One of the world’s greatest conveniences was conceived amid its greatest hardships. Sylvan Goldman, son of immigrant pioneers, invented the shopping cart. His brilliantly simple idea was born in ...

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 ...

This early prototype shows a future where your shopping cart can float up the stairs while carrying all of your stuff. The Palletrone is a drone-based floating cart, designed to hover and transport ...

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 ...

Are you a good person or a bad person? The answer might seem complex, but according to many on the internet, it's as simple as whether or not you return your shopping cart at the store. "The Shopping ...

Santa Fe, New Mexico, paid a local contractor $47,000 to round up about 3,000 shopping carts around the city in 2021 and 2022. Fayetteville, North Carolina, spent $78,468 collecting carts from May ...