if the format will be extended to the U.S. The first issue’s cover headlines include: *A funeral for fish and chips shops *The war on knotweed *Three abandoned kids, 40 years on *My lament for a lost Khartoum

After a gruesome showing in April with U.S. total retail sales plummeting to recession-level numbers, May spending made an unexpected recovery as states allowed more retail stores to reopen. The easing of coronavirus-related business closures and stay-at-home orders gave overall retail a much-needed boost, yet the recent surge in online and other nonstore sales as people were forced to place orders from the safety of their own homes showed no signs of slowing last month, new U.S. Department of Commerce data shows. Consumer spending through nonstore channels increased 24.6% year over year in May—the highest growth rate ever recorded for the month, according to a Digital Commerce 360 analysis of the Commerce Department’s advance monthly figures released Tuesday. Numbers exclude estimated fuel sales. The jump also represents the second-largest year-over-year uptick of any month in the history of the agency’s available data, falling behind only December 2019, when nonstore sales swelled by 25.7%.