Most often, it is nudged in the back corner. Usually, it is disregarded and ignored. And sometimes, it doesn't even exist at all. It's one of the most reviled, contentious, vexed areas in any store.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Virgie Tovar covers how weight bias affects culture. Until recently we as a culture were witnessing a proliferation of plus-size ...

Straight-size shoppers don’t know about fat safety net stores. The term belongs to the increasingly few stores in malls and shopping centers where fat people like me can shop. They are the places we ...

Retailers are waking up to a $21 billion industry they have mostly ignored for years: Plus-size women’s clothing. More than half of US women ages 18 to 65 wear a size 14 or higher, according to ...