The store. Is it faster . Is it easier . S cheaper . Courtney rea it to the test and thats our cover story today. Retail test. Walmart and target. Macys and kohls. Home depot and lowes. Online pickup in store option. No matter which we shopped, the experience was consistent. It was the same case for each retailer we tested. 42 minutes. Target was 45. Not all experienc a call fro order is ready for pickup except for one item. That happened at chicago lowes too. Ordering online is supposed to be convenient, but each team thought it was more cumbersome part. Your pickup store, so this isnt closest. It keeps going back. Pickup was the easier part. That was pretty easy. The order was ready in one minute from the time i got to the counter. Which retailer was the fastest . Target. All four orders ready in average of 33 minutes. Kohls, the second. Averaging 46 minutes. Though when ease of ordering and pickup factored in, put kohls slightly ahead of target. He depot at one hour, 15 minutes. Mac
Price millions of americans have paid, the epidemic has had an Economic Impact as well with an estimated cost of more than 500 billion in 2015. As america grapples with this problem, innovators are coming up with solutions. Could digital pills be part of the answer . Meg tirrell has more on our cover story today. One new tool doctors hope to use in the opioid crisis, socalled digital pills, which may help by providing a clearer picture of prescription opioid use. They contain an ingestible Wireless Sensor that can notify doctors or caregivers that a medicine has been taken. The sensors send a signal to devices outside the body. Doctors at Brigham Womens hospital in boston ran a small study using the technology. They enrolled patients who had broken a bone, prescribing them seven days worth of oxycodone. Thats 21 pills. What they found, patients on average only actually took six. We were able to identify that patients dont really need nearly as many opioids as doctors think that they do
We have two reports. Diana olick on the state of real estate. But first, Steve Liesman, on where the economy may go next. A look ahead is this weeks reporter 2018 could be a year of big change for monetary and fiscal polha first, growth in the u. S. Could average 2. 5 to maybe as much as 3 as the u. S. Gets a lift from overseas growth, better domestic demand and stimulus from a tax improvement from the past several years. The question is whether those gains can last or if theyre second, the u. S. Budget deficit is likely to rise next year and will need better growth to bring in more revenue to pay the tax and finally the fed is likely to hike Interest Rates three times, as new chairman Jerome Powell takes the helm. And heres a course for the fed along the lines of his predecessor janet yellen. If growth really takes off the fed coul 2017 saw a big slowdown in the housing market. Not in prices but in home sales because there was nothing to buy. Sales slow more. Sales could become even m
Reaching those goals. Our diana olick has some new ways to get fit. Its covery stor story exerc a new fitness trend every other minute, from hightech fitness gaming to aerial yoga, but for whats seeing the biggest growth, really, the old is new again. Aerobic activity, cross training, highintensity interval training, and good old stair climbing all saw the biggest growth last year, that according to the Sports Fitness industry association, which surveys core fitness enthusiasts annually, those who say they work out 50 times a year. This benefits crunch fitness, planet fitness, and anytime fitness. One surprise, though, boot camp style workouts fell out of favor bit. This is as barrys boot camp embarked on a big expansion last year. Orange theory, which could also be considered boot camp style, is also expanding aggressively. As for the highpriced boutique trend . Boutique is growing, and what weve seen is the millennial customer in particular just wants to see different kinds of option
grant another big story we are following. President trump is once again at the center of a racial controversy. During a rally in alabama tonight. He criticized nfl players who take a knee during the National Anthem. Using derogitory Profane Language to describe the players demonstrating. Suggesting they should be fired. Last year, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick drew National Attention for refusing to stand during the starspangled banner. Many other players have followed suit. The president said players who kneel in protest during the National Anthem should be kicked out of the league. Many current and former nfl players took to twitter to criticize the president s comments. Former running back arian foster said quote cloth has more value than people apparently. Lions tight end eric ebron said. Does anyone tell trump to stick to politics, like they tell us to stick to sports . Shaking my head. Vikings running back Bishop Sankey said. Shaking my head and all because kaepernick