When delivery saves your sanity and when it just drains your budget

• Handy for last-minute PJs or outfits, but youre mostly paying for convenience, not built-in savings

• Always compare Old Navys site (plus rush shipping) to DoorDash item prices + fees + tip before you check out

• Use it for 12 truly urgent items and stack DoorDash promos, DashPass, and any dining/Doordash credits to offset the extra cost

Old Navy just made it possible to get your Christmas Jingle Jammies the same way you get Friday night takeout.

Thanks to a new nationwide partnership with DoorDash, shoppers can now order Old Navy favorites like denim, activewear, matching holiday pajamas, and other basics and score on-demand delivery from more than 1,000 stores across the U.S.

Its meant to be fast, convenient, and just in time for the holiday chaos. But is it actually a money saver, or just another way to pay extra for the same clothes?

Heres how it works, and more importantly, how to use it without wrecking your budget.

How the Old Navy + DoorDash partnership works

The setup is simple:

1. Open the DoorDash app.
2. Search for Old Navy.
3. Add items to your cart and check out for same-day delivery.

DoorDash says Old Navy is one of the first big apparel chains on its platform, giving tens of millions of monthly users access to clothing and gifts on demand.

Some of the scenarios when this can be a lifesaver include:

• Your kids school announces holiday pajama day tomorrow.
• Youre getting ready for the family Christmas card picture and realize someones matching PJ set is the wrong size.
• You need a last-minute outfit for a party and dont have time to fight mall traffic.

Used strategically, this can save you money. Used on autopilot, it can quietly cost more than just walking into the store.

Where you can actually save

Avoiding last-minute shipping fees

If you shop regularly on OldNavy.com, you probably already know that they charge $25 for 12-day priority shipping. Pretty steep.

Instead of paying for expedited shipping, you just pay a DoorDash delivery fee and tip, often for same-day or even within an hour.

When youre down to the wire, compare the following prices

Rush shipping cost from Old Navys site

vs.

DoorDashs delivery fee + service fees + tip

If the totals are close, DoorDash wins easily on speed. If rush shipping is outrageous, DoorDash may actually be the better value, especially for a single item you truly need now.

The fees and markups to watch for

Like with restaurant orders, DoorDash apparel prices may not always match in-store tags. Retail partners often set separate prices for delivery marketplaces, and youll also see:

• A delivery fee
• A service fee
• A possible small-order fee
• Tip for the driver

Those can add up fast on a $30 pair of jeans.

Money move shoppers forget:

A great way to test the service is to open the Old Navy app or website and compare prices item by item before you check out on DoorDash.

If prices are higher on DoorDash and youre paying fees, think of it as paying for the convenience, not necessarily a savings play.

When your total starts creeping above what youd pay in-store (even after factoring in gas and your time), its probably not worth it unless youre in a true time crunch.

Pro tips to squeeze real value out of this

1. Save it for fill-the-gap buys, not whole wardrobes

Use DoorDash for one or two urgent items: think things like a missing pajama size, a replacement sweater for a party, leggings for a kid who outgrew everything.

Do your bigger hauls in-store or through Old Navys own site, where you can stack site-wide sales with coupons.

2. Stack promos on the DoorDash side, not just Old Navys

DoorDash frequently runs the following promos:

• Percent-off deals for specific retailers
• Spend X, save Y promotions
• DashPass perks with $0 delivery on eligible orders

Check the Old Navy page in the app for current promos before you order. A modest item markup can be offset (or even beaten)if youre stacking a DoorDash discount on top.

3. Turn food credits into clothing

If your credit card or bank occasionally gives you DoorDash credits or monthly dining benefits, you may be able to use those on Old Navy orders too, effectively turning food perks into clothing.

Read the fine print on your perk, but this is an underrated way to stretch benefits you might otherwise forget to use.

Organizers aim to turn spending power into political pressure

Grassroots coalition calls for nationwide Black Friday boycott

Target, Home Depot and Amazon singled out over immigration and DEI issues

Organizers say consumers can wield economic power against authoritarianism

Building on a year of high-profile consumer boycotts, a coalition of civil-rights and progressive groups is urging Americans to withhold their shopping dollars this Thanksgiving weekend to protest the Trump administrations immigration crackdown and attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and the corporations they say enable them.

The We Aint Buying It campaign, led by many of the same organizations behind the recent No Kings protests, is calling on consumers to avoid Target, Home Depot and Amazon on Black Friday, typically one of the most lucrative retail days of the year. Instead, organizers want shoppers to support small and community-based businesses.

We are reclaiming our power. We are redirecting our spending. And we are resisting this rise to authoritarianism, said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter.

Groups behind the campaign view it as part of a broader, multi-front resistance effort that includes mass mobilizations, mutual aid and local organizing. It also echoes earlier economic protests in the Trump era from ongoing Target boycotts over DEI rollbacks to a wave of cancellations of Disney+ and Hulu after ABC suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Consumer pressure rarely causes major, immediate financial damage, experts say. But it can thrust powerful companies into an uncomfortable spotlight.

Theyre effective not so much because they actually reduce sales that much, said Nien-h Hsieh, a professor at Harvard Business School, in a Guardian article. But its really about calling attention and putting the company in the spotlight.

Why these companies are being targeted

We Aint Buying It is focusing on three corporate giants, though organizers say their message is meant to resonate across all major businesses.

• Amazon has long been a target for activists who object to its political spending and the corporate tax cuts it benefited from during Trumps first administration.
• Home Depot has drawn criticism after reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out arrests on or near its properties, though the company says it receives no notice and plays no role in enforcement.
• Target is facing renewed scrutiny after scaling back its DEI goals a move that helped spark months of boycotts and contributed to declines in sales and foot traffic. The retailer recently reported its first major layoffs in a decade and the upcoming departure of its CEO, who cited inflation, tariffs and the boycott among the pressures on the company.

Organizers say more than 80 groups, including labor unions, have signed onto the campaign since its launch earlier this month.

A weekend of no shopping except local

The boycott begins on Thanksgiving with the motto: Dont spend a dime, spend time with your family.
On Black Friday, participants are asked not to shop at all unless its at a local or independent business.
Saturday is also focused on local spending, while Sunday emphasizes mutual aid efforts.

On Cyber Monday, organizers are promoting a cyber shutdown no online shopping and even deleting shopping apps or canceling subscriptions.

What organizers hope to achieve

The groups behind We Aint Buying It stress that the effort is about more than temporary boycotts of specific companies. They want consumers to rethink how their money flows and to reinvest in their own communities over the long term. Participant toolkits, social-media messaging and local events are all part of the push.

Activists have long used the Black Friday spotlight to call attention to labor abuses, the climate crisis, overconsumption and corporate practices. Economic boycotts can succeed in drawing public attention, especially from shoppers already concerned about the issues being raised.

Success ultimately depends on the goal, experts say. While it can be difficult to force changes in corporate policy through short-term or digital-only actions, consumer activism can be a powerful awareness tool and sustained pressure has historically helped shift the practices of companies and governments alike, from the farmworker strikes of the 1960s to anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s.

Large phase 3 trials find no meaningful improvement in memory or daily function

• Two large-scale phase 3 trials found that semaglutide did not significantly slow cognitive decline in early-stage Alzheimers disease despite improving biomarkers.

• The trials were global, involved nearly 3,800 adults (aged 5585) with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia, and compared oral semaglutide vs placebo over about two years.

• While semaglutide remains important for diabetes and weight-management, this result highlights how difficult it is to find treatments that truly slow Alzheimers progression and why biomarker shifts dont always mean clinical benefit.

There was real excitement when Novo Nordisk announced two major late-stage trials testing semaglutide an already-approved drug for type 2 diabetes and obesity for early Alzheimers disease.

The idea: if semaglutide could help protect the brain, perhaps it could slow down the dementia-march that so many fear.

But the outcome? The drug didnt deliver the hoped-for clinical benefit in these Alzheimers trials. While it showed improvement on certain biomarkers (the molecules and signals we associate with the disease), those didnt translate into slower memory loss or cognitive decline.

Based on the significant unmet need in Alzheimers disease, as well as a number of indicative data points, we felt we had a responsibility to explore semaglutides potential, despite a low likelihood of success. We are proud to have conducted two well-controlled phase 3 trials in Alzheimers disease that meet the highest standards of research and rigorous methodology, Martin Holst Lange, chief scientific officer and executive vice president of Research and Development at Novo Nordisk, said in a statement.

We sincerely thank all participants and their caregivers for their meaningful contributions. While semaglutide did not demonstrate efficacy in slowing the progression of Alzheimers disease, the extensive body of evidence supporting semaglutide continues to provide benefits for individuals with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related comorbidities.

What the studies found

The trials named EVOKE and EVOKE+ were rigorous: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, each enrolling people aged 5585 who had mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimers, and confirmed amyloid positivity (a hallmark of Alzheimers disease).

The trials ran for 104 weeks (about two years) of main treatment, with an additional extension period planned. Semaglutide was given orally at the same dose used in the weight/diabetes setting (14 mg once daily).

Ultimately, the primary endpoint change in the Clinical Dementia RatingSum of Boxes score (CDR-SB) from baseline to week 104 did not show a statistically significant difference between semaglutide and placebo.

In short: despite shifting some Alzheimers-related biomarkers, the drug did not slow the disease in a meaningful way in real-world cognitive and functional measurements.

Importantly, the safety profile was consistent with what was already known for semaglutide across other patient populations no new red flags emerged in this Alzheimers study.

Because of the lack of efficacy, Novo Nordisk said it will discontinue the one-year extension portion of the trials.

What this means

For consumers and patients, the take-home message is that even when a drug is already successful in other diseases (diabetes, obesity), repurposing it for Alzheimers is not guaranteed to work.

The biomarker improvements raised hope, but this result underscores how complex Alzheimers is and how the brains response doesnt always match expectations.

The prebiotic cola delivers traditional flavor with 30 calories and a dose of added fiber

• The new Pepsi Prebiotic Cola is launching nationwide online starting Black Friday, November 28.

• It delivers classic Pepsi taste with no artificial sweeteners, just 30 calories, 5g sugar, and 3g prebiotic fiber.

• The new drop is available in Original Cola and Cherry Vanilla flavors, and will be sold while supplies last on Amazon, Walmart.com, TikTok and select other platforms.

If you thought there couldnt be anything new under the cola sun, think again.

Pepsi is shaking things up this Black Friday with the launch of its latest innovation: Pepsi Prebiotic Cola.

For soda lovers, curious tasters, and anyone who wants a little more from their carbonated drink, this might be the moment to pay attention.

"At Pepsi, we are experts in great tasting cola and have been for decades. The launch of Pepsi Prebiotic Cola marks a significant moment in our brand's history and the cola category," Gustavo Reyna, VP of Marketing, Pepsi, said in a news release.

"This breakthrough innovation upholds the iconic taste of Pepsi that people love, now with no artificial sweeteners, lower sugar and functional ingredients. It's an inimitable taste designed to meet the demands of cola lovers, cola newcomers, and everyone in between."

The specifics: what you should know

Beginning on Friday, November 28, Pepsi Prebiotic Cola will go live online nationwide. Its rolling out on Amazon, Walmart.com, TikTok and, in select markets, through Kroger.com, DashMart, and GoPuff.

The brand describes it as Unbelievably Pepsi meaning theyve kept the iconic cola taste people recognize, while swapping in some new demands of todays beverage crowd.

What sets this apart?

First off: no artificial sweeteners. It delivers just 30 calories and 5g of sugar significantly lower than typical colas and also includes 3g of prebiotic fiber.Thats a nod to consumers who are increasingly looking for beverages with a health-forward angle, without giving up taste.

The launch comes in both Original Cola and Cherry Vanilla flavors, offering variety for traditionalists and the flavor curious alike.

Because this is a limited online drop, availability is key: while supplies last. So, if youre intrigued, its best to act fast.