Ellen Rolfes

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Retailers experiment with generative AI chatbots.

Plus, our New Year’s resolutions and tips for keeping yours.

We're watching "The Store" in January.

Also in this week's newsletter: Why we're rewatching the holiday classic "Trading Places."

We’re watching “Trading Places” in December.

Plus, circular economies and ecologies in this week's "Make Me Smart" newsletter.

What may be less apparent after watching “Killers of the Flower Moon” is just how hard the Osage Nation has fought to protect and preserve its language.

Also in this week's newsletter: We unpack Marvel's first flop and do the numbers on hybrids vs. EVs.

Also in this "Make Me Smart" newsletter, we'll do the numbers on financial literacy — and financial stress.