A supermarket beef, a quantum leap, and Christmas trees for cheap

The Indicator from Planet Money

5d ago • 10 mins

It's the most wonderful time of year, er, week, because it's that time when we look at the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's Indicators of the Week: A messy grocery store breakup, a quantum leap in subatomic computing and an unexpected change to the Christmas tree market.

Happy holidays!

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