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Van Tillian, left and Kapri Matlock pose for a photo with tee-shirts they got at a Pop-Up merchandise event for the movie Anora on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

From T-shirts to thongs, how indie film merchandise became a hot commodity

Merchandise is nothing new. But in recent years, movie-inspired streetwear has exploded in popularity among film buffs, thanks in part to viral marketing campaigns put on by independent film studios.

Amazon says it had its biggest Thanksgiving shopping weekend

President Joe Biden shakes hands with a person as he visits shops with family members in Nantucket, Mass., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden, family hit Nantucket stores for some holiday shopping

President Joe Biden removes his hat as he is recognized during the annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Nantucket, Mass., Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Hunter Biden holds his son Beau Biden at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden, family attend Christmas tree lighting on Nantucket

Shoppers exit a Claire's accessories store advertising sales ahead of Black Friday and the Thanksgiving holiday, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Miami. Retailers are ushering in the start of the holiday shopping season on the day after Thanksgiving, preparing for the biggest crowds since 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Holiday shopping kicks off with inflation dampening spirits

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Shoppers looking for bargains enter an OshKosh children clothing store, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Miami, Fla. Bargain hunting is back with full force heading into the holidays. But inflation is limiting how much of a deal consumers will be getting. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Shoppers hunt for deals but inflation makes bargains elusive

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami talks to The Associated Press from Saitama, Japan about his recent collaboration with American singer Post Malone in a Zoom interview by a reporter in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2022. Murakami’s visions have spanned colorful smiling flowers, a zany take on Mickey Mouse and huge erotic sculptures of animation-inspired figures that have fetched enormous auction prices. (AP Photo)

Murakami, Malone unite in ‘flower-butterfly’ collaboration

People wearing face masks walk in the Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Performances have been suspended at one of Beijing's oldest and most renowned theaters amid a new wave of shop and restaurant closures in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China’s COVID-19 restrictions hit historic Beijing theater

FILE - A Best Buy employee helps customers with a television selection on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

US retail sales rose 1.3% last month, a sign of resilience

A woman waits for a bus at a bus stop next to an advertisement for Tmall's Singles' Day sale in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. China's biggest online shopping festival, known as Singles' Day, is typically an extravagant affair as Chinese e-commerce firms like Alibaba and JD.com ramp up marketing campaigns and engage top livestreamers to hawk everything from lipstick to furniture as they race to break sales records of previous years. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China’s muted Singles’ Day shopping fest expects slow growth

FILE - People enjoy the sunset with the view of city skyline and the world tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Jan. 29, 2021. The FIFA World Cup may be bringing as many as 1.2 million fans to Qatar, but the nearby flashy emirate of Dubai is also looking to cash in on the major sports tournament taking place just a short flight away. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Flashy Dubai will cash in on a World Cup a short flight away

FILE - This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Venmo app on an iPad in Baltimore. Amazon is rolling out a feature that allows shoppers to pay for items using their Venmo accounts. The e-commerce giant said in a news release the payment option will be available for select customers beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. By Black Friday, it will be available nationally. Venmo is largely known for peer-to-peer transactions, but it has been expanding its offering to allow payments to businesses. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Amazon to allow US customers to pay with Venmo

Hannah Nash places jewelry in a box that will be shipped out, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Noblesville, Ind. Nash has her small business at her home. Small businesses are stocking the shelves early this holiday season and waiting to see how many gifts inflation-weary shoppers feel like giving. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Small businesses brace for cautious holiday shoppers

FILE - An Amazon Prime delivery vehicle is seen in downtown Pittsburgh on March 18, 2020. Amazon said Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, that its Prime members ordered more than 100 million items during a sales event this week that analysts are expecting to be a bellwether for the holiday shopping season. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Amazon’s holiday sales event sees lower sales, group says

This provided by Goodwill in October 2022 shows Matthew Kaness, CEO of GoodwillFinds. The shopping venture is making roughly 100,000 donated items available for purchase online and expanding Goodwill’s internet presence. (GoodwillFinds via AP)

Century-old nonprofit Goodwill on taking thrifting online

FILE - A Goodwill store sign is shown in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Goodwill Industries International Inc., the 120 year-old non-profit organization that operates 3,300 stores in the U.S., and Canada, has launched an online business, as part of a newly incorporated recommerce venture called GoodwillFinds. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters

Amazon to hold holiday shopping event in October

FILE - A Walmart associate works at a Walmart Neighborhood Market, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Levittown, N.Y. The nation’s two major retailers _ Walmart and Target_ plan to push deals and other marketing gimmicks for the holiday shopping season earlier than last year as soaring inflation spurs customers to get a jump start on gift giving. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Walmart, Target begin holiday early to ease inflation sting

FILE - Balo Balogun labels items in preparation for a holiday sale at a Walmart Supercenter, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, in Las Vegas. Walmart plans to hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, a majority of them seasonal workers. The move announced Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, comes as the nation’s largest retailer and largest private employer said it’s in a stronger staffing position heading into the holidays than last year. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Walmart takes a cautious approach to holiday hiring

In this photo provided by Corey Cohen, a woman was handcuffed and taken into custody after pulling out a gun during a dispute in a food court at the King of Prussia mall according to police on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Upper Marion, Pa. (Corey Cohen via AP)

Dispute at mall ends when woman pulls out gun; no injuries

Robbery victim who fatally shot 7-year-old guilty of murder

Trial begins in shooting death of 7-year-old in Atlanta

Karmen and Bart Swanson who are waiting for their son caught in a lockdown at the Mall of America share a video of the shooting with a fellow shopper in Bloomington, Minn., on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Police in Minnesota confirm that gunshots were fired at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, but say no victim has been found. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Mall of America reopens following shooting and lockdown

From left, sisters Audrey and Jubilee Colon pick out new backpacks at a Chicago Public Schools back-to-school supply giveaway at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Chicago, on July 22, 2022. This back-to-school shopping season, parents, particularly in the low-to-middle income bracket, are focusing on the basics like no-frills rain boots, while also trading down to cheaper stores, including second-hand clothing, as surging inflation takes a toll on their household budgets. (AP Photo/Claire Savage)

Inflation weighs on back-to-school buying for many families

FILE - Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas, father of Valentina Orellana Peralta, speaks during a news conference outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 2021. The parents of Valentina Orellana Peralta, a 14-year-old girl killed by Los Angeles police in a clothing store last year, have filed a lawsuit against the department and the officer whose rifle round pierced a dressing room wall. Peralta and her mother were shopping for Christmas clothes on Dec. 23 at a Burlington store in the San Fernando Valley's North Hollywood neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Family of 14-year-old girl shot by LA police files lawsuit

People shop at a supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 15, 2022. In Lebanon, where endemic corruption and political stalemate has crippled the economy, the World Food Program is increasingly providing people with cash assistance to purchase food, particularly after the devastating 2020 port blast that destroyed massive grain silos. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

‘Day by day': Trade bans, inflation send food prices soaring

FILE - An Amazon Prime truck passes by a sign outside an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York, on March 19, 2020. Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, much differently than how it entered the pandemic. Once the darling of the pandemic economy, the company posted a rare quarterly loss in April as well as its slowest rate of revenue growth in nearly two decades at 7%. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Amazon Prime Day comes amid slowdown in online sales growth

FILE - Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine pauses during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. The NBA's free agency period opens Thursday night, June 30, 2022, with teams and players finally free to negotiate new deals. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman, File)

Bulls finalize max contract with two-time All-Star LaVine

People gather to lay flowers remembering victims, at the entrance of the Field's shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Police say a gunman who killed three people when he opened fire in a crowded shopping mall acted alone and apparently selected his victims at random. They all but ruled out that Sunday's attack was related to terrorism. Authorities on Monday filed preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder against a 22-year-old Danish man. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Denmark theaters closed in honor of mall shooting victims

Ukrainian emergency service personnel help an injured local resident after Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/George Ivanchenko)

Russians fight to encircle Ukraine’s last eastern stronghold

FILE - Shoppers walk into a store in Methuen, Mass., July 31, 2018. The 2022 back-to-school shopping season should enjoy strong sales increases from a year earlier, fueled by heavy demand for trendy fashion, though the growth won’t be as robust as in 2021 when business was rebounding from pandemic-related virtual schooling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Mastercard SpendingPulse: Back-to-school sales to be up 7.5%

Facing huge inventory, Target cuts vendor orders, prices

In this July 21, 2021 photo, a consumer shops at a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill. The fastest inflation in 40 years squeezed retailers during the first quarter, alarming investors worried about the broader economy's outlook. Earnings reports from Walmart, Target and Amazon this month showed higher costs are hurting retailers' operations. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US economy shrank by 1.5% in Q1 but consumers kept spending

FILE - A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility on the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon is planning to sublease some of its warehouse space because the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping has slowed. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Amazon to sublease warehouses as online shopping slows

Muslim men offer Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian Muslims fully celebrate Eid al-Fitr after 2 years

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